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FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Sunday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Stinky Pinky 6 Debut! Disco Dean Karns NEW CAR Debut! FIRST HIT And It Runs 3.70! Now It’s Time To Race!

Last fall Disco Dean Karns crashed his awesome Pontiac Firebird Trans Am they called Stinky Pinky 5, and while Dean came out of it okay, the same could not be said for the poor Trans Am. This was an...

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Better Than a Bugatti? Here’s Why Jay Leno Paid Full Price for his 2026 Corvette ZR1X. How Bad Ass Is It Really?

Jay Leno has got some of the most awesome cars on the planet, as we’ve all seen parts of his collection over the years. And he’s wealthy enough to buy any car he could ever want, so it...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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Show Gallery: Northeast Rod and Custom Show 2012 – Gallery 2

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s the second installment of Joe Grippo’s coverage from the 2012 Northeast Rod and Custom Show held in Pennsylvania. In this gallery you’ll see...

BangShift FREE LIVE Streaming Video of the So Cal Challenge Pro Touring Event March 29!

We told you we would be bringing you more Pro Touring action in 2012, and it starts tomorrow! Black Ink Media and No Limit Engineering have brought together a killer cast of characters, including our...

American Powertrain Launches New Website – Check It Out!

The dudes at American Powertrain have launched a totally new website and is easy to navigate and showcases their huge line of products and components. There are also lots of sexy transmission...

Question of the Day: What is the Coolest Cop Car Ever?

So we have been on a cop car kick around here recently. Part of is has been intentional with our coverage of Project Buford T Justice, while the other stuff has either fallen out of the sky into our...

Event Gallery: Fun Ford Weekend Houston Gallery 2

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with another slammin’ gallery from our man in Texas, Charles Wickam. He shot hundreds of great photos at the 2012 Fun Ford Weekend held at...

Evel Knievel’s Aston Martin Lagonda is For Sale – 502ci Chevy Powered

The Aston Martin Lagonda was produced from 1974 to 1990. Over that time period only 645 of them were made. They were incredibly expensive, pretty damned ugly, and amazingly unreliable in both the...

Another 1970s Vintage Mopar Cop Car Video – High Speed Pursuit Driving Narrated by Jack Webb!

Yesterday we brought you some killer early 1970s training films from the California Highway Patrol. Today it is another training film on police high speed driving circa the 1970s but this was was...

Caption This Photo: We Have a Sick Sense of Humor

(Photo by Dave Nutting) So it was a normal BangShift Saturday morning. Dave Nutting and I were in the middle of the woods taking photos of Buford T Justice, BangShift’s newest project car. I...

Driveway Tech: How to Adjust Your GM Steering Box in Five Minutes With Two Tools

As much as I like getting neck deep in grease, oil, and various automotive fluids, there is a certain satisfaction in tackling a quickie job that helps improve the driving experience of your car. On...

Car Show Gallery: The Northeast Rod and Custom Show – Gallery 1

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While Wickam was prancing around Royal Purple Raceway in Texas last weekend, PA-based photo contributor Joe Grippo was romping through the massive Northeast Rod and...

Question of the Day: What is the Most Dumbass Automotive Argument?

Ford vs Chevy. Carbs vs EFI. Pure gasoline vs E85. The list of automotive arguments that one could enter into is nearly endless. Hell, there are genres of this hobby that we don’t even venture...

Watch Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel Autocross the Company Dually and Actually Finish Mid-Pack!

Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel is a mad man. He is also one hell of a driver, so when we saw a video that showed the Ridetech Chevy dually truck attacking the autocross at the Goodguys Pleasanton,...

Jeep Mighty Forward Control, J-12, Traildozer and other Concepts Revealed

Literally as we type this, Chrysler is having a media event in Auburn Hills, Michigan to reveal the concept Jeeps we told you about last week. In a surprise to no one, they all freaking rule. The...

Event Gallery: The 2012 Keystone Nationals Truck and Tractor Pull – Harrisburg, PA

When BangShift reader Eric contacted the home office and asked if we would be interested in a load of photos from the 2012 Keystone National truck and tractor pull held in Harrisburg, PA we jumped at...