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NHRA Pro Mod Series Qualifying Session 1 LIVE from the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte. Ultimate Door Car Action!

NHRA 4-Wide Drag Racing is going on in Charlotte this weekend and that means Pro Mods! 4-Wide Pro Mod drag racing might be some of the coolest, and the action is always amazing at this race. We know...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Friday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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Cool Video: Talking AFCO Shocks at the Drags

There’s a reason that AFCO shocks are the choice of virtually every seriously fast small tire car in the country. They are the most tuneable, tweakable, and tailored pieces on the market. In...

eBay Find: A 1964 Mack B81 Tandem Axle Tractor – Old Big Rig Perfection

We’ve come across some cool old Mack Model B trucks over the years here on BangShift but this one is probably the biggest and nicest one we have found yet. This large and lovely beast is a 1964...

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Hotchkis Offers New Suspension Components and Tools for Classic Mopars

Hotchkis Sport Suspension currently offers a wide array of parts and pieces to make your classic Mopar turn and burn with the best of them. From their Total Vehicle Systems to individual parts for...

Watch Spectators Set a Barbed Wire Booby Trap and Wreck a Baja Buggy at the SCORE San Felipe 250

In my conversations with Bill Caswell and a few other guys who have participated in desert races like the Baja 1000 and others, the subject of spectator booby traps has come up. Mostly they are...

Introducing Project Buford T Justice – Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice – The Adventure Begins!

Just like the title says, this is the official introduction for the first real deal project car we have done here at BangShift. I am calling this 1987 9C1 Caprice, “Buford T Justice” in...

Aeromotive Rolls Out New Stealth Fuel System for 2005-2009 Mustangs. Up To 1900hp supported with Drop In System!

Aeromotive’s innovative line of “Stealth” fuel systems continues to grow and expand. The company recently announced that they are now offering a Stealth system for 2005-2009...

Watch a Toyota Supra Explode and Turn the Strip at E-Town into a Hibachi Grill

While all the strips in the greater LA area may be shut down, the drag plants in New Jersey are awakening from their winter dormancy to the delight of drag racers from all over the New England and...

Epic Thread: Check Out One of the Largest and Coolest Collections of Stuff We Have Ever Seen

We got tipped off to a pretty amazing thread on the massive off road message board Pirate 4×4. Before you stop reading and write this off as something about big trucks, do yourself a favor and...

Watch a Russian Rally Team Survive One of the Worst Rally Wrecks Ever at WRC Mexico

There are wreck and then THERE ARE WRECKS. This one falls in the second category and displays just how toughly little rally cars are built. Russian rally driver Evgeny Novikov and his co-driver...

Event Gallery: The 2012 American Street Car Series Run to the Coast

(Photos by Bill Fowler) – The American Street Car Series is a cool group that puts on a great series of events aimed at Pro Touring cars all over the country. As they have in years past, the...

BangShift Exclusive: George Bryce Speaks Out about the Current Situation in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle

At last weekend’s NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida an interesting thing happened. Pro Stock Motorcycle became the talk of the town. Harley Davidson rider Eddie Kraewic had cracked...

Tech: How JPC Racing Made 1,032hp From a Ford Coyote 5.0L Engine With a Paxton NOVI 2200 Huffer

(Words and Photos by Mike Galimi) – The shop is silent as the garage door opens and the drafty night air enters into JPC Racing’s chassis dyno room. It was judgment time for the company’s...

Here’s the Worst Craigslist Car Ad Ever – Four Door Diesel Mustang?!

We have seen some pretty dumb CraigsList ads over the years but this one beats all. We got tipped off to this one by Texas photog Charles Wickam who somehow stumbled upon it. He denied searching for...

Lucas Oil Signs Lifetime Sponsorship Agreement With Chris Karamesines

Not that you need any more convincing about the total radness of Lucas Oil, but their announcement from Friday letting the world know that they had signed a lifetime sponsorship agreement with living...