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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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NOTHING BUT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’S Egilsstaðir 2026!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 3rd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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Gallery: Hundreds of Photos From the Carlisle Spring Swap Meet 2012 Car Corral – Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Pennsylvanian photo contributor Doug Garrison (and also the guy we bought Buford from!) spent days on end at the 2012 Spring Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet and...

Heartbreaking News: EJ Potter, “The Michigan Madman” is Dead

Elon Jack Potter, better known to hot rodders the world over as “EJ” or “The Michigan Madman” died on April 30th, 2012 in Ithaca, Michigan. EJ was 71 years old. Normally I...

Project Car: The Ridetech ’33 Ford Coupe…IT’S ALIVE. SEE VIDEO HERE…More to Come

Ridetech’s ’33 Ford Coupe, which started life as a Factory Five kit, is almost ready for it’s debut and we’ve got video of it’s first sounds of life! You’ve been...

Watch Dash Cam Video of a Driver Crashing Through a Gas Station!

Dash cam videos from foreign countries have become some of our favorites to troll through on YouTube. We were actually tipped off to this one by BS reader J. Daniel Jones. It shows a dash cam...

eBay Find: A Dead Nuts Perfect Replica of Rosco P Coltrane’s 1977 Dodge Monaco Cruiser!

Since we’re already talking police cars today, we figured that we better throw this awesome eBay find into the fray! Tipped off by BangShift reader Steve, we’ve fallen quickly in love...

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Caption this Photo: Ummmmmm…..What’s Going on Here Gentlemen?

(Photo by Charles Wickam) – Sometimes we need to set the scene for you with these photo captions but frankly, this one kind of sells itself. The photos was taken by our ace man in Texas,...

Project Buford T Justice Hits the Strip with Some Pretty Shocking Results!

(Photos by Dave Nutting/Words by Brian Lohnes) – When we asked BangShift nation to guess the ET that our 1987 Caprice 9C1 called Buford T Justice would run in the quarter mile, the guesses were...

Event Coverage: Hot Rod Magazine Top Speed Challenge…302 Photos from the ECTA Ohio Mile

The 2012 HOT ROD Magazine Top Speed Challenge was this weekend, and BangShifter Michael Black was on site shooting photos of door slammers, lakesters, belly tanks, roadsters and more and we’ve...

Sad News: Original Blue Max Owner Harry Schmidt Passes

Harry Schmidt, the original owner of the Blue Max Funny Car that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s has passed away. The Texan was on the vanguard of the Funny Car revolution in the middle 1960s and...

Drag Gallery: Big Buck Bracket Action from Historic Great Lakes Dragaway

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – We’re still tearing through the massive mountains of photos sent to us by our worldwide army of contributors this morning! Now we electronically jet to...

Drag Gallery: Test and Tune Action Photos from New England Dragway

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – As promised, we’re whipping you around the world today. From California to Australia to Illinois, and now to New Hampshire’s New England Dragway. We were...

Caption These Photos: Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We have run a bunch of Charles Wickam’s Killer Photos from the 2012 NHRA Spring Nationals in Baytown, Texas already and there are still more to come. Charles...

Shop Tour Gallery: Midwest Hot Rods – Plainfield, Illinois

(Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke – Words by Bob Chiluk) – Talk about an American hot rodding success story! A couple of guys have dream jobs building high end street rods, hot rods,...

Aussie Car Show Gallery: The 2012 Big River Nationals – Barmera, South Australia

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – We told your that we were going international today and there’s the proof. BangShift reader Darryl Daniels is a hot rodder down under and he recently attended...