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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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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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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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SCRAPPLE: The BangShift Guide to this Week’s Automotive Crap You Care Nothing About

Writing the Scrapple column is a pain the ass. Mostly because this junk is usually stupid and we typically hate what is written about it by the “normal” press. But this week, as usual, we...

Great Video: Chases and Crashes…and they have their own YouTube Channel!

Multiple people just let us know about this YouTube Channel that is all about car crashes and chases. Some of them are absolutely mistifying. But the thing that makes us go hmmmmmmm the most is the...

BangShift Garage Spotlight: We Show You Some of Our Favorite Readers Rides

There are tons of great cars and trucks in the BangShift Garages on our Forums, and now we’ve even added a commenting feature! Today we decided to gives some of our guys a little love by...

BangShift Forum Freaks Shirts, Hats, Sweatshirts, and More ON SALE NOW!

It’s that time of year again boys and girls. Time for Hot Rod Power Tour planning and that means Forum Freaks gear is on sale now at BangShift.com. We have shirts, hats, sweatshirts, hoodies,...

EPIC FAIL VIDEO: 30 Ways To Ruin A Great Day On The Dyno

We can’t take credit for finding this one, because it came from BangShifter extraordinaire Malcolm Dyer who happens to live in Spain and is with us on every single LIVE drag racing broadcast...

BangShift Announces Sponsorship of Nissan Pro Stock Team! What do you think?

HA!!! We got your attention with that one didn’t we? LOL  Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves. Brian is off playing on a Pro Mod this week so I’m left to my own devices which means...

Snavely is BACK! Plus We Release His Epic Crash Video from SCSN 2011

For those of you who weren’t watching during our huge LIVE broadcast at the 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals, you missed an amazingly scary crash. For those that were with us, you know the...

Chadmouth: The IndyCar Edition Including Photos and Video!

So, the Monday before the Long Beach Grand Prix our guy Jimi Day, with Optima Batteries, calls and says “Hey bud, Optima is a sponsor of the World Challenge Series and I have some credentials for...

Live Blog: We’re Working on the Crew of an ADRL Pro Mod This Weekend

In a decision he will probably regret for the rest of his life, NHRA and ADRL Pro Mod racer Peter Farber invited me along to work alongside his crew this weekend at the ADRL event in Bristol,...

Watch a Blown Altered Flip Onto Its Roof at the Drags In New Zealand – Southern Hemisphere Wreckage

Racing an altered can be a real handful as this racer and the crowd at a New Zealand drag strip recently found out. As the car is launching, it gets way out of shape and ends up rolling onto the roof...

Gallery: Autocross Photos From the 2012 Running of Mopars at the Strip

(Photos by Hotchkis Sport Suspension) – While rain certainly did its best to dampen the drag strip action at last weekend’s Mopars at the Strip event in Las Vegas, the Hotchkis autocross...

Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School Loves Jiffy-Tite Fittings and You Should Too!

Whenever Chad and I are chatting up Jiffy-Tite fittings with people, one of the first questions is always, “Well how many times can you take them on and off before they leak?”. The easy...

eBay Find: A Half-Million Dollar Modern Rendition of Big Oly – Street Legal Trophy Truck

For starters, I can say that I have seen this truck up close and personal at the SEMA show a couple of years ago and it is freaking awesome. This is one of the neatest trucks I have ever seen and as...

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Watch Freiburger and Finnegan Take on Pewe and Fred William From 4-Wheel and Off Road in a Cheap Truck Challenge

We’re late to the party on this one, but Freibuger and Finnegan’s latest Roadkill adventure has been set live on the interwebs and we think it is a pretty good one. The guys take on...