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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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COOL VIDEO: HOW AN ENGINE AT THE GM TONAWANDA PLANT GOES TOGETHER FROM START TO FINISH

If you are back at work today after the holidays be happy to know that the robots and people that assemble GM engines are back at it too. We got tipped off to a truly cool video that followed the...

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ECTA OFFERS NEW ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE CLASS FOR 2012 – RULES INSIDE!

The East Coast Timing Association not only has a new venue this year, they also have a new class for electric motorcycles. The ECTA crew has been working with Dr. Robert Prins of James Madison...

EBAY FIND: THE MASSIVE JUNKYARD/MUSCLE CAR COLLECTION OF BRUCE CLICHE IS BACK UP FOR SALE

Bruce Cliche’s massive collection of muscle cars and parts is for sale again. The 4-acre spread which is located in Vermont is on the block for $1.6 million bucks. Since I have actually spent a...

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FUN VIDEO: A VINTAGE FIAT 500 PACKING TURBO HONDA POWER!

If this little meanie doesn’t crack you up, your sense of humor is out of whack! The wee machine shown in the video is a vintage Fiat 500 that has had the anemic 500cc two cylinder engine...

ROADSIDE FIND: RULE THE ROADS LIKE A SCANDINAVIAN PIMP IN THIS VOLVO LIMO!

While cruising the local byways last with with my boys, Jack blurted out, “Dad LIMO!” He’s three, so seeing a stretched out car or truck is big stuff to him. Anyway, I looked over...

BARNSTORMIN: WHAT I LEARNED IN 2011

As we literally get ready to close the books on 2011 and move into an exciting 2012, It is time to do that whole retro look back thing on 2011. The third year of BangShift’s life was a good...

DRAG VIDEO: A MERCEDES MINI-VAN IN AUSTRALIA GETS A 632 BBC, RUNS NINES, HILARITY FOLLOWS

Whack nut drag race cars rule. There is now proof that they rule in both Hemispheres in the form of this video! Some insane maniac in Australia built a full tilt drag race version of a Mercedes Vito...

HOT STREAK: THE CAMARO OUTSELLS THE MUSTANG FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW

With only a couple days left in the year, we can say with 100% confidence that the Camaro will once again outsell the Mustang to claim the title of America’s favorite pony car. For all the...

EBAY FIND: A TOTALLY BITCHIN 1932 FORD VICKY GASSER THAT WAS MOTHBALLED FOR 40 YEARS!

Holy bitchin’ eBay find! This legit 1960s gasser was raced in the southwestern US in the 1960s and 1970s and then stuck in a barn for more than four decades before seeing the light of day...

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VOTE FOR US! BANGSHIFT NOMINATED IN TWO CATEGORIES IN THE COMP PLUS DOT COM AWARDS!

We need your help! BangShift has been nominated in two categories on the ballot of 2011 CompetitionPlus.com Dot Com awards. We’re up for Best Facebook page of the year and best message board of...

CONTEST: HELP RIDETECH DESIGN THEIR ’33 FORD

Wanna win $500? We would too, and thanks to Ridetech you can. To win, submit your design for a wrap of the Ridetech 1933 Factory Five Roadster and then tell your friends to vote. Hurry, cause there...

ECTA OHIO MILE UPDATE – TRACK MAPS AND BASIC INFORMATION RELEASED

We’re now just a few short months away from the ECTA’s first event at the newly named Ohio Mile in Wilmington, Ohio. Just recently, the ECTA released new information to competitors and...

DESTRUCTION VIDEO: A HUGE COLLECTION OF AUSSIE FIRES, EXPLOSIONS, WRECKS, AND CLOSE CALLS FROM 2011!

We’ve showed you a couple of great ‘Merican compilation videos of crazy stuff that happened in 2011 but for this one we’re headed down under. Featuring footage from the drags,...

KIM JONG-IL RODE TO HIS GRAVE ON TOP OF A 1976 LINCOLN YESTERDAY

Yesterday, photos surfaced of Kim Jong-il’s final ride and it was not exactly what we were expecting. The evil, American hating, totalitarian dictator rolled to his final resting spot on the...