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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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This 700HP, LS7 Powered 3rd Gen Camaro Restomod Is Something Special! What A Beast!

I’m a Camaro guy. I know people know me for wagons and mini trucks and whatever but I grew up in a Camaro family, my first car was a Camaro, and I love them. My favorites are first Gens like my...

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Street Car Takeover Atlanta: They Turned a NASCAR Speedway into a NO PREP Track And The Action Was Awesome!

Street Car Takeover in Atlanta was a huge event and the racing action on pit lane of the Super Speedway was hot and heavy. We’ve been doing the same thing at LSFest Texas for the last few...

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eBay Find: A Totally Cool 1966 Chevy II Stock Car

Chevy II restorers be warned, the larger photos of this car will have your stomach flopping. The wheel wells were clearly opened with a Sawz-All, the car rides on a 1955 Chevy chassis, and the only...

Cool Project: Holley’s 1987 Grand Prix – Project G-Force One

When the guys at Holley decide to do a car, they really do it right! Such is the case with the company’s Project G-Force One, a 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix build that will end up being one bad ass...

Tune In: Speed Scene Live TV is All New Tonight

Tonight being Tuesday night means that Speed Scene Live TV with our pals Scott “Lucky” Hudson, Bruce Barker, and the always energetic DianaMite, will be on the air bringing the latest...

Herman Lewis, Champion of AMC Performance Passes

Herman Lewis, one of the greatest names in AMC performance and drag racing has died at the age of 76. Lewis gained fame and stature within the AMC community during a long and illustrious drag racing...

BangShift Poll: Pro Stock or Pro Mod – Which is better?

Chad and I engaged in one of our frequent debates recently when discussing the upcoming weekend. What brought this on is the fact that Chad will be in Las Vegas live broadcasting the PSCA (Pacific...

Killer Videos: How to Wrench on a 1929 Duesenberg Model J in Your Home Shop

Duesenbergs are very freaking rare, guys who wrench on their own Duesenbergs at home are even more so. Luckily, BangShifter “Hemi” Joel Nystrom is one of those dudes and he has the video...

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eBay Find: A BangShifty 1978 Corvette Rear Engine Funny Car

Rear engine floppers have a unique place in drag racing history. The only guy who really did much with one in terms of success was “Big” Jim Dunn and his Dunn and Reath ‘Cuda which...

Caption this photo: Bodywork on the Cheap in Tennessee

We know it is early on Monday morning and you are still cursing the fact that you are at work. That being said, here’s a photo that may raise your spirits, or at least give you an industrial...

The Parting Shift: A Lap in Jim Halsey’s Nitrous Infected Pro Mod

Jim Halsey owns and operates one of the quickest nitrous pro mods in the country, and the world. In this video we ride along with him as he hauls ass down the strip at Rockingham Dragway in...

MSD Power Grid Approved for NHRA Competition, Set to Begin Shipping in Early March

MSD Ignition’s revolutionary “Power Grid” system has been approved for use in all sportsman classes in the NHRA. The Power Grid is an ground breaking pieces of equipment that allows...

Smokey Yunick Video: How Ol’ Smoke Helped Develop the Corvette

Smokey Yunick is certainly a hall of fame BangShifter. He had his hands in innumerable projects over the years and developed everything from carbs to spark plugs. Yunick was also involved in the...

Friday Fail Poll: Dodge Introduces the Caravan R/T

With Chrysler’s Super Bowl advertisement putting the company squarely in the spotlight, we were interested to see what they were going to roll out at the Chicago Auto Show. There have been...

Epic Save: How to Drive a Pro Mod on Two Wheels!

Next weekend will be a busy one for Chad and I. He’ll be bringing you a live broadcast from the Pacific Street Car Association and Pro Stock Shootout from Las Vegas and I’ll be down in...

eBay Find: An Obnoxious (and 100-percent BangShift Approved) Straight Axle 1964 GTO

A 1964 GTO with a mile high stance, first converted to a straight axle in 1970, this car is all kinds of hairy. According to the seller the car used to pack a blown alky burning big block Chevy and...