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Mountain Drive and Shenanigans! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 | Race Day Four Means Mountains, Burnouts, And Pueblo Motorsports Park Racing Action

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Four video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! Day Three AND Four are both at Pueblo Motorsports Park and I can...

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More Lost Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive Photos! Check Out The On Track Action and Checkpoint Photos Right Here!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! (Photos by Neal Sabo) When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips...

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The Fastest Cars In The Country versus The SKETCHIEST Drag Strip Means It Must Be War in the Woods at Brown County!

We’ve shared War in the Woods coverage for years, but over the past couple of years the racing at Brown County has gotten more and more famous and sketchier than ever. With some of the quickest...

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The History of Air Suspension Part 1 – From NASCAR to Mini Trucks, Plus Are They Air Springs or Air Bags – Influence and Impact

In the mini truckin’ world, air suspension is king. While static drops and hydraulics certainly suspend a huge portion of the custom trucks you see at shows, the preferred adjustable suspension...

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Mecum Tulsa 2026 Coverage! Tons of cool cars and Chad Ehrlich spent a little time with good friend Jim Wicks! Check Out The Cool Rides!

It’s time for more from Mecum, but this time instead of showing their video feed or highlights from the auction, we’re sharing video from our friend Chad Ehrlich at Nobody Else’s...

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Southeast Gassers Invade Brainerd Motorsports Park For The Harbin’s Mechanical Rumble In Ringgold! Race 3 of the 2026 Season.

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s third race of 2026 at Brainerd Motorsports Park. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears, still have...

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Caption This Photo: So the Brakes Were Making This Odd Noise…

We’ve all been there. A friend, sometimes a girl, asks you to survey some issue they are having with their car. You do the good thing and take a look (remember, the road to Hell is paved with...

Cruise Gallery: The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas – April 2011

To round off today’s bonanza of galleries, we’ll take you back to Texas, thanks to Charles Wickam and his well used camera. This time we’re dropping by the Kemah Cruise,...

Quick Gallery: Vintage Tractors on Display in Alabama

Here’s a quick little gallery of about 30 photos submitted by BangShift member Charles Schryver from the Baldwin County Strawberry Festival, held in Loxley, Alabama. A local antique tractor...

Drag Race Gallery: BangShifters at Lebanon Valley Dragway’s 2011 Opening Day

The official sign that Spring has arrived in the Northeast happens when racing starts, well that weekend finally arrived and a few BangShift forum members decided to celebrate by getting together and...

Show Gallery: The 2011 Bayshore Fine Rides Car Show – Baytown, Texas

The Bayshore Fine Rides Car Club certainly knows how to throw a party! For 23 years they have been holding a big car show in Baytown, Texas that draws everything from lifted mud boggers to killer...

Book Review: Pontiac – The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr

We recently finished reading Pontiac: The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr. This book is a collection of stories and articles that highlight the golden age of Poncho performance, roughly 1959-1974....

UPDATE: A DIY Classic Car Restoration From India

When we received an e-mail with the link we’re sharing below about a guy restoring a classic car in India, we were very leery of what we’d find. Rather than seeing lots of bizarre fixes,...

Update Video: The Radial Engine MR2 is Running Like a Top

Last Sunday we showed you video of a Toyota MR2 that has been re-powered with an old radial airplane engine. Go ahead and re-read that if you need to. That first video showed the engine running, but...

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Bitchin’ Bill Thomas Nova To be Sold at Mecum in May

One of the cars that will be sold at the Mecum Auction in Indy this May is a super cool 1965 Chevy Nova, built by racing legend Bill Thomas. The car is being listed as a Funny Car and that may...

Video: More Bad Ass Amphibious Military Truck Action, Bonus Splash Down!

Yesterday’s video of the old Army truck driving around the bottom of a lake was pretty great. We were then tipped off to some far more modern military truck action, this time featuring a...

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Ridetech Street Challenge Kit: So easy a girl can do it! Check out the install here.

Now ladies, don’t get mad at us, at least we didn’t say “So easy a chick can do it!” We’re really impressed with Michelle Harvey and here Camaro install that is up on...

Bangshift Mini-Feature: The Piss’d Off Pete 1960 Peterbilt

One of the coolest projects to hit the airwaves and webwaves over the last couple of years is Randy Grubb’s creation known as the Pissed Off Pete. This is a 1960 Peterbilt truck modified in the...

Nitrous Express Duramax Diesel Mustang leaves the building.

The Nitrous Express Mustang is going going gone. Our pal Mike Wood, owner of Nitrous Express, has been a fellow Drag Week glutton for several years now, and we have enjoyed hanging out with him and...

Another Icon Lost: Joe Mondello has passed away

2010 seemed to be a year of many losses for the hot rod and racing world, and 2011 hasn’t started off great either. We have just received word that Joe Mondello died this morning. Joe was...