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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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Wreckage Video: How Drag Racing Your Truck Across a Meadow Can End Really Bad

High speed antics with friends are best left to the drag strip, especially the paved drag strip. This video shows why driving full tilt across a field in a drag race with your buddy ain’t the...

Racing Junk Find: Jim Yates Racing Pro Stock Operation

Jim Yates is a two time NHRA World Champ in the Pro Stock division. Currently he works with up and comer Shane Gray as opposed to operating his own team as he had done in years past. We saw that Jim...

New Gallery: Saturday Pit and Strip Action From the PRO Winter Warm-Up!

Well, our weekend of nitro bathing is 100% over. We’re back on our respective coasts picking flecks of rubber out of our ears and noses. There is really nothing to compare modern nitromethane...

Nitro Gallery: Flamin’ Photos From the Stars of the NHRA at the 2011 PRO Winter Warm-Up

While our live broadcast of the 2011 PRO Winter Warm-Up was cooking along, we were also shooting photos along the wall at Palm Beach International Raceway. Since virtually every car on the grounds is...

Video Poll Question: Did Chrysler’s Detroit-Themed Super Bowl Ad Kick Ass or Fail?

Chrysler had one of the most talked about ads amongst gearheads and car guys at the Super Bowl. The ad shows the new Chrysler 200, but more importantly it features footage from in and around the city...

Video From the PRO Winter Warm Up – Biggest Nitro Pre-Season Test of 2011

BangShift.com will provide free, live streaming video coverage of the PRO Winter Warm Up pre-season NHRA nitro test session February 4/5 from Palm Beach International Raceway in West Palm Beach,...

Thursday UPDATE: Vote for Team BangShift at Road Tour Express.Com

Last week an intrepid group of BangShifters took to the roads of California to compete and revel in the Road Tour Express. The event is part cruise, part scavenger hunt, part excuse to goof off for...

Awesome Drag Racing Video: Eddie Hill in His Prime

As we gather our things and prepare to head toward Palm Beach International Raceway for our live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm Up pre-season test, thoughts of Top Fuel greatness are on the...

Great Tech Thread: How to Remove the Motor of Your 4th Gen Camaro/Firebird From The Bottom

BangShift member Buddy blew the LT1 engine in his Camaro up about a year ago while ripping through the gears. This was not going to be a quick fix, the plant had to be pulled out of the car. At that...

Engine Builder and Muncie Dragway Operator Dave Himes Passes Away

It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of Dave Himes, track operator of Muncie Dragway in Muncie, Indiana and high performance engine builder. Himes and his family did an amazing job of...

Racing Junk Find: A Cummins Diesel Powered Funny Car

With all the talk of dragsters and funny cars around here recently, we went shopping for one on RacingJunk. After seeing several “normal” floppers, we saw this car, which we have read...

Legendary Funny Car Racer Pee Wee Wallace Passes at Age 79

Pee Wee Wallace, one of the great funny car racers in drag racing history passed away on January 28th, 2011. Wallace’s accomplishments included winning the NHRA Division One Funny Car...

New Product: Meziere’s New Super Duty Electric Water Pump for Blown Modular Fords

Meziere water pumps have long been a staple on high performance engines. They manufacture and develop pumps for all kinds of severe duty, high performance, and all out racing engines. The company...

BangShift Poll: Which would you drive, a Top Fuel Dragster or a Nitro Funny Car?

As we continue to prepare for our big live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm-up this Friday and Saturday from Palm Beach International Raceway, our brains are completely awash in thoughts os...