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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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2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Video and Photo Coverage

The 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion vintage drag race was October 15-17, at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, and BangShift.com had a free live video feed from all three days of racing. Stay tuned to th...

BangShift.com Photo Galleries: 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso

Along with the awesome live video feed you can watch all weekend long, BangShift will also be posting killer photo galleries from the track and the pits at Famoso Raceway throughout the...

Nitro Video: The Cacklefest from the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion With a Bonus Don Garlits Interview

By the time you read this, we’ll be headed for Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California to set up our scaffolding rig in preparation of our live broadcast of the entire 2010 NHRA California...

Life of Joaquin Arnett to be Honored at NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

Pioneering drag racer Joaquin Arnett’s life will be honored during the 19th Annual California Hot Rod Reunion this weekend. Arnett’s contributions to the sport go far beyond the machinery...

BangShift Gallery: A Tour of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum

One of the primary reasons that the NHRA Heritage Series and the great Hot Rod Reunions exist is for the benefit of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. Located in Pomona, California, on the same...

Retro Gallery: Cacklefest Action From the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

With the BangShift.com streaming broadcast of the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion set to kick off tomorrow morning, we’re going to get you in the mood with a barrage of nostalgia drag...

Wild Video: The 2010 World Power Wheel Standing Championship From Byron Dragway

The 16th annual World Power Wheel Standing Championship is in the books. The brain child of Byron Dragway owner/operator Ron Leek, the contest has grown from small freak show to massive drag racing...

The Restored NASCAR 1965 Impala is on eBay for $75K

One of our favorite restoration projects, the Roy Mayne 1965 NASCAR Impala, is for sale on eBay again, and this time it has been restored. The asking price is $75,000 and we don’t think...

Great Americana Read: How to Build a Demo Derby Combine

The destructive delight of Combine demolition derbies have been highlighted on the electronic pages of BangShift before. The huge, lumbering machines make wicked noise when they collide, and seeing a...

Video Bonanza: Altered Wheelbase Freaks on the Streets!

Altered wheelbase cars are some of the most romanticized in drag racing history. They represent one of the earliest evolutionary stages of what we now know as Funny Cars, and for their short time in...

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Event Gallery: The Fall Carlisle Car Show and Swap Meet

Joe Grippo, our prolific Pennsylvanian photo contributor, shared a great batch of photos from the Fall Carlisle Collector Car Show and Swap Meet. Joe went hunting for the odd and interesting this...

Auto Trader Classics Find: An Optimistically Priced 1948 Ford F1 Truck

Sometimes these find us. More honestly, they fly right off the screen, slap us, and dare us not to show them to the world. This 1948 F1 Ford truck did just that, and we’re happily obliging it....

Crane Cams Introduces 350-plus New Camshafts for 2011

Don’t call it a comeback. Crane Cams has announced that their engineers have developed more than 350 new camshaft profiles for 2011. There are applications for virtually everything across the...

Diesel Power Video: A One-Off 24 Cylinder Detroit That Makes Nearly 3,000 hp

Two-stroke Detroit Diesel engines are neat and in their many configurations they have provided reliable grunt for decades in hundreds of applications. The mighty sixteen cylinder examples were the...

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