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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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Former Craig Breedlove/ Steve Fossett LSR Racer Up for Sale

The forgotten sister in the race to the first supersonic car is up for sale. Thrust SSC, the creation helmed by Brit Richard Noble and driven by Andy Green claimed the title and the glory, while the...

100-Plus Photos of Amateur Girls Next Door With Cars

Guys love photos of girls with cars, women with hot rods, hotties with muscle cars, whatever. We know because the BangShift.com forum post called “Ladies Posing With Cars…” is the...

Crews Thrashing to Fix Massive Sinkhole at Charlotte Motor Speedway Before Race Weekend

A massive sinkhole has swallowed part of the infield at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is slated to host a NASCAR race on October 16th. An old drainage pipe, buried some 35 feet below the surface,...

Caption This Photo: I Told You to Turn Right!

Imagine yourself on an trip across the Arctic, or perhaps the Antarctic in an old Snow Cat truck. There are about a million and one variables involved, all of which could potentially kill you....

Huge Collection of Photos from the Traditional Rod and Kulture Jalopy Showdown Drags at Beaver Springs

The Traditional Rod and Kulture Jalopy Showdown Drags happed at the ultra cool Beaver Springs Dragway in Beaverton, Pennsylvania, on October 2. The race obviously featured lots of traditional hot...

Pedalfest Video: Two Pro Fuel Dragsters Smoke the Hides and Get Crazy

The IHRA’s Pro Fuel class has provided some great action at the sanctioning body’s Nitro Jam events. The class features injected, nitromethane burning dragsters that are allowed more fuel...

RacingJunk Find: A Cool (and Cheap) 1973 Ford Pinto V8

Ah, the Ford Pinto. Derided in its time as an underpowered rolling dose of Napalm, the venerable Pinto now enjoys cult status as a good start for a hot rod project. They were kind of weird looking in...

Cool Project Thread: Tearing Down an Air Cooled Stroker VW Motor

BangShift member Stiney has a bunch of cool stuff lurking in his barn, including a Fox-bodied Mustang with a 500ci Cadillac engine in it. His real affliction though, seems to be VWs of the air-cooled...

Vintage Chase Footage From the Film That Birthed the Dukes of Hazzard

Lots of people don’t know that the Dukes of Hazzard television series was inspired by the 1975 movie Moonrunners. In the movie, two cousins run moonshine for their uncle Jesse, while narrator...

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Neato Engine Video: The Highest Tech International Harvester 345 V8 Ever

When we ran a video showing a roots blown 345ci International Harvester V8 on the dyno yesterday, we thought that we had found the pinnacle ‘Binder performance motor. It only took a couple...

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eBay Find: An Exceptionally Awesome Sleeper Nova

We love finding cool sleepers either for sale, or just looking good on the streets, waiting to swallow an unsuspecting victim. The granny blue 1969 Nova we found on eBay looks like something an...

Video: NHRA UnLeashed…Featuring BangShift Chad

NHRA UnLeashed is Drag Racing like you have never seen from NHRA before. We’re talking Pro Mods, and small tire power adder classes that you usually only find at the outlaw races. Plus, with...

Video: Hot Rod Magazine’s Vette Hack…The Full Story

Weeks ago we gave you a preview of the fun and carnage we experienced while cutting a up a 1985 Corvette with the gang at Hot Rod Magazine. It was a riot like none other, and resulted in some really...

Event Gallery: The Kontinentals 9th Annual Day of the Drag Race – Vintage Rods on the Strip!

Charles Wickam recently attended the 9th annual Kontinentals Car Club Day of the Drag Race held at historic Little River Dragway outside of Temple, Texas. The historic strip, which opened in 1959, is...