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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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857 Photos of the 2010 Detroit Autorama

We’ve been here at the 2010 Detroit Autorama for two days so far, soaking up the Midwest’s first big car get-together of the year and snapping photos until we’re ready to just saw...

BangShift.com to Provide Free Live Streaming Broadcast of the 52nd Bakersfield March Meet

BangShift.com is excited to announce that it will be carrying start-to-finish, free, live streaming video coverage of the 52nd March Meet from historic Auto Club Famoso Raceway in...

The Parting Shift: Pontiac Power and a Lenco

After hitting you with all the junk we did today, we owe you a strong finish and that’s what we will deliver. This video shows Jim Yanowski’s Pontiac powered Pontiac. It is a 3rd Gen...

The Detroit Not-o-Rama: You Knew There Would Be a Chopper Involved

Few vehicular trends over saturated themselves harder than choppers. Seemingly overnight, every small town in America had a chopper shop that was cranking out overpriced motorcycles assembled from...

The Detroit Not-o-Rama: A Mangled 1972 Mini Cooper

We thought it would be virtually impossible to make an old Mini Cooper uncool. Yeah, they are quirky little cars, but they have a racing heritage and are basically road legal go karts. Heck, we know...

The Detroit Not-o-Rama: A 1989 Mustang Show Car (With a Mangled Hood and Cowl)

You’ve got to love an ad that has a bombshell about the car tucked into the middle of it and totally downplayed. In this case we’re talking about the 1989 Mustang convertible that the...

The Detroit Not-o-Rama: The Most Cliche Caprice on Earth

As we wait in anticipation of Chad’s great AutoRama coverage we thought we’d take a look at a few vehicles that won’t be shown at Cobo Hall in Detroit ths weekend. To kick it off...

Hittin’ the Road: Detroit AutoRama and Ice Drags Coverage Coming this Weekend

Both Chad and I are escaping the surly bonds of home this weekend to bring you event coverage from two of the coldest places in the country. He’s leaving sunny SoCal to hit the Detroit...

Multiple John Delorean Movie Projects in the Works

John DeLorean, the legendary auto executive, is a popular guy in the halls of Hollywood these days. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that there are no less than three bio-pics in the works to be...

NASCAR’s Kurt Busch To Run Super Gas at Gatornationals in Street Legal Hemi Challenger

2004 NASCAR champ Kurt Busch will compete at the upcoming NHRA Gatornationals in Super Gas, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In a very neat twist, Busch will be driving his 1970...

Experts Say Don’t Forget Cars When Estate Planning

It’s a lightning rod issue among the bloody knuckle set we BangShifters identify with. Yeah, car collecting for money. Some would say that the preservation of classic cars, hot rods, and muscle...

Hilarious Video: Guy Drives Deuce and a Half Through Above Ground Pool

Watching this video will make you really want a deuce and a half truck. It will also serve as a good base for the guaranteed argument you’ll have with your spouse when you share that idea....

Craigslist Find: The Eclips-Onco

Our fascination with trars is well known here at BangShift.com. While it’s true that many people hate the elusive trar, we love them in a circus freak kind of way. We’re not the only...

Speedy Says: The Top 11 Products That Should Have Motorsports Celebrity Endorsements

That’s hot! I exclaimed as I singed my hand on a “Paris Hilton Celebrity Styler” (curling iron) that Mrs. Speedzzter left smoldering in the sink. Through the pain, I began...