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Pavement Pounder Events Announces “Motor City to Wheel Hub Live” 2026 Road Trip And We’re Excited To Be Their Official Media Partner!

Pavement Pounder Events is back in 2026 in a HUGE way, with an incredibly exciting road trip event that will be starting in the Motor City and heading to Wheel Hub Live! That’s right, you get...

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1956 Chevrolet Bel Air “Elegant Lady” Wins 2026 Ridler Award with 1,000-HP Supercharged LS7

We shared a video of the Great 8 finalists for the Ridler Award at Detroit Autorama a couple of days ago and now we’ve got a feature video on the one that took the title. If you missed the Great 8...

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I-24 Lebanon Dragfest 2026 Is Like No Other Indoor Car Show And We’ve Got The Photos! This Indoor Drag Racing Showcase Is Amazing!

We’ve shared a couple of Joe’s great photo galleries so far, but we’ve got plenty more left! If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them all out too....

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More Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Pics: Tall, Short, Fat, Thin, You Name It, They Had It All At LST 2026

Here’s our second to last gallery from LST 2026! Man all these cool truck make me want to get on my mini truck project so bad! If you missed our previous galleries, don’t worry because...

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NHRA NEWS: HART, GREEN, HARTFORD & GADSON OPEN 75TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH WINS AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORATIONALS

– Hart gets win in JFR debut – Green goes back-to-back at Gators – First PS win for Hartford since ‘23 – Gadson gets first PSM Gators win   GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 8,...

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Smart Tool Mod, Or Overkill? Pittsburgh Double-Double Joint Ratchet! Harbor Freight Should Sell Parts!

I’ve customized too many tools to count in my life, but they usually involve wrenches or pliers of some kind that I’ve ground on, made shorter, or welding something else to. The most...

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Carnage Video: Flaming Rollover Crash at Shakedown at E-Town

This video has it all: a half-track wheelstand, a rollover, a guardrail smash, and fire. The best part is that driver Joe Newsham walked away from this wreck that happened at the Shakedown in E-Town...

BangShift Approved: Holley’s new EFI

After spending three days at SEMA surrounded by the coolest cars and horsepower around, it’s not easy to be impressed by another speed part—but this new EFI from Holley gives us lumber....

BangShift Approved: RHS LS Block

We like big power, boost, and spray here at BangShift.com, and this new aluminum block from RHS is made to handle all of the above in spades. The 6-bolt head pattern, extra-thick deck, and clearance...

Bangshift Approved: New Parts from Detroit Speed & Engineering

Detroit Speed & Engineering is a one-stop shop for all your haul-ass American muscle-cornering needs. They build stuff that can launch you into the realm of complete Italian “super...

SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: Painless Performance

Painless Performance Products is known for having top-quality, easy-to-install parts, and at this year’s SEMA show they brought out several new products that continue that tradition. For...

Killer 1962 Corvette Is Goodguys Street Machine of the Year

As you’d imagine, we’re not the only members of the automotive blogosphere here at the 2009 SEMA show. The dudes from Autoblog.com are here as well, and their man Drew Phillips spent some...

Jeremy Mayfield To Auction House, Cars, Guns, Wife’s Jewelry

Thanks to a tip from Bangshift.com forum reader Wally, we found out that Jeremy Mayfield is set to auction off his home that sits on 475 acres, his car and gun collections, and his wife’s...

Bangshift Approved: The McLeod M-800 5-Speed Transmission

One of our favorite parts of the 2009 SEMA show is McLeod’s brand-new M-800 five-speed manual transmission. This thing has survived 800 ft/lbs of torque and enough torture that the guys...

SEMA 2009: Notes From the Floor

We’ve been giving you the nuts and bolts from the show, but we know that what you really want is the inside line on what’s happening. There hasn’t been an incredible amount of juicy...

SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: Aeromotive

Aeromotive, the fuel system company that supplies everyone from street rodders to drag racers, has some cool new stuff in its booth. Probably the neatest thing we saw was the Stealth Fuel Cell, which...

SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: Moroso

Moroso has been a major player in the aftermarket industry for more than four decades. Even after all that time they’re still innovating, inventing, and developing new products to push...

SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: Ridetech’s New Select Electronically Adjustable Air Shocks

RideTech really blew us away with their new Select series shocks. These are the world’s first electronically adjustable air shocks, and they are little marvels of engineering. We caught up with...

SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: MSD

Our friends at MSD have rolled out some great new stuff at this year’s SEMA show. The biggest item is their 40th anniversary 6AL ignition. This cool throwback piece combines the killer styling...

Event Coverage: SEMA 2009 Parts Gallery

We’ve been hitting you over the head with display cars all week from the 2009 SEMA show, but we know you’re wanting to see more than that. This is a gallery of parts from the show. Some...