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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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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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BangShift.com Tributes the Americans Who Lost Their Lives 68 Years Ago Today

Today is the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Please remember the 2,388* Americans who lost their lives that day, 1,177 of them onboard the USS Arizona. It’s also time...

Monday Time Killer and Wallet Drainer: Affordable Project Cars Site

Normally, a Monday Time Killer is meant to burn a few hours at the desk on Monday morning. This time, you could get drawn into a much worse time killer if you fall for one of the affordable project...

Photo Gallery: NHRA Museum Christmas Cruise Night

Say want you want about California, but our cruise season ends December 2nd with the Christmas Cruise at the NHRA Motorsports Museum and picks up again like 20 minutes later. BangShift member Newell...

The Parting Shift: A Reminder Why Actual Gearheads Prefer BangShift.com

Do any of you ever look at Jalopnik.com? It’s the web site where pseudo car guys write snarky blog items about stuff that pseudo car guys might care about. They get some good scoops on new cars...

Boring NASCAR Champ Not Looking Too Bad Right Now

With the recent disaster that has surrounded golfer Tiger Woods, columnist Jim Pedley at SportingNews.com has penned a piece about how Jimmy Johnson’s unassuming self isn’t such a bad...

Just Because: Original Dukes of Hazzard Bloopers

It’s hard to argue that the Dukes of Hazzard influenced every BangShifter one way or another, if only through today’s dire shortage of 1969 Chargers. Well, here’s a clip of Dukes as...

Not Bangshift Approved: The SoundRacer

We thought the fake turbo whistler tailpipe insert was the lamest thing we had ever seen. The good news for the people that make it is that they have been knocked off the top spot. The SoundRacer is...

Just When You Thought We Couldn’t Find a New Reason that Cash For Clunkers Sucks…

This dead horse just keeps kicking. The latest news on the effects of the colosal fail of Cash For Clunkers has been reported by Aftermarket News. It seems that another backfire of the program was...

Wall Street Journal Column Says GM Made the Right Move Ditching Henderson; Company Needs Culture War

Paul Ingrassia covered GM for the Wall Street Journal and earned a Pulitzer Prize for the work he did on the subject. Ingrassia has a book coming out in the near future, and yesterday he wrote a...

Massive Online Savings at Edelbrock.com

Claiming “Holiday Saving Time,” Edelbrock.com is having a blowout sale with some truly significant deals. There are diesel exhaust systems that have been whacked down under $100 and...

Not Bangshift Approved: Worst Gearhead Gift Idea List Ever

Click here to see a non-car-guy’s view of what car guys want for Christmas. The only beneficial function of this list would be to use it as a “stuff I do NOT want for...

Wild Video: Suzuki Submarine

The Suzuki Samurai was a much maligned little 4×4 back when Consumer Reports got one to “roll” on its test course. Turns out that the little bastards are great off-road trucks with...

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Great Read: How a New York Foundry Came Together and Saved Itself

Oberdorfer LLC is a 134-year-old foundry located in DeWitt, New York. Like all other business in the manufacturing sector, it have been hit very hard by today’s economic woes. The company was...

MSD Ignition Store Now Online

BangShift.com sponsor MSD Ignition is reminding you about its online store where 1,000s of part numbers are available to purchase instantly. Lots of those part numbers are for T-shirts and hats and...