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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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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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NOTHING BUT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’S Egilsstaðir 2026!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 3rd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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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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Event Coverage: Sunday at the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week

Speed Week 2009 is reinforcing Bonneville Speedway’s “World’s Fastest” designation, and in grand fashion. Jump here for the BangShift.com photo gallery of Sunday’s...

Bonus Bonneville Gallery: Photos by Scott Clark

Our readers are once again proving that they are the coolest on the internet. Here is a bonus gallery of photos, shot by Scott Clark (known as dieselgeek) at Bonneville. Chad is zapping photos at a...

Event Coverage: 2009 NSRA Street Rod Nationals

Big thanks to astute reader and forum member Chris Morgan (CM325 on the BangShift.com forums) for attending and shooting a ton of great photos at the 2009 NSRA Street Rod Nationals. We took his...

Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week

Today was the first day of competition at the SCTA/BNI 2009 Bonneville Speed Week, and if today’s top speed is any indication of things to come, we are in for some great racing action. Poteet...

BangShift.com Coverage of the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week Starts Now

It’s almost midnight in Wendover, Utah, on August 7, and I just arrived in town (late, as usual) to start off the BangShift.com coverage of the SCTA/BNI 2009 Bonneville Speed Week. Racing...

One Last Time: Hear Lohnes Calling Hot Drag Race Action on Saturday!

No date for Saturday night? Hankering to hear a guy with funny accent scream about “dragstas” and “jet cahs”? We’ve got the perfect thing for you! I’ll be...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Chad’s at Bonneville and We’re Not

Yep, this one is personal. My BangShift.com blood brother Chad is literally cruising toward the crucible of speed right now, and me? Well, let’s just leave it at, “I’m not”....

Crane Cams Back Up and Running

A rare piece of good news these days, Crane Cams (under it’s new ownership by S&S Cycle) has reopened and is back in the business of making parts. Currently only motorcycle stuff is being...

Texas Shop Building V6 Camaro to Kick Nissan GT-R Ass

East Texas Muscle Cars, a Texas hot rod shop, has announced its intentions to build a 2010 V6 Camaro that is capable of running with and beating the vaunted Nissan GT-R on the Nurburging in Germany....

Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?

There are varying levels of ugly in this car hobby we all know and love. There’s cool ugly, like, say, an Edsel. Then there’s ugly ugly that (and we know there’s some of you who...

Clunkers Progam Saved On Senate Vote; NY Times Damns Program With Faint Praise

We knew it was coming, but it still sucks to hear. The Senate voted to infuse $2 billion more dollars into the “Cash for Clunkers” Program today, cementing its presence as one of the...

Propaganda Machine? NASCAR.com Tells Mayfield to Pack It In

Of all the opinion columns we have read over the Mayfield mess this one, from NASCAR.com has the most blatant message of “Surrender Now!” that we have seen. We shouldn’t be suprised...

Chevy Tells NASCAR it will not run the Camaro in the Nationwide Series

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that GM, when spproached by NASCAR about running the Camaro in the Nationwide series against the Mustang said no. It appears that there was actual thought put into...

It Came From the Fab Shop: Snatching Victory From the Jaws of Defeat With a Lathe

(By Loren Krussow) – With only a few days to go before Bonneville Speed Week 2009, my buddy Jake’s flathead-powered 1953 Ford “Mainliner” sits spread out around the garage.  The...