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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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Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, 248 Photos!

Saturday at the 2009 Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was action-packed, hot, humid, hazy, and hella cool. The car show was more massive than ever we could have...

Event Coverage: Friday at the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, With Video

We’re here and we’re delivering the goods from the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion being held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, KY. We were shooting photos and video of day one...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Viper Plant Reopens, USA Today Writer is a Killjoy

This week’s Friday Excuse to go Home Early and Drink touches on both happiness and anger.  The good news is that the Dodge Viper plant is back up and running in Detroit, cranking out...

More Amazing NHRA Photos by Mark Rebilas

While the NHRA event at Topeka, Kansas, was heldsome time ago, we still found it worthy to direct you to another amazing collection of photos from Mark Rebilas, who was on the scene at that race....

The Internet is Serious Business: Mud Bogging Websites in the New York Times

When we ran across a story about mud-bogging websites being covered in the New York Times, we knew something interesting had to be going on. It’s not like the paper would (Heaven forbid!) send...

Don Garlits Explains how to Fix Professional Drag Racing

Thanks to Dave Wallace for pointing us towards this link to an interview with Don Garlits where he expresses his ideas for “fixing” professional drag racing. Although he offers no...

See The Veale/Brown BangShift.com A/Fuel Dragster at Schepel Motor Group This Saturday

This weekend the Veale/Brown Motorsports A/Fuel dragster, which flies the BangShift.com colors loud and proud, will be appearing at their primary sponsor’s yearly car show. The show, being held...

Video: Lucas Oil’s 800 Horsepower, 515ci Test Engine

The crew over at Lucas Oil, including BangShift.com friend Tom Bogner, is always trying to keep ahead of the competition, which means lots of oil testing. “Oil testing” means horsepower...

Cool Old Press Photos: 1928 vs. 1957 Plymouths

This week’s cool old press photo raises an interesting question: Which would you rather have? In 1957, the factory PR team drummed up this comparison of the 1928 and 1957 Plymouths. On one hand...

Cool Heavy-Duty Hot Rod

We saw this awesome truck over at CarDomain and it’s been keeping us up  at night with the sweats. It looks like a 1956 Chevy, and the cab is, but it is sitting on a 6500-series...

Champion Speed Shop at the National Hot Rod Reunion

Journalist and PR hack Mike Bumbeck recently sent us this announcement of the San Francisco’s Champion Speed Shop attending the National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky: The Champion...

Around-the-World Road Trip

Imagine the ultimate road trip. Now take your wildest thought and crumple it up and throw it away because you’ve not even begun to touch the trip that Jan and Leone Vorster have been on for the...

Video of the Week: 48-Cylinder Motorcycle!

We have to thank BangShift.com forum member Kris for the hot tip on what is most definitely the wildest motorcycle we have ever seen. This freaking thing has 48 cylinders. It looked like a Photoshop...

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BangShift.com Daily Coverage of the 2009 National Hot Rod Reunion This Weekend

BangShift.com will be banging out lots of great event coverage from this weekend’s 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We’ll be on...