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2026 New Year’s No Prep Drag Racing at Maple Grove Raceway! Cold Temps Don’t Scare Racers Ready For 2026!

BANGshifter extraordinaire Joe Grippo was at it again this New Year’s Day for Maple Grove Raceway’s annual New Year’s No Prep where they run both frontside and backside no prep...

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Best of 2025: Motorcycles, Quads, and More FAILING To Get To The Top Of The Hillclimb Hill! Crazy Action!

These people are crazy! Motorcycles and quads are two of the things that are the scariest when it comes to hillclimbs. When things go right, which almost never happens, these are brutal runs up the...

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2025 ABAC Fall AET Amateur Truck & Tractor Pull-Tifton GA: Stock Diesel Trucks, Semis & Tractors Pulling Big Weight!

It’s time for some awesome pulling truck action, but this is not what you would normally expect. We’re talking amateurs and their drivers trying not to pitch the drivetrain out of it....

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ONBOARD SHAKEDOWN – TESTING THE DAKAR INSTATRADE IVECO POWERSTAR TRUCK OF ALES LOPRAIS TEAM- THIS FPT POWERED BIG TRUCK HAULS ASS ON DIRT!

If you are a regular BANGshifter then you know that we are really big fans of the Dakar Rally around here, because I’ve been watching it since the late 1990’s when television coverage was...

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Why Most ‘Straight’ Body Panels Aren’t Actually Straight: Here’s What Really Goes Into Show Quality Sanding

Everyone knows that if you want a car’s paint job to look nice you need to sand every body panel until it is as straight as possible. But what does “straight” actually mean when you...

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John Jackson’s Last Car Show Video of 2025: Goodguys Speedway Motors Southwest Nationals in Scottsdale Arizona

Goodguys Scottsdale is always a good show, not only because much of the country is starting to get cold, but also because there are a lot of awards and competitions on the line. It’s a great...

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This 3rd Gen Camaro Is Big Tire Greatness. We’d Race The Snot Out Of This Thing, After Installing Just One More Thing.

I’m a huge fan of 3rd Gen Camaros, and have been since my dad drove one daily as his dealership Demo car when I was a kid. His wasn’t nearly this cool though. With 565 cubic inches of...

Blower Or Turbo: Will This Test Settle The Argument Over Which One Is Better?

The argument over which is better, turbos or blowers, has been going on since someone bolted the first one of each on a hot rod and will likely continue until the last pair are every bolted onto a...

The Hustle Is Real: The FTI Performance Team Is Gearing Up For NHRA Nitro Funny Car Action In Gainesville

If there is one thing that we know for sure, there are loads of race teams thrashing hard to get ready for the 2021 Amalie Oil Gatornationals as we speak. People are chomping at the bit to get back...

The Well-Heeled Hellcat: The 627 Horsepower BMW M5 CS Is Lighter, Stronger, and More Powerful Than Ever Before

(By Tom Lohnes) – The BMW M5 Competition is Germany’s craziest sedan, with 617 horsepower, AWD, and ridiculously quick acceleration figures for a 4,250-pound sedan. Well, the crazy just got...

A New Path Ahead: Is This Going To Be The Last Gasp Of The Nissan Pathfinder As A Crossover? Body On Frame Coming Back?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Nissan is about to pull some serious risks in the next few years. Making an all-new sports car such as the upcoming “Z Proto” in such a dire financial state is unheard...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With Jim Pace As He Roars Around Road America In A Shadown DN-4 Can-Am Car!

It’s still unfathomable to us that Jim Pace is no longer out there driving race cars. Jim’s passing was a shock to the world, especially to us here at BangShift. The good news is that...

Unicorn Review: Who Remembers That You Could Get A Two-Door Diesel Yukon In The 1990s?!

The GMC Yukon name has been amazingly successful for decades now. The handsome SUVs have taken several different forms over the years but we’d argue that none were more handsome than the form...

Remember The Fab Rats Jeep YJ That They Cut In Half? Well, They Are Fixing It Now So It Won’t Just Be A Cut In Half Jeep

In the first video that the Fab Rats put together on this YJ, you’ll remember that they marked it up and then cut the thing right in half, without any hesitation and with little fanfare. Of...

Unveiled: 2022 Nissan Frontier – “Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken” Is A Solid Plan

It’s amazing to think about how up-in-arms car reviewers and auto journalists (real and professed) get about a vehicle platform that has some age to it. The last-generation Ram had been around...

All Muscle: This 1979 Caprice Doesn’t Need To Be Flashy To Get The Job Done!

The 1979 Chevrolet Caprice, in a shade of completely inoffensive sandy tan, with a whorehouse red interior and flat-disc hubcaps. Can you feel yourself transported back thirty years, when these cars...

Money No Object: 2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina – If You’re Going To Go Full Supercar, Do It Right!

It was the great dividing battle among budding young car geeks in the early 1990s: were you a Ferrari or Lamborghini kid? They were easy to tell apart: one bought the poster of the red Miami Vice-era...

OBS Truck Tech: Sagging Doors? You Ain’t Alone! Here’s The Easy How To That Will Make Your Doors Swing Straight And Latch Like New

Sagging doors aren’t something OBS Chevy truck specific, but it sure is a pain. Having to shut the door hard to get it to latch, rubbing paint off in some cases, and just he ugly look alone are...

It Is King Of The Hammers Week! Here Is King Of The Hammers Qualifying, Lots More To Come!

The fact that King of the Hammers is actually happening right now in Southern California is amazing, and a testament to the hard work and planning done by the entire organization, as well as the...

Watch Every Run That Lyle Barnett Made In The Elite Motorsports ProCharged Camaro Pro Mod During The US Street Nationals In Bradenton

Our boy Lyle Barnett is living the dream in 2021, after putting together a deal to drive the Elite Motorsports ProCharged Camaro in NHRA’s E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified. His plan is to run every...