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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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FREE LIVE STREAMING DRAG RACING! We Are LIVE From The Southwest Showdown In Tucson All Weekend!

That’s right folks, we’re super excited to bring you our FIRST live streaming video broadcast of 2021 starting this Thursday afternoon from Tucson Dragway, home of the Southwest Shootout....

Rocky Mountain Race Week AND Road Week Registration Is Open! Sign Up Now!

If you dream of driving your hot rod cross country, racing it each and every day, and meeting all kinds of other people that are doing the same thing, then Rocky Mountain Race Week is the event for...

The Ultimate: This Is The World’s Most Awesome Ferrari Dino – Unreal Build Where Money Was no Object

Some of you will immediately write this car off as some sort of toy for an ultra-wealthy guy. Well, you would not be wrong about the toy and about the level of wealth that produced this amazing car....

Pro Motor Engines Now Approved & Certified Engine Builder for Trans Am TA2® Series

PME may be big wigs in the Trans Am and NASCAR worlds, but they are also into drag racing, and anything else that needs horsepower. Their latest accomplishment, being chosen as one of the select...

Morning Symphony: Carving Up The Road Like A Video Game With A Yamaha R1M

I’m a video game addict, an unrepentant one. I pretty much play only two types of games: racing games like Forza, Gran Turismo and Wreckfest…and Grand Theft Auto. I could spend days...

Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Gauge Lights That Actually Light Up!

If you’ve been around BangShift a while…especially if you’ve been in the Forums for a long time…then you might have heard a running joke or two about my luck with gauge lights...

Anderson and Al Balooshi Top Friday Qualifying at CTECH World Doorslammer Nationals presented by JEGS

ORLANDO (March 5, 2021) –Orlando Speed World Dragway continues to bring out the best in Pro Stock legend Greg Anderson. The four-time world champ rocketed to the top of provisional qualifying at...

Lone Star Throwdown Photos Continue! New Body Style GM In Every Custom Form

I got up real early to go grab Wickam and head out to LST 2021, and boy was it worth it. Lone Star Throwdown is one of the premier truck shows in the country and this year did not disappoint. This...

The Cadillac Celestiq Is The Big Electric Luxury Sedan The Brand Needs….But What About The Styling?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Cadillac is doing a great job staying relevant nowadays, with the luxurious Escalade, affordable XT4, and fast V-series cars, but one thing they are certainly lacking from...

Lights Out 12 Drag Racing Action Photos: More Amazing Cars, Power Adders, and Beasts On The Strip At SGMP

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re continuing to roll out our photo coverage from last week’s Lights Out 12 at South Georgia Motorsports Park. The event kicked off what is an...

Wrecking Yard Wonders: This Engine Masters Video Shows Off Some Of Their Prime Junkyard Based Builds

There’s a magic to making a junkyard engine a powerhouse. Taking something abandoned, forlorn, and destined to be smelted into a puddle and giving it a vibrant second life. This video...

Not All Steering Columns Are Created Equal! These Lightweight Units Will Handle The Abuse In Your Race Car.

Chris Alston’s Chassisworks has been building bad ass chassis and components for decades, and they are a family run business that is filled with people who are passionate about the products...

Wagon Master: The New Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Has A Bad Name But Monster Performance

(By Tom Lohnes) – Porsche’s first EV since the early 1900’s, the Taycan has broken ground as both an electric vehicle and a sports car. The hatchback Taycan is a very practical vehicle in...

Mini Trucks From Lone Star Throwdown 2021! Bagged, Bodied, Retro, And New They Were All On Hand

I’m a minitrucker from back in the day and have been jonesing for another one for some time now. In fact, I’ve been looking on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for a Mitsubishi Mighty...