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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Big Money Bracket Racing From The 2026 Spring Fling at Galot – $40,000 Thursday!

The Spring Fling at GALOT is LIVE right now with big money bracket racing going on through the weekend! If you want to see great drag racing action from one of the nicest dragstrips in the country,...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Factory Hemi Superbird Feature Video: This 1,500-Mile HEMI Superbird Has SERIOUS Drag Racing History!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it and in this video below you are going to get a look at an awesome 1970 Plymouth Superbird that came from the factory with the famed 426 Hemi under...

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This 700HP, LS7 Powered 3rd Gen Camaro Restomod Is Something Special! What A Beast!

I’m a Camaro guy. I know people know me for wagons and mini trucks and whatever but I grew up in a Camaro family, my first car was a Camaro, and I love them. My favorites are first Gens like my...

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Street Car Takeover Atlanta: They Turned a NASCAR Speedway into a NO PREP Track And The Action Was Awesome!

Street Car Takeover in Atlanta was a huge event and the racing action on pit lane of the Super Speedway was hot and heavy. We’ve been doing the same thing at LSFest Texas for the last few...

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Watch A Lamborghini Fly At The Slovakia Ring During A Massive Wreck – Driver Was OK

This footage comes from Slovakia and more specifically the Slovakia Ring race course where the Blanpain GT series was running. We have talked about the Blancpain series a few times this year because...

Quick And Dirty: How Can You Make A Rough Rig Look Fairly Presentable?

I know this story, I’ve done it a couple of times on several vehicles, but the one that really stands out to me was the 1979-81 Camaro that was slated to be the replacement for my...

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Story Time: The Good, Bad, And Downright Nasty Side Of BTCC With Legendary Driver Jason Plato

The best part of living life are the stories that you get to share with others along the way. I can say it for just about every single solitary year of my life: the stories that I have defy belief, I...

Henry’s Hot Rod: We Bought A Mongrel 1940s Ford N Tractor, Scored A Flathead and The Fun Starts Here

It has been too long since I have had some garage occupancy for my own fun and entertainment. That’s been rectified and in the typical fashion of my life, I couldn’t just do the normal...

Mini-Feature: Hubert Platt’s Georgia Shaker III 1965 Ford Falcon A/FX

Hubert Platt’s Georgia Shaker III is one of the more interesting door slammers to come out of the mid-1960s. Platt was a southern match-bash star who had tasted the sweetness of a factory deal...

DON’T PUT YOUR FACE THERE – Watch A Dude Nearly Catch A Fireball To The Kisser At The Drags

There are certain things that still amaze me on nearly every trip to the drags. The first is the propensity of a racer with a car that clearly has a mechanical issue refusing to lift on the way down...

The Top 11 Coolest-Ever TV and Movie Trucks

Trucks. We love ’em around here at BangShift. Over the years there have been a bunch of kick ass trucks on both the big and small screen. We scoured our tiny pea-brains to come up with the 11...

Watch Awesome Slow Motion Of A Nitro Powered Drag Bike’s Engine Exploding On The Track

We’ve grown to be kind of obsessed with slow motions videos as of late and after watching this video shot in Sweden, you’ll understand why. We’re not sure of the class that this...

Money No Object: 1969 Shelby GT350 Race Car And Trailer

I can’t lie, I might have squeaked when I saw this thing. Check off the list: 1969-70 Shelby Mustang body? Period-correct Trans Am appearance? A legit racing pedigree and not just a dolled-up...

From Possums To Pack Rats: Learning The Trouble With Desert Vehicles!

Officially, they are Neotoma albigula, the white-throated wood rat. To anybody that isn’t a student covering the flora and fauna of Arizona, they are simply the local species of pack rat....

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Racing A Fiat 500 Around An Indoor Go Kart Track Looks Like More Fun Than We Can Describe

K1 Speed is a large, multi-state chain of indoor go karting facilities that guys like us love to hang out at. There’s few things more entertaining in the winter than escaping for an afternoon...

Cruise Photos: Donut Derelicts Is Still Going Strong Despite It All – So Cal Hot Rodders Hanging Out!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – It has been a year of cancellation. A year of delay. A year of isolation. It has also been a year of incredible and seemingly counter-intuitive business growth for...

Family Business: Evan Bader Named Track Manager At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park

It’s always cool when you see the right people land in the right jobs across an industry. In this case, it’s our pal Evan Bader who has been promoted to the role of track manager at...

The GMC Hummer EV Is Coming Sooner Than Expected – High Number Of Pre-Orders Likely Driving Production Push

(By Tom Lohnes) – The GMC Hummer EV has had some great preorder numbers for its price range. Solely because of that, GMC is considering starting production sooner than expected, and a lot...