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Freiburger and Finnegan Q&A: While They Cross-Country The Limo Truck, Finnegan Interviews Freiburger And Here’s All The Answers!!
Feb 04, 2026Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, FUNNY STUFF, Videos, XL SpotlightComments Off on Freiburger and Finnegan Q&A: While They Cross-Country The Limo Truck, Finnegan Interviews Freiburger And Here’s All The Answers!!
Everyone loves a good Q&A session with their favorite car guys, and this one here is coming to you from Finnegan and Freiburger, who are road tripping the limo crew cab truck across the country...Sick Week Day 1 Video From Alex Taylor, Drag Drive Repeat, And The KSR Crew. Records, Wins, And More!
Feb 04, 2026Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, DRAG RACES, Event CoverageComments Off on Sick Week Day 1 Video From Alex Taylor, Drag Drive Repeat, And The KSR Crew. Records, Wins, And More!
We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 1 video blog post and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are sharing some of...Sick Week Day 1 Video: A Great Day Of Drag and Drive Racing At Gainesville Ends With CARNAGE!!!
Feb 04, 2026Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, VideosComments Off on Sick Week Day 1 Video: A Great Day Of Drag and Drive Racing At Gainesville Ends With CARNAGE!!!
Carnage is NOT how you want to start off your week of racing at Sick Week, or any other event for that matter, but that’s exactly what plagued some racers on Day 1 of Sick Week 2026. Luckily...Will a $200 Buick Make a Cross Country Road Trip?!? Sure, Just Close Your Eyes And Pray!
Feb 04, 2026Chad ReynoldsBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR FEATURES, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, VideosComments Off on Will a $200 Buick Make a Cross Country Road Trip?!? Sure, Just Close Your Eyes And Pray!
I’ve owned some cheap cars and trucks that ran hundreds of thousands of miles after getting them and for the most part they didn’t care what I paid for them. With that said, do you think...Sick Week Day 0 Video: This has NEVER happened at Sick Week. Freezing Temps In Florida, YES FREEZING TEMPS!
Feb 03, 2026Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, VideosComments Off on Sick Week Day 0 Video: This has NEVER happened at Sick Week. Freezing Temps In Florida, YES FREEZING TEMPS!
Given that everyone in the country seems to have experienced some level of freezing in the past week or so, I’m kind of entertained by the shock that some Sick Week competitors expressed when...Electrical Tech: WIRE CRIMPING 101 – How to Crimp Open Barrel Terminals Like a PRO! (Wire Selection Included)
Feb 03, 2026Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos, XL SpotlightComments Off on Electrical Tech: WIRE CRIMPING 101 – How to Crimp Open Barrel Terminals Like a PRO! (Wire Selection Included)
There is a lot of wiring going on in your average newer built hot rod, what with EFI and electric everything and all that. But even if you have an older, or more traditional, ride there are still...Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photo Coverage Continues: Even More Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!
Feb 03, 2026Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, GalleryComments Off on Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photo Coverage Continues: Even More Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!
We’ve got another gallery of photos from the show, and if you missed our previous photos we’ve got a link to those too! (Photos by Chad Reynolds) Our newest gallery of photos from the...This Is The Biggest Deal In Air Hammers: Which One Of These Beasts Actually Performs Under Real Testing Conditions?
Feb 03, 2026Chad ReynoldsTECH, Tech Stories, Tools, VideosComments Off on This Is The Biggest Deal In Air Hammers: Which One Of These Beasts Actually Performs Under Real Testing Conditions?
In a world of tools that just keeps getting better and better for the money, and where nearly everything is offered in a battery operated version that outperforms everything else, air hammers seem to...Ride On Board With Christopher Polvoorde During His King of the Hammers Trophy Truck Qualifying Run!
Feb 03, 2026Chad ReynoldsBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL VideosComments Off on Ride On Board With Christopher Polvoorde During His King of the Hammers Trophy Truck Qualifying Run!
Seeing Trophy Trucks run well over 100 miles per hour across the desert is something truly special. With suspension travel that is measured in feet, not inches, and 1,000 horsepower on tap for the...This Is What Hanging Out With Jay Leno For A Day Is Like: Driving Cool Stuff + Shop Tour + New Projects!
Feb 03, 2026Chad ReynoldsMISC, VideosComments Off on This Is What Hanging Out With Jay Leno For A Day Is Like: Driving Cool Stuff + Shop Tour + New Projects!
8 years ago I got the chance to come to Jay Leno’s and talk to his car care guys, get a truck washed and waxed, and check out the collection. We weren’t supposed to really talk to Jay...Al Slonaker Memorial Award To A ’55 VW At GNRS!
Feb 02, 2026Darr HawthorneApex Event Coverage, BangShift News, Car Features, CAR SHOWS, Event CoverageComments Off on Al Slonaker Memorial Award To A ’55 VW At GNRS!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • Dennis Troggio’s jaw-dropping 1955 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, built by the craftsmen at Type One Restoration, didn’t just turn heads at the Grand National Roadster...Nicole Baird’s Blue Ribbon 1932 Ford Roadster built by Squeeg’s Kustoms Win’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster At GNRS 2026!
Feb 02, 2026Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, Car Features, FORD, XL SpotlightComments Off on Nicole Baird’s Blue Ribbon 1932 Ford Roadster built by Squeeg’s Kustoms Win’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster At GNRS 2026!
This year’s cars that were competing for America’s Most Beautiful Roadster were as diverse as I’ve ever seen, and while I thought all of them were beautifully done cars, there were...WILL IT RUN? Freiburger Is Fighting Ants, Moss, a Possum, and Shag in His Junkyard Van So He Can Road Trip This Beast!
Feb 02, 2026Chad ReynoldsCHEVY, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Tech StoriesComments Off on WILL IT RUN? Freiburger Is Fighting Ants, Moss, a Possum, and Shag in His Junkyard Van So He Can Road Trip This Beast!
I’ve bought some pretty nasty vehicles before, but by far the worst of my life was the C4 Corvette that I bought to make into the Vette Hack test car and that later became the Vette Cart that...How to Chop An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor: Chopping a True Survivor – Nailing the Tricky Rear Profile on Our ’32 Ford Roof Chop!
Feb 02, 2026Chad ReynoldsFORD, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL SpotlightComments Off on How to Chop An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor: Chopping a True Survivor – Nailing the Tricky Rear Profile on Our ’32 Ford Roof Chop!
Now that the most delicate welding and fitting is done on the A Pillars, it is time for the final stage of this top chop. To finish this bad boy up, the rear side windows have to come together to...




