8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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California Off-Road Racing From Glen Helen: This Is The American Rentals Freedom Cup Race Replay!

Glen Helen is one of the most famous off-road racing destinations around because of the history of all the amazing races that have been held their over the years. From desert off-road racing to short...

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FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S Egilsstaðir 2026! Tracks 1 and 2 Put Up A Hell of a Fight!

It’s time for track specific coverage from the 3rd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026 REPLAY: Watch Every Race From King of the Hammers 2026 RIGHT HERE! Every Livestream Is Right Here To Replay

This is it, the biggest and baddest of the bad attacking the rocks, sand, and dirt at Johnson Valley’s King of the Hammers! This is what all the week leads up to and is what many say is the...

Tool Tech: Have You Ever Seen A Screwdriver This Good? Testing And Reviewing Precision And Electric Screwdrivers

Let’s face it, there are plenty of times that the tools we are using on our hot rods and race cars are about as rudamentary as can be. Hammers, pry bars, even screw drivers sometimes. But then...

What If You Could Buy A $25K EV Truck or SUV That You Can Repair Yourself? Does That Change The Game? Meet The Slate Truck

One of the many complaints that automotive enthusiasts have about electric vehicles is that they can’t work on them themselves because they are dangerous and require special tools. And while...

Ed Iskenderian, The CamFather And Hot Rodding’s Oldest Living Legend, Has Died At The Age Of 104. Thanks For All The Speed Ed!

Ed Iskenderian, at 104 years old, was the oldest living hot rodder on earth! And as my friend David Freiburger wrote on Facebook, “If you define ‘hot rodding pioneer’ as...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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!

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...

Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photos Continue: More Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!

We’ve got another gallery of fun photos! Check them out below. (Photos by Chad Reynolds) Our newest gallery of photos from the 2026 edition of the Grand National Roadster Show features awesome...

Grand National Roadster Show 2026: Here Are Photos Of All The America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contenders!

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is a title given to just one roadster per year and is considered one of the two highest hot rod award honors in the world. Given out at...

We Drive It: The 2026 Toyota Tundra Platinum TRD Off-Road – A Tundra Tackles The Tundra

It’s been a hard winter here at the BangShift eastern world headquarters in 2026. The relentless cold has only been interrupted with storm after storm. In so many ways it has been a return to...

Joe Grippo’s Best of 2025: Here’s Our Final Gallery Of Photos From Joe’s 2025 Highlight Galleries. Racing, Hot Rods, Customs, And More!

Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...