FREE LIVESTREAM: The IHRA New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix LIVE Racing Action Starts Here!

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicked off their 2026 season in St. Petersburg Florida a couple of weeks ago, and featured big speed from giant offshore boats and...

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Better Than a Bugatti? Here’s Why Jay Leno Paid Full Price for his 2026 Corvette ZR1X. How Bad Ass Is It Really?

Jay Leno has got some of the most awesome cars on the planet, as we’ve all seen parts of his collection over the years. And he’s wealthy enough to buy any car he could ever want, so it...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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Tony Found His Dream Muscle Car Abandoned in a Barn for FORTY YEARS! And Then BOUGHT IT CHEAP!

I love Tony Angelo now more than ever. We get along great and he’s super fun to be around, but now that I know what his favorite muscle car is I think I love him even more! After dreaming about...

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Alex Hernandez’s 1971 Caprice Is Called Rose Gold, And While Pretty It’s Also Absolutely Brutal And Bad Ass!

Alex Hernandez and I have been friends for several years, and the night we met was pretty funny. We were both invited to dinner with a group of people that lets just say were a little mismatched, at...

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Kevin Tetz Shows Us How To Set And Massage The Door Gaps On Your Old Hot Rod

Bodywork is one of the most intimidating parts of building a hot rod. It is the part a lot of people dread, and with good reason. Doing it wrong can ruin a lot of good stuff. Or so we think. Kevin...

Unique Beauty: Check Out This Unique 1961 Vignale Bodied Corvette And The Story Behind It

It is kind of sad that we live in the post coach builder era. Yes, there are amazing metal artists that are still making things. Guys like Rob Ida, the Marcels, and others still have the old world...

Bimmer Kart: This V12 Powered Rig Looks Fun! Why Has No One Made A Race Series Yet?

Ok we can’t stand it any longer. After watching this video of something that have dubbed the “Bimmer Kart” we’re demanding that someone out there make a racing series for...

Home Grown Dukes Of Hazzard Fun: It’s Amazing What Fun A $200 Beater Can Be!

For years I’ve been saying that I want to get a few buddies together and have each of us buy a $200 car and then go out and thrash it in the dirt. Or on the dragstrip. Or… well you get...

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Winter Rally Madness: The Action And Carnage From The Jari-Pekka Junior WRC Rally In Finland

As I type this, snow is dumping on BangShift Mid-West HQ for the third time in two weeks, and just as the last of the second storm had melted off. It’s no secret that I’m not a winter...

Roadtrippin’: Being In The Moment And Nearly Missing It… My Day With The Unsers

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) One of the car shows I went to this past summer was the Goodguys “Day In The Hay” that was held in Lincoln, Nebraska in July. I found out about the...

Another Ice Racing Camaro: 454 And Spiked Dual Tires At All Four Corners!

Apparently mid-1970s Chevrolet Camaros are the vehicle of choice to blast around the frozen lakes of Finland. Who knew…around the U.S. they are either the poor man’s split-bumper Camaro...

Racer Scott Tucker Arrested – Made Billions, Plowed 67-Million Into Racing, Charged With Nine Counts In Federal Court

The high flying, fast living, live on the edge lifestyle of racing attracts a certain type of person and over the years these “certain types of people” have (on occasion) proven...

This Buick Regal RS Is The Only T-Top Equipped, Corduroy Interior, GM A-Body We’ve Ever Seen

This just might be the strangest GM A-Body we’ve ever seen. When Chris Todd sent us the link to this one on Craigslist, he said that he’d never seen one before and hoped we would dig it...

Watch This Ford Fiesta Rally Car Jump Half A Football Field At Rally Sweden! Woah Mamma!

(By Eric Rood) – Ah, Rally Sweden, the world’s best snow rally. When not contending with mixed ice and snow conditions on the country’s back roads, drivers are fighting the difficulty of...

This 1970 Dodge D100 May Be The Neatest Pickup Truck We’ve Seen – Awesome In Every Way

There was flood of words that come to the tip of my tongue when I saw this truck and none of them are printable. I unabashedly love every inch of this rig and what’s even better than the looks...

Swapped Freak: This Caddy 4.9L V8 Powered 1981 Citation X-11 Has A Four Speed – Want It?

All swaps are not created equal. Some are weird for the sake of being weird. Some are entertaining because they are so wrong, and some, like this one are just plain interesting and different. The car...

Check Out This 1940 Studebaker Six Making Some Dyno Pulls – Low-Po Cool!

What kind of person sticks an old Studebaker flathead on an engine dyno? What kind of person builds a pretty awesome tubular intake and header for it? The same type of person who wants to make sure...

SCCA Track Night In America Driven By TireRack Returns For 2016! 7 Venues Added – This Rules!

  The best program that the SCCA has ever created returns for 2016! Track Night in America is greatness because it is a no hassle, all fun way for you to get your street car onto a road course...