The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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Full Race Coverage From The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix: 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

Just one week after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, which couldn’t be more different...

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Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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This 1967 Buick Skylark GS400 Is A True Buick From Front To Back And 100% BangShift Approved – Buy It!

Oh man is this car good. This is one of those cars that we find on eBay and then nervously scan the photos for some sort of horrifying gaffe in the build, the engine choice, a stray limb poking out...

G-body 8.8 Swap: Something Strange is Happening in Our Rear and We Like It – Axle Tech You Can Use!

(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT PARKER) – If you didn’t know it already, the bad news about your G-body is that most likely it has one of the worst rear ends GM ever built. Only the Grand...

Looks Can Be Deceiving! This Craigslist 1978 Pinto Wagon Project Looks Like A Mess But Is It Hiding Something Cool?

Looks can be deceiving. When Ron Ward sent me the link for this 1978 Pinto wagon, I saw baby-blue, primer, some bodywork that was best described as “cringeworthy” and wheels I wouldn’t put on a...

The F1 Track That Wasn’t: How Korea Wound Up With The Race Track And How It’s Started A Racing Culture

(Lead Photo: New York Times) In October 2010 the Korea International Circuit hosted it’s first F1 race. The course had been built with the promise that it would be on the F1 circuit, that...

This Street Legal 1963 1/2 Ford Galaxie Tribute Stock Car Is Absolutely Awesome From The Paint On Down

Normally when we talk about street legal tribute funny cars we’re actually talking about street cars that wear a period paint job or have a look close to something that would have been found on...

Freiburger Builds Up Hot Rod Garage’s Late-Model Mustang Into A Budget Autocrosser!

If there is one car in my recent history that is near and dear to my heart, it’s the 2005 Ford Mustang GT that I traded in for the Angry Grandpa Chrysler a couple of years ago. The Mustang was...

Would You Lay Out $2,500 For This (Claimed) Original Camaro Cowl Air Cleaner?

Of all the muscle car stuff that I am interested in, rare parts are pretty close to the top of the list. Not necessarily because I know everything about them, where they came from, who invented them,...

Teaser Video: The RideTech 48 Hour Corvette Is Following In Its Famous Older Brother’s Footsteps

March 10, 11, 12 from 8am until midnight each day, you’ll watch a team of experienced wrenches, industry experts, and escaped mental patients take a pretty decent little Corvette down to the...

Another Competitor Enters The Ring: The Aston Martin Vulcan Has Arrived To Do Battle In The Track-Only Hypercar War

Ferrari FXXK. McLaren P1 GTR. Both of these sociopathically-fast hypercars have one thing in common: they are track-only vehicles. Ferrari pretty much rents the FXXK, much like it did the 599XX, to...

Whoops! How To Free A S197 Mustang From A Muddy Ditch At An Autocross

Mudding and Ford Mustangs don’t normally exist well together, and this video will show you just how strained the relationship actually is. After getting a little too exuberant at an autocross...

Footage of Solaris Motorsports’ EuroV8 Camaro Tearing Around Monza – An Orphaned Race Car Screaming In Anger

Unfortunately, this is a kind of bittersweet video. This Camaro has been over in Italy for quite some time, running in the SuperStars and EuroV8 racing series. Unfortunately, that entire series has...

Apex Video: McLaren’s Official P1 GTR Introduction Video, Complete With The F1 GTR

A few days ago, we told you about the McLaren P1 GTR, the track-only version of the McLaren P1 hybrid supercar. The 986hp beast is the spiritual successor to the McLaren F1 GTR, the de-tuned...

Take A Hot Lap Of The Nurburgring Nordschliefe On Board An Ariel Atom – Blower Whine And Apexes For Days!

Sun, a killer racetrack, a very capable car…is this heaven? Well, one quick look outside dispatches that for us, but for the owner of this Ariel Atom, it most certainly is, because today...

Pro Touring Tuesdays: This 1964 Buick Skylark Is A Family Labor Of Love

“Pro Touring Tuesdays” is all about bring you guys and gals the best of the Pro Touring builds and videos that we uncover while on our endless search for all things Bangshifty. Some are more...