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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Chris Harris Breaks Down Ken Block’s “Hoonicorn” Mustang, Plus Footage Of Block Scaring The Hell Out Of Him

We know what Ken Block is all about, and we’ve all seen the tangible form of his insanity, the RTR “Hoonicorn” Mustang. Fine and fair, the thing is properly bad-ass. But what you...

Go For An Upside Down Ride On An Unlimited Hydro Boat!

As if driving one of these H1 Unlimited Hydro boats wasn’t crazy enough when things go right, imagine how bad it is when things go wrong! The views are amazing in this video, including several...

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Feature: A 1973 Chevelle That Personifies Working Man’s Pro Touring

There were some truly incredible rides at the 2012 Run to the Shore event held at New Jersey Motorsports Park in April. We oogled the likes of Billy Utley’s all conquering Nova and Jeff...

Actual NASCAR Dodge Charger Daytona For Sale On Ebay: One Of Less Than 10 Known To Exist, Raced By James Hylton, Only One To Suffer Fatal Wreck

Even road going Dodge Charger Daytonas are show stoppers. 45 years after they rolled off production lines as street versions of cars designed to dominate the high banks of NASCAR super speedways they...

BOOM Video! Watch This AMC Javelin In The Netherlands Explode Like It Is Packed Full Of TNT

So here’s a public service announcement to anyone who happens to find themselves in a mid 1970s AMC Javeling after it has caught on fire. RUN. Run like you are in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie...

Watching This 1969 Chevy C30 Flatbed On The Autocross Course Is Both Hilarious And Tiring – This Driver Was Working Hard!

As you know, we love hot rodders with a sense of humor, we also love old trucks, and we love when guys get off of their asses and beat the crap out of their projects. All three of those bases are...

1969 Chevelle Body + NASCAR Chassis + 700hp Small Block = One Of The Coolest Projects Ever

If you think that the 1969 Chevelle in the lead photo looks like a stock car, you’d be right…because it is. The body has been dropped over top of a 1999 Winston Cup chassis and will be...

This 1965 Galaxie Has A 500hp Cummins Diesel, Gets 30mpg, and Hauls The Family In Style!

As you’ll see more of today, the “diesel swap in a car” thing is gaining more and more steam by the week. From 1980s economy boxes getting smallish turbo diesels to cars like this...

Rough Start: There’s A Lot More To This Volvo Than What The Surface Shows…

I’m a sucker for a good sleeper. The less likely, the better, but it’s becoming more difficult to find a good sleeper anymore. Used to be, if you kept the engine quiet and didn’t do...

BangShift Readers, Do You Know Anything About The Lincoln Mark VII That Raced Trans-Am?

Alright, readers, I come to you requesting help. See, while doing research on Trans-Am cars for a different story, I accidentally slipped and entered “Trans Am L” into Google and the next...

Racing Video: Five Laps Of Tsukuba Circuit In Japan With Five Different Cars

Racing with snow on the ground might be the norm for rally, but for road courses it’s a bad combination. Low asphalt temperatures and high power combine to make for a challenging surface to put...

50 Photos of Pro Touring Style Cars!

What began as a fringe movement of guys who liked to make their classic cars turn corners has exploded into a major part of the car hobby, high performance aftermarket, and hot rodding world in...

Pro Touring Find: The RideTech Equipped Blackened 1973 ‘Cuda Is Up For Sale – Evil Looks, Late Model Hemi Power, Tough Suspension

The old “Lord Vader, your car is ready” joke is totally beaten to death at this point but we couldn’t help but think that as we gazed upon the evil glory that is this car. Called...

Random Car Review: The Peugeot 205 T16, The Winningest Group B Rally Car

Lots of love has been shared on BangShift for the Group B cars, a rally class so absolutely mental that it ended up banned in the matter of a couple of years. We all know and love the better-known...