NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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Here’s The Story Of Freiburger’s Original Muscle Truck, And How We Helped Make This Awesome Squarebody A Thing!

I am willing to bet that there probably isn’t anyone who’s cut more stuff off of Freiburger’s Muscle Truck than I have. Since I was there for the original build, as part of our...

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New Junkyard Inventory! This 1963 Ford Custom Cab Pickup Is Cool! But Does It Check All The Boxes for a Custom Cab?

We’ve got more fun junkyard inventory from our friend Chad Ehrlich at Nobody Else’s Auto in Great Bend Kansas. This week Chad is sharing this awesome 1963 Custom Cab Ford pickup. These...

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The 2027 Dakar Rally Route Has Been Announced! Check Out Where It’s Going Below!

We’ve been fans of the Dakar Rally for decades, and we love to share coverage from the race here whenever possible. It’s been an interesting journey for the Dakar Rally in the last 10...

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Drill Press Meets Fab Table: Jason From Fireball Tools Built the Drill Press He’s Always Wanted!

Have you ever walked into someone’s shop or garage and seen a tool that got you excited because you realized it is something someone customized? I’ve done it too many times to count, and...

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This Awesome Dent Side Ford F100 Pre-Runner RIPS The STREETS, The Dirt, And More!

There is something awesome about vintage bodied pre-runner trucks, and this dentside F100 is a great example. My uncle had a SuperCab back then, and even though I was never a Ford fan growing up I...

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Craigslist Find: This 1974 Jeep J20 Wrecker May Be The Only One Ever Built

When it comes to rare tow trucks….and there are such things are rare tow trucks this may be one of the rarest of all. Reader Jerry Johnson sent us this Craigslist find which knocked our socks...

Kill It With Fire: Dustbuster 4×4 – If You Are Going To Do It, At Least Go All The Way

Every once in a while my wife will text me a picture and will only type “You gotta see this!” I’ve learned that when she does that, it’s code for “get the eye bleach,...

Craigslist Find: V-1 SPEEDIE DELIVERY ROCKET JET VAN!….PARTING OUT

More specifically, this is an ad for a van with a turbine engine IN the roof as it was clearly plunked into is final resting place with some force because the roof is all caved in around it and the...

Power Tour 2014 Road Report: American Powertrain’s Adventures On The Trail Of The Ultimate Gearhead Road Trip

(Words and photos by Matt Graves/American Powertrain) – This will be a backwards deal. Normally you build a project car and document the build for an article then you have the payoff. Like...

Here’s Our Final Pomona Swap Meet Truck Coverage – This Includes One Of The Coolest Car Haulers We Have Ever Seen

We’re finally to the end of our coverage of the great trucks that were on display and for sale at the June 2014 Pomona Swap Meet. In this group of photos we take you to all ends of the spectrum...

Bryce Menzies Wins Third SCORE Baja 500 In 4 Years. Full Results From Baja Right Here.

Bryce Menzies had the opportunity to win three Baja 500 overalls in a row last year, but fell short behind Robby Gordon and BJ Baldwin. He wasn’t going to let the same thing happen this year....

Video: A Russian Truck Driver Improbably Escapes Sure Death – Falls Through Windshield During Wreck – Walks Away

We know today has been like video-palooza, but they’ve all been so good the deserve to be seen! We were tipped off to this amazing Russian dash-cam footage of a big rig wreck by Matt Cramer. As...

Baja 500 Qualifying In Truck 100+ MPH Video From Galindo Motorsports, Plus Full Qualifying Results

This video is 6 minutes of off-road bliss. If this video doesn’t make you want to get behind the wheel of an off-road race truck and tear off across the desert for Baja 500 Qualifying, then you...

Watch a Violent European Tractor Pulling Wreck – The Sled is an Effective Battering Ram!

As we have showed many times in the past, stuff can go wrong in a hurry on the pulling course, especially when the machines are on the upper end of the power scale and the sled is weighed down like a...

The Parting Shift: Ride Along In Kenworth As The Driver Shifts Three Sticks Like A Ninja

For anyone out there who doesn’t believe that truck driving is an acquired skill, watch this video and have your opinion changed. This video shows the driver of a Kenworth W900L driving and...

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Outside: More Killer Trucks From The Pomona Swap Meet

You knew this was coming, right? After you all goaded me into showing you some cars from the Pomona swap meet you knew I wouldn’t be able to just sit on my hands while I still had some sweet,...

What Do You Think Of This 3rd Gen Camaro TRAR? We Want To Like It But Are Not Sure. You Decide!

Our inner redneck loves TRARs. What’s a TRAR?… Please turn your BangShift card in as you leave. Okay, we’re kidding. Sort of. A TRAR is a Truck Chassis with a Car Body, and...

This 1957 FWD Four Wheel Drive Truck Is Sweet, Slow, And So BangShift Approved That It Hurts

We have to thank BangShift forum member Tardis454 for finding this gem of an old lumbering truck for sale on Craigslist in Grand Junction, Colorado. The truck is a rare 1950s era FWD which features...

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Action Photos From Wild West Motorsports Park – Flying Trucks, Wreckage, Flames, More!

(Photos by Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series) – It was a wild weekend at the Wild West Motorsports Park in Sparks, Nevada last Saturday and Sunday as the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series came to...