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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos

Personalized Plate Drama: The Texas DMV Says This Houston Man’s Incredibly Creative License Plate Is Offensive.

We’ve all spent time admiring personalized, or vanity, plates on different cars and trucks at show, events, or around town. If you are like me, you have spent even more time trying to figure...

Derek Bieri Hits The Tail Of The Dragon, Drives 1,000 Miles To Deliver His Nova, And Tests It Out In The Snow Storms!

Derek’s cool LS Swapped Nova giveaway car went to its new home, but not before he gave it a run on the dragon, tested it in the snow, and drove it 1,000 miles along the way. It is pretty cool...

The Vice Grip Garage Buick LeSabre is back after sitting 4 YEARS! Epic Fuel System Fixes, Some Paint, and CRUISE!

Big cars are cool! Sure, we love lighter weight muscle cars and high performance rides, but there is something that just brings a smile to your face when you get into a big boat like this Buick...

Radial Tires At A No Prep Race? Who Does Jimmy Dale Think He Is? Clearly This Can’t Work

Or can it? I’ve seen some stuff, and heard some stuff, and ultimately it’s still all just stuff. I know guys that ONLY run on drag radials, and have never even touched a slick. And I...

I Was On Richard Holdener’s LIVE Last Night To Talk Cars, Engines, And How The Hell I Got Here In The First Place!

Plus all kinds of other sidetracking stuff since I’m like a kid with shiny things around. Squirrel!!! At any rate, I spent my Saturday evening hanging out with my longtime friend Richard...

Q&A With DULCICH and FREIBURGER from Roadkill Garage: What Does The Future Hold For Both Of Them? This And Much More!

The Motor Trend world has been a flurry of energy, excitement, and dread for the past few weeks as the world found out that the Motor Trend studios portion of the business was shutting down. That...

PowerShift Podcast: 2024 In Review And What’s To Come In 2025 At BANGshift and Beyond!

We kicked off 2025 right with the Happy New Year edition of the show. There were no toasts, or confetti, or resolutions going on, but we did talk a bit about 2024 and then made some predictions and...

Best of 2024: NHRA Shares Their Best Behind The Scenes Moments You Never Saw On A Broadcast

I’ve done a lot of livestreams, and tv shows, and the like, and it is pretty well known that often the magic stuff happens when you least expect it. When the cameras are “off” and...

Drive All The Way ACROSS THE USA in a 1941 ARMY JEEP with Péwé and Freiburger! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

We recently shared the video of Freiburger and Pewe getting this 1941 Army Jeep running after sitting for nearly 40 years. The plan was for David and Rick to get in and drive this sucker 2,500 miles...

Pewe And Freiburger Are Back At It AND IT WILL RUN NO MATTER WHAT! They Have To Drive this WWII Jeep 2,500-Plus Miles!

What could possibly go wrong? I mean how hard is it to keep a Jeep’s Go Devil 4 cylinder running anyway? These little engines were 134 cubic inches, made around 65 horsepower, and were dead...

Is The 187 Customs Burnout Truck a Success or a DUD?! Let’s Find Out!

Building a burnout vehicle sounds like a super simple thing to do doesn’t it? I mean all you have to be able to do is smoke the tires and spin around some right? In reality, yes, but in...

Dirthead Dave Takes The Jeep Truck Thing On Unreal Adventure! But First He’s Got To Get There!

It’s done, but if you missed it going together, there is a link below for you to click and check out the build series. But now that it is done, Dave has to drive this thing far in order to even...

Beards, Burnouts, And Beer Podcast: Is Radial Racing Dying? Are There Too Many Drag & Drive Classes? We’re Putting On A Christmas Cruise Drag And Drive!

If you missed this week’s Beards, Burnouts, and Beer, don’t worry because you can watch the replay right here! We talk about some cool stuff this week, including our first BANGshift Drag...

FINNEGAN LOST MONEY, FOUND COOL CARS AND NOT SO COOL CARS AT SEMA: 2 DAYS IN VEGAS FOR THE SEMA SHOW!

Every year I comment on how I spent a month one week in Vegas for the SEMA Show. It feels like that. Every day feels like three at the minimum, maybe more some days. I mean it’s great, but it...