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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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1320 Video Decided to Throw a Parking Lot Party and 1,000 Cars Showed Up! Check Out The Video from Omaha!

1320 Video is back at it, this time with new video from their parking lot party car show. We’re used to having big spaces here in the States, but in many big cities in the rest of the world...

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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Pressure Cooker: Will A Steam-Powered Lada Samara Work Or Not?

What would I want next to me if I was in Russia at any point in time during the winter? A fire. I’m a pansy in the cold…wilting, shivering, absolutely unhappy with the overall situation....

Torque For Days: Check Out The Build Of This 665ci Big Block Chevy Destined For An Airboat

Pump Gas big blocks that perform like this one are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, right? As we all know, there’s no replacement for displacement in the naturally aspirated...

Finnegan Sends The OG Ramp Truck In For Bodywork! Here’s What Bonneville Salt Can Do To A Squarebody!

I’m about 90% sure that it was Keith Turk who told me over and over to wash the holy hell out of my 2006 Monte Carlo SS after I took it onto the Bonneville Salt Flats back in 2009. I...

Is Honda Getting Ready To Release A Supercharged V-Twin Motorcycle? It Sure Looks That Way

Boosted factory motorcycles tend to be instantly legendary when they leave the factories in which they are produced. From the Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Honda turbocharged motorcycles of the 1980s...

Incredible: The 1973 AMC Hornet That Time Forgot Is Up For Sale – 36,000 Miles, Appears Brand New!

Intrepid BangShift tipster Rocco Bastone has sent us some neat stuff over the years but this one may be the topper. You are looking at a 36,000 original mile, 1973 AMC Hornet sedan that appears to be...

AEROMOTIVE RELEASES NEW TRUE VARIABLE SPEED FUEL PUMP CONTROLLER 

Great news! If you are the owner of an Aeromotive brushless 3.5 or 5 GPM inline gear pump that is not equipped with the company’s awesome True Variable Speed fuel pump controller, now it can...

Godzilla or Not: This Video Shows A New 7.3L Gas Super Duty Ford On The Chassis Dyno Along With A 6.2L Truck

When Ford released the information that it would be introducing the modern equivalent of a gas burning big block engine for their Super Duty truck lineup a while back, the world reacted with a kind...

Drink This Up: All-Motor FWD Honda Running Eights

What’s the meme? “Your Honda has 1.8 liters. My Mountain Dew has two.” It’s a good cheap laugh, and back in the day it carried a bit of weight, but now you have to watch...

Classic YouTube: The Reason We All Sign Waivers At The Track!

If you haven’t had the thrill of being close by when a supercharger decides enough is enough and pops, allow me to explain in no uncertain terms what the experience is like when it’s...

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Ya Gotta Be Tough: Spills, Thrills And Carnage From Busted Knuckle Video!

The folks at Busted Knuckle Video get to some of the wildest off-roading there is in the States. Rockbouncers, hillclimbs, mega truck action, Formula Offroad-style time trials, bogging,...

Money No Object: 1973 Mercury Montego GT 429 LSR Racer

As of writing, the current bid on this 1973 Mercury Montego GT 429 is just above nine thousand dollars…and that is criminally under what this car is worth. And I’m not saying that as a...

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That’s Different: This Toyota 86 And It’s Supercharged 2JZ Hit Summernats 33 Like A Bomb!

One of the best known Japanese-based speed combinations is rooted around the Toyota 2JZ inline-six from the 1990s. You boost the thing to the moon and make sure that the head is tied down enough so...

Rough Start: 1985 Toyota Supra – Upgraded Engine, Manual Trans, Classic Looks

I’m all about balance in life. I want something sweet for breakfast and savory for dinner. I want loud rock music first thing in the morning and some easier listening electro kind of stuff on...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Next Expensive Auction Car?

The 1967 Ford Mustang GT 390 that was in hiding for decades, the car that was the subject of mythos and legend for years, and only appeared just a couple of years ago for the 50th anniversary of the...