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Our Final Gallery Of Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Pics: The Biggest and Baddest Truck Show In The Country!

Here’s our last gallery from LST 2026! Man  what a great show this is. I hope all of you at home put it on your list for 2027! If you missed our previous galleries, don’t worry because...

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Nitro Funny Car Eliminations From The 2026 Good Vibrations March Meet! Nostalgia Drag Racing Goodness!

While we still wish we were livestreaming the March Meet at Famoso, we are super grateful that the Monday Morning Racer was on hand to shoot all the action so we can still check it out and share it....

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NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Highlight Video: Sportsman Drag Racing Action from the 2026 AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

Here we go! NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing is some of the finest on the planet. Sportsman Drag Racing is the lifeblood of drag racing, drag strips, and the hobby in general, so when NHRA announced that...

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OG Mini Truck Customizing: Jendro’s Chop Shop Putting Maxima Headlights in this Clean Nissan 720!!

In the 1980s and 1990s, there were a ton of custom truck mods involving head lights and tail lights. A couple of the more well known were using Nissan Maxima lights in Nissan 720 pickups and Ford...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Body Chop, Rock Sliders & Cage Plates As Fabrication Continues

Shannon and Jess are back at it on the FJ40 this week and this thing is coming along nicely. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one...

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IHRA News: Monster Energy Named Official Energy Drink of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series

Monster Energy Named Official Energy Drink of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series; Partnership Kicks Off at St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix Fairfield, OH — March 11, 2026 — The International Hot Rod...

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SEMA 2019 Unveiled: Shelby American Shows Off “Dragon Snake” GT500 and “Super Snake” F-150 Concepts

If you get confused between the Shelby-badged Fords that already exist and the ones you are seeing here, don’t be. Look at it like this: Ford has the right to use the Shelby...

Unveiled: Ford Bronco R Baja 1000 Prototype – And It’s Going To Baja Later This Month!

Well, hello there. We’ve known for a while that Ford was planning a return of the Bronco nameplate on a boxy four-wheel-drive style vehicle, but we weren’t expecting to see much about it...

BOOM! A Look At The Weird, Wild, and Deadly Fad Of Staged Train Crashes From the 1890s to the 1980s — w/Video

There’s something ingrained into the DNA of human beings that has forced us and continues to force us to be enthralled with wrecks, crashes, and carnage. You see a fair bit of it here on...

Classic YouTube: The B-52H That Flew For Five Hours After It’s Vertical Stabilizer Was Torn Off!

The Boeing B-52 might be the most solid investment of any Air Force aircraft out there, with the design expected to remain in service far longer than even the most optimistic engineer might have...

Historical Footage: Craig Breedlove’s Record 24-Hour Speed Run In An AMX

When American Motors rolled out the AMX in 1968, they were well behind the muscle car curve and needed to get good billing fast. AMC knew that they had a potent package on their hands, but proving...

Roached Roadster: Cleaning Up A 1979 Triumph Spitfire That Was Left In The Woods

Over my years, I’ve seen plenty of cars left in the woodlines of various locations that honestly were well beyond savable. The Monte Carlo, the Maverick, the 1950s Dodge Wayfarer that was...

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Morning Symphony: Get Your Shot Of ADRNLN With This Violent Falcon!

When you’re at a race, how much do you study the car that you’re focused on? Do you take it in, little by little, hunting for details? Or do you need the sledgehammer moment, where the...

LIVE Diesel Drags, Dirt Drags, Dyno Competition And Sled Pulls! Watch Right Here.

The Smoke and Speed King of the Street Challenge 2019 is underway LIVE at Dragway 42 in Ohio and this event has got it all. If you are into diesel powered machines then you’ll find a lot to...

If You Want To Paint A Car At Home, Here’s How. Our Pal Kevin Tetz Shows You Just What To Do.

After asking all you BANGshifters out there if you would paint a car yourself at home, there was plenty of feedback saying yes, no, I’ve done it before, and only if I had the right tools. We...

World Series Of Bracket Racing Free Live Streaming Video Right Here!

That’s right folks, it’s The World Series of Bracket Racing at Darlington Dragway this fine November Saturday. Action is hot and heavy with both door cars and dragsters on the property...

Morning Symphony: 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB at Circuit Paul Ricard

One of 176, disc brakes for the first time on a Ferrari, a 3.0L V-12 that pulled for days, a suspension that was a dream in 1961…it might not be a 250 GTO, but the 250 GT Berlinetta short...

The SEMA Thrash Is Real! Chip Foose Shows Just How Real While Trying To Finish The Jag And The Camaro

If you walk around at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, you’ll find all kinds of bitchin rides in booths and outside the show’s halls. What you might not realize is that there are quite a few...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Faster” by Within Temptation (2011)

Once again, readers, you are at the mercy of my need for motivation when it comes to music to enjoy. Except this time, the selected track for the BangShift Tune-Up jukebox didn’t get picked for...

Is Building A Stroker 5.3 LS The Best Way To Build An LS For Your Hot Rod? It Just Might Be. Watch This.

Stroker LS Engines are nothing new, but there are lots of options when it comes to building an LS for your hot rod, race car, or truck. The number of people that ask me what LS to build for their...