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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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RebelDryver Got A New Project Car! This 1977 Chevy Monza Is Going To Become A Drag And Drive Machine!

Our boy Scott Liggett is back with a new drag and drive project! After buying a 1950 Chevy coupe a year or two ago, and realizing it would be more work than he was really wanting to tackle, he sold...

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Better Than Rain-X?! Is This The Best Windshield Water Repellent Windshield Coating Ever? 10 Brands Tested!

I am a big fan of Rain-X. I own, and have owned, a few vehicles that don’t have windshield wipers at all and have found that if you apply it right and often enough it works wonders. I’ve...

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Our Final Gallery of 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! Pro Mods, Dragsters, Door Cars, And So Much More!

Here’s gallery #4, our final gallery of PDRA East Coast Nationals action, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

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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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The Wild 1981-1985 Era Of Formula One Cars Race At Monaco Again! 1980s F1 Gold at the 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix!

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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MRA Dirt Drag Racing Coverage: Flying Dirt, Header Flames, and Fun at GALOT Motorsports Park In North Carolina!

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – Once again the dirt was flying at Galot Motorsports Park with the MRA bringing their brand of side by side Dirt Drag Racing back for the 2ndtime in as...

Dragster In The Woods: This Rescue Of An Amazing Vintage Dragster Will Have You Smiling

Tommy Lee Byrd has been cranking out great magazine stories for years and his YouTube channel has become a great spot for car content as well. This video is his neatest work yet. If you remember,...

Video: Line, Capps, and Pritchett Score Victories At Brainerd, See How They Did It Here!

It was a banner day for Don Schumacher Racing in Brainerd, Minnesota on Sunday as the team won both the top fuel and nitro funny car class Wallys while Jason Line collected the victory in pro stock...

Your Moment Of Zen: Lead Welding Techniques – Proposition 65 Be Damned!

“Lead Sled.” The term pre-dates Bondo, pre-dates easy bodywork altogether. You didn’t just pop a dent out, fill in the low spots with mud, and sand until things looked right....

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Scary Art: Watch Steven Odendaal’s High-Side Save From The Czech MotoGp Race!

As a general rule of thumb, when you high-side a sport bike, you are going to become the human equivalent of the rock flinging out of Bart Simpson’s slingshot. That’s it, the end, start...

Gravel King: Watch This Porsche 911 Safari-Style Build Get Worked Out On A Dry Lake!

Porsche’s 911 is iconic. It’s a sports car that many, many people strive to drive or own at some point in their lifetime. They see the classic Carreras, the whale-tails, the Widowmakers,...

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Pig-N-Ford Racing: Win Or Lose, You’ll Be Bringing Home The Bacon

There are two things worth mentioning about Tillamook, Oregon. One involves some very tasty cheeses that is created by the company that serves the Tillamook County Creamery Association, and the other...

Get Your Kicks: The Kingman Rt. 66 Street Drags Are Now Open For Entry!

If you are unfamiliar with Kingman, Arizona, here’s what you need to know: It’s the first town you get to in Arizona after you leave Las Vegas and head south, it’s got a huge...

Get The Biggest Hammer: Cletus’s Aussie Burnout Camaro Is Getting Big-Boy Grunt!

We have to admire the audacity of Cleetus. Taking a third-gen Camaro and preparing it to be an Aussie burnout car takes some serious clanking bits, but to pull off the feat and hopefully do America...

The Straight-Eight Challenge: It’s Buick Vs. Packard…Which Engine Will Live First!

What do you do when you have two cars from the 1950s that haven’t really moved since about 1970, that have an engine that seems to date back to the Thirties at your disposal? Why not divvy up...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Please Pull Into A Parking Space And Eat Inside!

This week at BangShift Mid-West, we have been celebrating all things related to the red paper wasp. No, wait…scratch that. We’ve been battling those angry little monsters while trying to...

In 1965 Ford Thought They Had A Better Idea Than The Steering Wheel – They Didn’t (Poorly Edited Video!)

Ford had a missile engineer design them a modern replacement for the steering wheel in 1965. As it turns out, we’re still using those pesky wheels but the “Wrist Twist” idea that he...

Just Nosing In: It’s Time For Another Shop Tour At Jay Leno’s Place

Every now and then Jay Leno puts out a vlog on what’s going on inside of his garage, and if nothing else, it is never just boring stuff. Leno might have the money to do whatever he wants,...

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Project Raven Imperial: Ditching Some Sketchy Junk With Help From Lokar! New Throttle Cable And Kickdown Cable!

In the last update, we got Raven, the 1983 Imperial that is doubling as my penance for something I did in a past life, up and running after the 367ci small-block Mopar ate a camshaft keyway. Happily,...