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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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Mack-Nificent: This 1965 Mack B-61 Wrecker Is Painted In Texaco Colors And Is Ready To Work

(By Greg Rourke) – Here we go, the trifecta of big truck cool. It’s a Mack, it has an correct era wrecker, and it’s a 1965 B61. Seller says it was sold new in Atlanta and never...

$50,000 Payday! Mid-West Pro Mod Racing Series Announces The Elite 16 Race Presented By Elite Motorsports – Winner Takes All!

Big news coming out of the Mid-West Pro Mod Racing Series camp late last night! Keith Haney has announced the details for the Elite Motorsports, LLC Elite 16 race, an event separate from the regular...

End Of The Line: Here’s Our Last Gallery Of 2018 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour Photos

(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) – Just like the Power Tour our coverage of said event had to come to an end sometime, right? Mike and Jon Brooks provided days and days of great images that...

Lookin’ A Little Tipsy There: Watch As This Autonomous Mustang Straggles Up The Course!

First off, who felt that it was necessary to take a 1965 Ford Mustang and give it the ability to drive itself? In what meeting did the green-light for that project happen? You can hear the shrieking...

Money No Object: A 1957 Chevrolet 150 The Way We’d Order One…Bare-Bones With The Fuelie Motor!

Motorsports in 1957 wasn’t exactly a thing. In fact, there was still a very dark cloud surrounding the idea of racing that was a direct result of the horrific crash that occurred at the 1955 24...

Sounded Better On Paper: This 1948 Fiat Topolino Street Legal Altered Seems To Touch All The Bases

Yes, beyond a shadow of a doubt you would be the cruise night hero. Undisputed and undefeated for as many trips as you wanted to make to your local burger joint, they’d know your name and say...

Video: Get A Cool Cutaway Look At The New Aeromotive Gen II Stealth Tanks! Brilliant Design

We have been telling you about Aeromotive’s neat Gen II Phantom gas tanks and now there is some great cutaway video that shows you in even more detail about what we have been talking about. The...

Rough Start: This 1979 Ford Mustang Is A Great Start To A Late-Model Restoration…Period Correct Looks And All!

If you want to stay out of the traditional 1964-72 musclecar era machines, but are interested in a neat project car that you can actually put together for decent cash, you’d be hard-pressed to...

This 1963 Former Civil Defense International Scout Is Freaking Awesome! Buy IT!

Old International Scouts are awesome in basically any form you can find them in but this one? This 1963 model that was first ordered by the US Government and then turned over to a volunteer fire...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Woodchucks And Melting Roads!

Enjoying the summer? You should be! We’re all busy here at BangShift and are running from event to event! Here at BS Mid-West, we are especially excited, because this week, come hell or high...

2018 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour Photos: Mike Brooks and His Brother Jon Got Great Stuff On The Banks!

(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) – One of the thing the guys who like to talk smack on the Power Tour fair to realize is that this is an event about using your car and not just parking it in a...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Opinion On Automotive Restoration Apprenticeships?

(Photo: Wiltshire Times) Within the last few years, there has been a kickback against the “go to college, get that degree, make that money” line of thinking that has persisted for...

A Lesson In Sportsmanship: Checking On The Other Guy After A Big Crash

Sportsmanship is a virtue that tends to get lost in translation when it comes to racing. To the outside perspective, the individuals in the machines are rivals and are locked in a kind of combat...

Driveway Cacklefest: Watch Al Weich Fire Up The Restored Dunn and Reath Rear Engine Funny Car At His House!

(By Greg Rourke) – Most of us here have annoyed the neighbors at some point. I sure have. The angry neighbor lady banging on my door because parts cars in my driveway scared away potential...