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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 7 Racing Action! We Hope They Got Good Rest, Because The Desert Isn’t Playing!

It’s Stage 7, after a full day of rest, but the desert didn’t take a break. It’s ready to rock each and every day, and Stage 7 is no different. In the video below you’ll see Stage...

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Paint and Body Tech: The RIGHT Way To Paint Chrome, So It Actually Lasts, Doesn’t Flake, And Looks Great

During the monochromatic paint craze of the 1980s and 1990s, there were a LOT of chrome parts getting painted to match the body color of whatever hot rod, muscle car, or custom truck they were on....

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Tool Tech: The BEST Swivel Adapters for Sockets! Putting Swivel Adapters Through Their Paces To Find Out Who’s Best

We’re back with more tool tests, which you know we love around here, and this time it’s swivel adapters that are being test. We all love a good wobbly socket, but if you don’t have...

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WORLDS WORST Corvette! Will It FINALLY RUN and ROAD TRIP? Derek At Vice Grip Garage Has Got His Work Cut Out On This One

I’m a fan of a C4 Corvette, but I’m not sure that this one isn’t cursed. When Derek got it and started working on it, the problems became bigger and bigger and bigger. It had an...

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What is Tony’s LEAST FAVORITE part of Hot Rodding? Finishing One. But That’s The Plan For His 1970 HEMI Dart Swap!

I think most hot rodders have the same problem as Tony when it comes to finishing our rides. I know I’m the same way. I think it’s Attention Deficite Hot Rod Disorder. ADHRD. We all...

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Our pals at OPGI have got a deal going that you need to get in on. Called the Rev’n For Fall Sweepstakes, this is a chance to enter to win a $100 OPGI gift card, and OPGI beanie hat, or a sweet...

Classic YouTube: Watch This Twin-Engined Ford Play In The Mud!

Before LS swaps, monster Mopar mills and Coyotes, there was the LT-1, Magnum series and the 5.0. And before that? Well…you were either raiding musclecars of their heartbeat or you were managing...

Freak Show Find: What Could Be Made Out Of This 1979 Oldsmobile Armbruster Stageway Six-Door Limo?

When a funeral coach limousine is removed from it’s service to a funeral home, where does it go? Outside of the occasional used-car lot find, they seem to just disappear. Not too shocking,...

Michelin GT Challenge Series at Virginia International Raceway – Awesome Cars, Awesome Track

(Photos by David Whealon) –  There’s something about sports car racing that we dig. The whole scene is pretty awesome and it all starts with the equipment. In this case we’re...

Unhinged: How Many Gadgets Do You Actually Need In A New Car?!

Ok, it’s time for a bit of honest reflection: how much garbage can a manufacturer shove into a brand-new car before the buying public finally revolts? What will it take for the masses to go,...

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Cruise Coverage: Killer Cars and Trucks At The Parkette Drive-In Cruise – Lexington, Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – After having taken some more time off from visiting car events we find ourselves at the world famous Parkette Drive-in on New Circle Road in Lexington,...

Tearing Up The Tarmac At Camarillo Airport With The Speed Limit Racing Autocross Crew

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Southern California has a LOT of automotive events going on at all times. In fact, sometimes it is too much because it is hard to decide what to do and where. Such is not...

Road Racing Coverage: Michelin GT Challenge Series Action From Virginia International Raceway

(Photos by David Whealon) – In my younger days back in the early 70’s and growing up just a an hour or so from Lime Rock Park in Connecticut where the likes of Sam Posey, Mario Andretti and...

Watch The Massive Marty Stinnett Mustang Wreck At No Mercy 7 – He Walked Away

On Wednesday, I’m going to catch a ride down to Valdosta, Georgia for No Mercy 8, the massive and insanely fast radial tire race that has been packing the fans into South Georgia Motorsports...

How Would You Build It? This 1978 Ford LTD II Was Stored Away For Twenty Years…What Would You Do?

Growing up, I read all of the musclecar restoration rags. They all had this one theme that they tried to cover: “FOUND after XX years hiding in a barn, perfectly preserved!” Buick Gran...

We Worship All Things Dirty At The Off-Road Expo 2017 In Pomona – Photos Here

After attending the Speed Limit Racing autocross at Camarillo Airport on Saturday, Sunday was spent wandering around the faigrounds in Pomona for the Off-Road Expo. This is a must attend event each...

Just Like A Kid: Mr. Regular Gets A Shot Behind The Wheel Of A Real-Deal Fire Truck!

Before BangShift Mid-West came into being, I was working out of the back of a beauty parlor simply because it had free Internet available. Sometimes I was there when everybody was there, other times...

Ultimate 64 Challenge Coverage – Our Last Blast Of Photos From Mountain Park Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We start off this last gallery with THE MAN himself filling the seat of a borrowed ride.  Scotty Richardson and his staff have done an amazing job...

Mr. Maniac: This Honda-Powered Toyota MR2 Just Can’t Keep The Front End Planted!

Sometimes, you just have to root for the underdog, and when it comes to rowing your own drag racing, it doesn’t get much more underdog than a Toyota MR2, does it? Unless you showed up with a...