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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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More Insanity On The Tracks Of The United Kingdom: Coach Demolition Derby!

You know that stereotype of the proper Englishman, sipping Earl Grey tea, nibbling on a biscuit when they’re hungry, dressed in browns and tans and muted greens? Proper, professional, and a bit...

Good News! RideTech C10 SteetGRIP Now Shipping – Order Yours Today!

Well the day has arrived that classic C10 truck fans have been waiting for. RideTech is now shipping their StreetGRIP package for those trucks out the door so now is the time to get your hot little...

Every Car Has It’s Loyal Fan, And For This Icelander, The C3 Corvette Is His Car!

Ah, impressionable youth. It’s the reason why I dig shovel-nosed second-gen Camaros…I saw a car that I immediately adored and it’s stuck with me ever since. The same goes for...

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SEMA 2016: Here Are 10 Of The Most Interesting, Eye Catching, and Cool Off Road Rigs We Saw

One of the best things about SEMA is the fact that with every year and every show, the vehicles on display get more and more awesome and diverse. For a long time, SEMA was about hot rods and muscle...

Morning Symphony: Shouting The Arrival Of The Dawn With An Ex-SuperStars Mercedes!

At low speeds this monster sounds like a locomotive trying to get going, with the gears whining and the engine thumping out a percussive low bass. At speed these ex-SuperStars Mercedes C63s sound...

Watch Valerie Thompson Become the First Woman to Eclipse 300 MPH on Two Wheels

At Bonneville, motorcycles don’t always look like Harleys and Hondas, but two wheels are two wheels. And when chasing 300 mph on two wheels, you’ll need a lot of aerodynamic help. That’s plenty...

Here’s Your Daily Dose Of Street Car Super Nationals Drag Racing Photos

On Thursday, when Uncle Eddie is talking your ear off about something stupid that has nothing to do with cars, you’ll be wishing for a bullet or a fix. Well we are going to be that fix! Even if...

The Rundown! Here’s All Of The Class Winners From The 2016 Jegs PSCA Street Car Super Nationals

As I write this I have returned to home after a long trip out west that culminated with four days at LVMS for the 2016 Jegs PSCA Street Car Super Nationals. It was one hell of a drag race that...

2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Coverage: Incredible Machines Invade Greater Chicago!

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – The 2016 version of the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals blew in to the Windy City over the weekend and wowed all as it does every year. Show director Bob...

Bangshift Project Files Update: If You Hurry, You Can Own This Ford Truck/Crown Vic Combination!

We’ve looked at Nathan Kershaw’s 1969 Ford F-250 frame swap build before. It’s a neat premise: everything that makes a Crown Vic go, stop and in general be a great sedan, stuffed...

Wrecker Perfection! This 1956 International Is A Twin Boom Terror

(By Greg Rourke) – It’s no secret we love big trucks on BangShift. It’s also no secret we’re into old wreckers, as evidenced by the world famous Brutus wrecker owned, steered...

Morning Symphony: Rally Cars Tearing Up The Road Course!

“Adventure is taking inappropriate equipment to out-of-the-way places.” Outside of a meme that is probably ten years old or so, I don’t know who to attribute that particular quote...

No EFI? No Problem – COMP Cams Releases Front Drive Distributor Kit For LS Engines

As much as we are living in the age of the EFI revolution, there are still plenty of reasons guys want to run a carb on an engine that was never delivered with one. Perhaps the racing class you are...

Movie Car Chase: Two Scenes From The Movie “Brick Mansions”

Paul Walker might be immortalized with the “Fast and Furious” franchise but while Furious 7 was his final film role, the 2014 film “Brick Mansions” was his final...