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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

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Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

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The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

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More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

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This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

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Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

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The 2024 Hot Rod Hoarder SWAP MEET Was The Best One Yet, And We’ve Got The Video!

We’re huge fans of Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, around here as he started contributing to BANGshift WAY back in the day and it was much appreciated. Since then he has continued to grow...

FORGOTTEN Truck In A Snowy Cow Pasture With SEIZED Motor – Will It RUN AND DRIVE 1,500 Miles Home?

Sometimes I think that weather conditions might slow Derek down a bit, but then I see a video like there where he’s working in the snow to get this square body pickup up and running for a 1,500...

Maple Grove’s Dutch Classic Drag Race Was Bigger And Better Than Every In 2024. Check Out Even More Of The Photos Right Here!

Check out the tenth gallery of Dutch Classic drag racing photos right here and if you missed the rest you can use the link below to see them as well. And as always, if you click on a photo it will...

Racing for $20,000 on a SKETCHY Runway in New York Looks Fun And Terrifying All At The Same Time

A few of the coolest drag strips I’ve ever visited also happen to be pretty sketchy. That doesn’t mean I want to make a pass down them, but it also doesn’t mean I won’t. What...

Sheet Metal Tech: How to Build a Bomber Seat with Jamey Jordan At The Handmade Seat Co.

Bomber seats are super cool in the right project, but they can also be super pricey. Sure you can get some cheaper options with similar looks, but if you want something nice you better be prepared to...

I Can’t Believe It Took Him This Long! Newbern Got Himself A Ramp Truck, But It’s Going To Need A Little Bit Of Work

With as many ramp trucks as Newbern has been involved in while working with Finnegan, it is kind of amazing that he hasn’t owned several himself by now. But nope, he’s been a hold out for...

Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Gets A Sexy New Rearend AND Comes Home From The Chassis Shop!

Here’s another Maliboom project update and boy is this car coming right along. In the two videos below you are going to see a sexy new rearend housing come together, along with the last of the...

Drifting 101 with Toyota Gazoo Racing: Ken Gushi on the Art of ‘Organized Chaos’, aka Drifting

I first met Ken Gushi at a Rockstar Energy press event at Irwindale Speedway in 2009 ish. He and Tanner Foust and the rest of the Papadakis Racing Rockster Energy Team we’re doing testing at...

What Does $1,000 Buy You On AliExpress When Tool Shopping? Is This Big Boy Worth The Money?

We’re back with another Torque Test Channel video, but this time he’s gone a bit outside the norm. We’ve seen testing of tools from all the name brands, plus many generics from...

Maple Grove’s Dutch Classic Drag Race Was Bigger And Better Than Every In 2024. Check Out The Photos Right Here!

Check out the ninth gallery of Dutch Classic drag racing photos right here and if you missed the rest you can use the link below to see them as well. And as always, if you click on a photo it will...

Michigan Street Racer, Hot Rod Fastest Street Car Pioneer, And Pro Street Royalty, Rick Dyer Passed Away Today.

There are going to be a lot of writeups and videos about Rick Dyer in the coming days, which is befitting of a man who lived life like the character that he was. Dyer was the life of the party, as...

Maple Grove’s Dutch Classic Provided Plenty Of Wheels Up Action From The Last National Open Of The Season.

Check out the seventh gallery of Dutch Classic drag racing photos right here and if you missed the rest you can use the link below to see them as well. And as always, if you click on a photo it will...

Fabrication How-To #6: How to Bend Square Tubing Without a Bender! (DIY)

Sometimes the best tips someone can give you about a technical subject is what tools to buy and not to buy. Or which tools to spend real money on, and which ones don’t need to be fancy. Or even...

Unreal Adventure Part 3: The Middle Of Nowhere New Mexico Means Lakes, And Big Rocks Outside Truth or Consequences

The Unreal Adventure is the new name for the old trip that used to be called Ultimate Adventure. For decades, Ultimate Adventure has been a killer event that some incredibly lucky off-roaders got to...