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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Race of Kings Is Today! The Biggest And Baddest Machines Of King Of The Hammers Are Racing LIVE Today Right Here!

This is it, the biggest and baddest of the bad attacking the rocks, sand, and dirt at Johnson Valley’s King of the Hammers! This is what all the week leads up to and is what many say is the...

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Sick Week 2026 Video With KSR and Alex Taylor Racing: 370 Miles And Then Rain Was Not How This Stop Was Supposed To Go!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 3 video blog post from Sick Week 2026 and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are...

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Sick Week Day 3 Video: The Fast Cars Got a Surprise on Day 3 of Sick Week – Rain Delays And 40 MPH Winds!

After a long drive that really put everyone’s street manners to the test, Day 3 at Bradenton Motorsports Park was a wet and windy one. I know that lots of folks were excited about Sick Week...

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Sick Week 2026 Video Coverage: Drag, Drive, Repeat’s FULL Day 2 Video Coverage Is Right Here! All The Action!

The Drag, Drive, Repeat crew are in the house and ready to rock and roll through the rest of Sick Week 2026. And while we already shared their Day 2 points special, this video here is one that shows...

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Sick Week Drive Day Video: 370 Street Miles Prove Too Much For Some Racers And Brings More Bad News

370 miles is a real drive, and apparenlty more than a few of these racers could handle during Sick Week 2026. The drive from South Georgia all the way to Bradenton is a real drive and sometimes...

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Tool Tech: Have You Ever Seen A Screwdriver This Good? Testing And Reviewing Precision And Electric Screwdrivers

Let’s face it, there are plenty of times that the tools we are using on our hot rods and race cars are about as rudamentary as can be. Hammers, pry bars, even screw drivers sometimes. But then...

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Hardcore Happening 2015: More Traditional Hot Rod Coolness From New York State

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – A popular urban legend here in the Western NY hot rodding community involves a huge backyard blowout party that consists of vintage and traditional hot...

Epic Craigslist Find: This 1986 Chrysler Executive Turbo Is Up For Sale…Who Wants A Sensible, Front-Wheel-Drive Limo?

Whether you love, loathe, or just shrug off Chrysler’s K-cars, you have to at least admit that they were the right choice at the right time. Chrysler damn near slipped under the waves, but Lee...

Right Or Wrong? This Ultra Clean Bronco Is Now A Slammed Street Machine

The first generation Ford Bronco is one of the most iconic American vehicles of the last 100 years. Short, fairly narrow, and very capable in virtually all settings, it was a nice evolutionary step...

BangShift Project Truck Spotlight: The Craziest 4×4 Build In The History Of BS!

It was ground floor BangShift forum member SuperBuickGuy who shot me a note a few weeks ago and rightfully whacked me across the back of the head as a reminder that we have BangShifters building some...

Great Use For A Pinto: The Mean Bean Rockbouncer Makes A Run At The Southern Rock Racing Series Finals!

Hot on the heels of the Plymouth Roadrunner that Dirt Every Day is building up into a Mad Max-like off roading freak, we come across this Ford Pinto that has been turned into a rock bouncer doing...

Ride On The Roof Of Frank Saponaro’s Wagon As It Pulls An Eighth Mile Wheelie!

Drag Week hero Frank Saponaro is going to have to start charging Cecil County Dragway an appearance fee if he keeps up with his high flying antics at the Rising Sun, Maryland strip. His awesome twin...

The 2015 Byron Power Wheelstand Championships Did Not Disappoint! Mass Casualties!

The photo above is when things were only sort of screwed up. Given the amount of damage we see each and every year at the Byron Power Wheelstand Championships you would think they were giving away $1...

Jeeps, Jeeps, And More Jeeps! Nothing But Jeep Photos From The Lucas Off-Road Expo 2015

Just when you think you couldn’t possibly have seen a Jeep that was “different”, along comes one that makes you turn your head. And since there were literally hundreds of them at...

This Might Be The Best 4 Door Ford We’ve Ever Found: Check Out This Fairlane!

This 1969 Ford Fairlane is spectacular. I mean epic. I mean both! For sale here in SoCal, this car is amazing. The asking price of $4800 might seem a little steep at first, and I would want the...

Own It! This 1976 Greenwood Corvette Sport Wagon Is For Sale – Four Seater Freak!

If there is one thing that the Corvettes bearing John Greenwood’s name never lacked for it was panache. Sure they may have been saddled with the same crummy engines that all of the other...

NMRA World Finals Coverage: Mustangs On The Track and In The Pits At Bowling Green

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Like many other races across the country last weekend, the NMRA Word Finals had some moisture to contend with during the event. This meant that the action was at...

Gravelrama 2015: More Flat Drags Madness From The Massive 4×4 Party

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you do not shoot motorsports or outdoor events of any kind that lasts all day then let me tell you a little something.  Partly-cloudy means you will be...

NSRA 2015 Coverage: Another Load Of Fantastic, Iconic, And Cool Trucks!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – MORE trucks.  There are seriously-cool rides with beds and this gallery is proof.  Though a few of these might still haul stuff, most just haul their...

First Dedicated Drag Racing Facility To Be Built In India – NHRA Worldwide Network Plays Big Role

So I guess this is “international drag racing day” here at BangShift. From the all wheel drive insane hot rod in Poland to the announcement that India will have its first dedicated drag...