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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Division 2 Divisional Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Friday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 2! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: IHRA Outlaw Nitro Racing Series Action From Virginia Motorsports Park

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie Virginia, where racers are going to be battling...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Wheel Tech: Restoring And Cerakoting Old School Billet Wheels – OBS Clash Tahoe Unlimited Part 4

If you aren’t familiar with Cerakote, don’t feel bad. The truth is that a lot of people who know the name don’t actually know what it is. In simple language it is an ultra thin...

Incredible Skills: See Allen Millyard Build A V8 Engine From Two Kawasaki Four Bangers – The Z1 1600 V8 Is Astonishing

England’s Allen Millyard may not be a household name in America at the moment but we’re telling you that by the end of the year, basically everyone in the gearhead world will totally know...

More Land Speed Racing Photos From The Salt : Our Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos Just Keep Coming!

I hope you are enjoying all our photos as much as we enjoyed taking them for you. We still have a ton left after spending several days on the salt. Check out the latest below, and don’t forget...

Custom Truck Show Video From The Havasu Meltdown 2024 – Custom Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes!

The summer show season is in full swing and that means Havasu Meltdown 2024, a show that draws folks from all over the southwest, with a huge crowd coming from Arizona and California. Havasu is a...

Reborn: The Stanceworks Ferrari 244 GTK Gets a New K20 Honda Powerplant. Big Power And More Reliability.

It’s not often that you hear about someone blowing up an engine in their race car, only to replace it with something new and improved but smaller. I mean if you have a K24, then bigger makes...

Will It Run?!? Mortske Finds A 1957 Chevrolet Station Wagon That’s Been Abandoned for 54 Years! Stunning Transformation!

I’m a sucker for a good station wagon, as evidence by the fact that I already own a couple. And this one could be yours! Mortske found this thing on Facebook Marketplace and made a deal to own...

Tommy Lee Byrd Highlights Old School TREASURE at the Street Rod Nationals In Louisville Kentucky

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder and longtime BANGshift contributor, spent last weekend at the National Street Rod Association’s Street Rod Nationals in Louisville Kentucky and found all...

HOW TO MAKE JUNKYARD 5.3L LS POWER. BTR CAM FAMILY FEUD-L33 VS TRUCK NORRIS NSR VS TRUCK NORRIS VS HOT ROD VS RED HOT.

Making great power with a junkyard 5.3 LS is not hard, after all there are tons of parts available. But sometimes there are so many parts that it makes it hard to know which ones to choose. If only a...

Historical Drag Video: The Story of the Snake and Mongoose As Told By the Snake and the Mongoose – Once Upon A Wheel 1971

More than 20 minutes of video from 1971 profiling the epic and incredibly profitable rivalry between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, as bankrolled by...

The Worst Tank Ever: This Look At The WW2 Valiant Assault Tank Is A Study In Failure

Of all the rabbit holes I have gone down in the last year, studying old tanks may be the weirdest. Early on in the quarantine adventure of 2020 I found a series called “Age of Tanks” on...

A Homemade Shifter Kart And A Guy With The Guts To Wind It Out

There are few things more joyful than hopping on a go kart and having some fun. Both my sons have them and we have a riot with ’em at the house and when we sneak them off into a parking lot or...

Dozin’ Off: This 1950s Promotional Film For The Then New Caterpillar D9 Is Awesome

When the Caterpillar D9 was introduced in 1954, it represented the biggest, baddest thing the company had built to date. The machine was designed to compete with the epic Euclid TC-12 bulldozer which...

Your Daily Dose Of Land Speed Racing Photos From The Salt : Our Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos Just Keep Coming!

Shooting photos at Bonneville is something special. The white salt makes every vehicle look even cooler, and you can get up close and personal with every racer! It’s so good to be back out at...

LT And Crew Are Attempting To Build The ULTIMATE Tow Rig And It Is NOT A Diesel. Big Block Power!!

We’ve recently shared a couple of videos from Richard Holdener that are all about building big blocks for big torque for a tow rig. If you missed them, I’ve got a link below you can use...