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Sick Week Day 2 Video From KSR, Drag, Drive, Repeat, And Alex Taylor: This Day Did Not Go To Plan For Everyone!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 2 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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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: UTV Race Of Champions Is Today, This Is King of the Hammers Livestream Action From Johnson Valley!

Off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026 continues right here! We’ve got the livestream rocking right here from start to finish, so make sure you tune in and...

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What If You Could Buy A $25K EV Truck or SUV That You Can Repair Yourself? Does That Change The Game? Meet The Slate Truck

One of the many complaints that automotive enthusiasts have about electric vehicles is that they can’t work on them themselves because they are dangerous and require special tools. And while...

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Sick Week Day 2 Video: Backroads, Cooling Systems, Suspension, And Soooo Much More. Testing Real Drg and Drive Streetability

It’s been a wild Sick Week 2026 so far, with lots of carnage, freezing cold, heat and humidity, and everything in between. There is no way there aren’t going to be even more upsets after...

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Day 8: Shannon and Jess Campbell’s King of the Hammers 2026 Daily Adventures: Watch All Of Their King of the Hammers 2026 Videos Right Here!

We shared some of Shannon Campbell’s history at King of the Hammers the other day, and you can use the link below to check that out, but here are Shannon’s Daily Updates from the Lakebed...

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Ed Iskenderian, The CamFather And Hot Rodding’s Oldest Living Legend, Has Died At The Age Of 104. Thanks For All The Speed Ed!

Ed Iskenderian, at 104 years old, was the oldest living hot rodder on earth! And as my friend David Freiburger wrote on Facebook, “If you define ‘hot rodding pioneer’ as...

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Watch As Ritchie Keith And His Rock Bouncer Go For A Big Roll Down Showtime Hill!

Standing vertically on the back tires, facing downhill, isn’t where anybody should want to be at a hill climb. Usually, that means that something didn’t quite go to plan. Staring at the...

Roads Untraveled Reviews A Five-Year-Old Challenger To See How It Is Upon First Impression

Have you wondered how the late-model muscle cars will fare after a few years of use and abuse, especially in the face of competition? I have, but it is difficult to get an unbiased opinion, or to...

Drag Action Photos: Wheels Up And Tire Smoking Action From Thornhill Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Here is the meat and potatoes of tracks across the country on a weekly basis – the bracket cars.  To some that sounds boring, but these folks put on a...

Watch As The Last Airworthy Avro Vulcan Makes A Wild Turn After Takeoff – Making The Last Flights Count Before It Is Grounded!

At the end of 2015, Avro Vulcan XH558, the last airworthy Vulcan airframe, will be grounded. The delta-winged bomber, which made it’s debut in 1956, has long been a symbol of British airpower...

Meltdown Drags Coverage: Our Romp Through the Byron Pits And The Action On The Strip Continues

(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – When we tell you that we’re just getting going with 2015 Meltdown Drags coverage, we are not kidding. Greg and Jason have pumped some 1,000+ photos...

Barnstormin’: A Confirmation Of The Adage That “Fast Is Cool” In Nearly Every Gearhead Language I Can Think Of

I’ve always had the thought that anything that was fast immediately qualified it as being cool. I think I have tried to really live by that here at BangShift over the course of the nearly...

Question Of The Day: Is There A Place For A Performance Hybrid, And If So, Where?

If you are on this site, reading these words, then I don’t need to tell you why gas motors work for racing. Fuel plus air plus spark equals good time and has done so since the dawn of the...

This Big Red 427 Biscayne Is A Study In Restraint And Overkill All At The Same Time – We Want It Bad!

We always think it is cool when someone builds a car that somehow manages to blend a couple of different themes perfectly together. This 1966 Chevy Biscayne is the latest example of that and the car...

Caption This: The SMART Off-Roader, The Official Vehicle Of The Tread Lightly! Program…

I’ve ridden in a SMART before. I fit…barely…with the driver, and it did move forwards, backwards, fast enough to not get run over in town traffic, and didn’t get blown into...

This Video Walk Through Of The Secret Ford GT Design Lab Is Pretty Awesome

In terms of raw impact, we’re not sure that anything has matched Ford’s debut of the new GT at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. The thing literally stole the show away from virtually every...

Meltdown Drags 2015 Coverage: Here’s A Load Of Photos From The Pits – So Much Win

(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – Greg and Jason Rourke have been at the 2015 Meltdown Drags this weekend and after yesterday’s action gallery from the strip we decided that today...

Some Of The Most Wicked Rock Buggies In The Nation Try Out “Bents And Dents” And The Infamous “Cable Hill” Climbs – Wide Open And Barely In Control!

The “rock bouncers” that play in the South are some of the wildest off-roaders out there. Fully caged and well overpowered, these machines are serious pieces of work and the drivers do...

This 429-powered Ford Torino GT Gets Revved To The Moon As The Tires Go Up In Smoke!

I’m having a form of cabin fever in July…this isn’t right, but it is happening. Why? Two reasons: the Angry Grandpa 300C does not do a burnout worth mentioning right now. Stupid...

Mr. Regular Buys What Used To Be A Regular Car – A 1960 Ford Falcon!

Well, now, this is a bit of a surprise! Mr. Regular, the grunting and slightly concerning voice of Regular Car Reviews, has been traveling the country this year, and for one reason or another, while...