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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 1 and 2 RACING ACTION

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat....

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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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The Last LIL GANGSTA standing get’s $30,000 Cash! – Biggest Payout EVER! Here Is Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway

Lil Gangstas just keeps on keeping on, and at Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway they not only put on a hell of a show, but also put up the biggest payout in LG history at $30,000 for...

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Here are 16 of the COOLEST GASSER Combinations from the Southeast Gassers Association. It’s the 1960s All Over Again!

Every Southeast Gassers Association race is a flashback to the 1960’s, which is why everyone loves going to their races so much. These races are all about the showmanship and the fun and...

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Can You Really Paint A Car For Less Than $250 And Make It Look Halfway Decent? Tony Says, Yes… Err Maybe. Watch.

Cheap car and truck paint jobs have always been popular, whether in DIY stories in magazines, on the internet, or with companies like Earl Sheib and Maaco. Hell, Earl Sheib would paint any car for...

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This 1967 Chevelle Street Freak Is A Yellow Bomber We’d Own – Straight Axle And All

We think that there are times where you need to look past the performance angle of some cars and just appreciate them for that what they are. This 1967 Chevelle street freak is certainly one of...

Rough Start: The Nicest Small A-body Monte Carlo You Can Get For Under Five Grand

Most people think of the 1982-up cars when suggesting an Eighties Monte Carlo, and a lot of that is due to the love-or-hate looks of the A-body 1978-1981 version. A departure from the Colonnade body...

Watch This Blown Small Block Drag Tudor Spin Across The Track As A Classic Pickup Nearly T-Bones It!

When our thoughts turn to no-prep drag racing we immediately envision S-10 trucks. Fox-bodied Mustangs, and other typical body styles preferred by those in that genre of drag racing. That’s one...

Question Of The Day: With A GM Chassis And Running Gear, How Would You Modify This 1987 Avanti?

Without a doubt, the original 1962-63 Studebaker Avanti was a polarizing car that was well ahead of it’s time. It had power (especially in supercharged trim), a bit of safety and quite a bit of...

Quick Gallery: The National Corvette Museum’s 21st Annual Celebration – Oh, For The Love Of All Things Fiberglass!

When your backyard is Bowling Green, Kentucky, you can’t help but notice the Corvettes everywhere normally. The city has pretty much prospered from the second that General Motors decided to...

The Bentley Continental GT3-R: Priced Like A House, Weighs As Much As A Diesel Dually, And Can Be Heard From Three Counties Over!

Normally, most BangShift attention directed at Bentley is towards their racing efforts in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Otherwise, for the most part, a Bentley is for someone who wants the premise...

2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Wofford Captures Awesome Mopar HEMI® Challenge Victory!

Words by MOPAR Motorsports Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt   The 15th anniversary edition of the Mopar HEMI® Challenge at the 61st annual National Hot Rod Association U.S. Nationals saw a...

2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Beckman Wins Traxxas Nitro Funny Car Shootout – DSR Runs The Table!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Ron Lewis courtesy of John Force Racing   Jack Beckman earned a $100,000 payday with his victory in the Traxxas Nitro...

Quick Gallery: The Re-Opened Skydome At The National Corvette Museum

Re-opening the Skydome exhibit at the National Corvette Museum is the closing of a strange and sad chapter for the curators: the sinkhole that opened up in the karst formation underneath the display...

2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Antron Brown Pockets $100,000 Traxxas Payday!

Words by NHRA Communications   Antron Brown raced to victory in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout on Saturday of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, earning a $100,000 payday! Brown, the 2012 Top...

What Goes Up…Watch As “Plowboy 2” Driver Richie Keith Go For The Heavens!

Rock bouncer driver Richie Keith has a reputation for his balls-out driving style among his peers…in a motorsport that requires that kind of style just to be competitive. His...

The Yamaha YXZ1000R UTV Might Be The Closest Thing To A Rally Car You Can Buy: Four-Wheel Drive, A High-Winding Engine And A Sequential Five-Speed!

Let’s say, for a moment, that you were offered the chance to buy a high-performance off-road vehicle. It will come fully ‘caged with seating for two. It will be extremely light compared...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: This Week, New Teslas, Stormtrooper Chargers, And Sergio Wants A Hug…

The calendar says September, but it’s still hot enough outside that we could throw all of the news scraps into a frying pan, stick them on the roof of a car, wait all day, and have dinner...

Watch Ferdinand von Habsberg Take Flight At Silverstone During A Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Race!

Cars are not supposed to fly, period. No matter what Terrafugia, AVE or The Dukes Of Hazzard taught you, automobiles were not intended for flight. But that doesn’t stop certain individuals from...