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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Every Man Challenge Is Today! Smaller Tires, Less Power, And Less Suspension Travel! 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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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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Day 9: Shannon and Jess Campbell’s King of the Hammers 2026 Daily Adventures: Watch Shannon Qualify For King of the Hammers 2026 With In Car Video And More 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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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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2014 LA Roadsters Show Coverage: More Amazing Hot Rods From The Massive Show In Pomona

Our continuing photo coverage of the 2014 LA Roadsters Show is back and we’re bringing you more awesome snaps from the 50th running of the event. As we have said before, this is a massive event...

Thunder In The Valley Car Show Coverage: Fun Stuff On The Streets Of Lexington, Nebraska

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – We love the small towns of America. Car shows right on the cobble stone streets of one are great. Lexington’s 4th Annual Thunder in the Valley was...

It’s Official: This IS The Weirdest Chevrolet S10 Truck In History! Don’t You Agree?

When loyal BangShifter Tyler Sweat sent us an email with pictures of this truck, we couldn’t believe our eyes. Here’s what Tyler had to say in the email. “I just moved to...

Magnum Opus: Nitro America’s Feature Length Film Covering The 2014 March Meet Is Beyond Description

Well Les Mayhew has finally gone and done it. Seriously, this guy has really gone and blown up the neighborhood. What do we mean? Mayhew produced and released a feature length and feature quality...

Meet the Newest BangShift Project Car: Project Raven, McTaggart’s 1983 Chrysler Imperial

Project Raven is my 1983 Imperial. It is the latest in a string of Mopars that I’ve owned, is my daily driver, my toy, my racer, and a significant source of automotive frustration at times, like...

BangShift Approved? Check Out This Ratty Chevelle We Saw In Bowling Green And Let Us Know!

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Alright there, residents of readerville we need your opinion. See McTaggart snapped the below photos of a pretty ratty looking 1967 Chevelle in the swap meet at...

This Small Block Ford Powered, Sort Of Pro Touring 1971 Mail Jeep Is The Coolest Hot Roddy Mail Jeep We’ve Seen

It isn’t like this is the first old mail Jeep to be screwed around with and made into a hot rod but we’d submit that this is probably the BEST one. Why? Sure, the pro street ones look all...

2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Feature Car: The “Two Timer” 1964 Rambler American

The mark of a great car at a show such as the 2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion is the ability to catch your attention when there are so many other rolling beauties vying to grab your eye as well....

Monday Shopper: 1971 Ford Ranger XLT

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s Tuesday. Pipe down. And yes, we know that Mecum sold a Hemi ‘Cuda Convertible at this very auction for an absurd $3.5 million. The whole point of this feature,...

More Recall Woes, This Time It’s Honda And Toyota’s Turn. And You Won’t Believe What This One Is For!

Yesterday we reported on GM’s latest woes as they called back every 5th gen Camaro made for a key that could stall the car out…if your knee hit the key hard enough, the car would stall. Well,...

AFCO Releases New Brake Pedal Assemblies – Strong Enough For Stock Cars And Cool Enough For Your Hardcore Pro Touring Ride

As the lines between “race car” and street car” continue to move closer together and in come cases blur completely, we can’t help but get excited when we see new products...

Airport Invasion: Hot Rodders Show Their Stuff At Nebraska’s Grand Island Airport – Great Car Show Setting

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – That’s almost a headline you would hear on a cable news network. In this case, it isn’t ominous at all. In fact, it’s a annual tradition...

NHRA Bristol Pro Mod Coverage: Peter Farber Goes The Distance For First Time In NHRA Competition

(Photos/words by Benoit Pigeon) – For the first time in his career, pal-o-BangShift Peter Farber left an NHRA Pro Mod race with a Wally. Farber took on all comers at the recently completed...

Roadkill: How The Hemi 1955 Chevy Was Built – In All Of Its Sleep Deprived, Stop And Go Glory

Unless you live under a rock, surely you have heard of the 1955 Chevy build that Finnegan dreamed up decades ago and had begun to actually construct on Roadkill about a year and a half ago. The guy...