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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds More Awesome Truck Show Photos For You!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!

Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Show Photos For You To Check Out Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Sunday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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Cordless Tool Testing: DeWALT’s Unreleased Flagship Drill DCD1007 vs Milwaukee. The Torque Test Channel Puts Them To The Test!

It’s time for some more tool testing! This time the Torque Test Channel is putting the newest DeWalt drill through its paces and up against the best from Milwaukee. This drill isn’t even...

The Devil’s Cigarette Lighter: This Period Video Shows How Red Adair Extinguished A 700ft Tall Natural Gas Fire – American Legend

Red Adair is one of the most interesting guys you will ever read about. He was one of the most famous guys in the world for a long time and that was because he was one of the smartest, ballsiest, and...

Drag Racing Time Travel Video: Relive Epic Moments From 1972-1975 – Wheelies, Fires, The Cars Of Drag Racing Mythology

We’re back with more awesome drag racing footage centering around fun in the 1970s. The same guy who shot the last batch, John Bell, shot this stuff. He was in the right place at the right time...

The Boss: Watch This Massive 1966 Hayes Logging Truck With A 16V-71 Detroit Diesel Engine Rumble Onto The Trailer !

Hayes trucks were basically born to be loggers and this one is the king logger. You are looking at a monster 1966 Hayes logging truck with an equally mighty 16V-71 Detroit Diesel engine. The fully...

Interesting History: The Iconic Mercedes 300SL Was A Pile Of Compromises That Never Should Have Worked

We look at certain cars as if they are works of art. They appear to be beautiful things born from the best thoughts of beautiful minds. The Mercedes 300SL is one of those cars. They sell for huge...

Tool Spotlight: Just Wow! Klein KNECT Pass-through and Metric Deep Flip Socket sets. Klein is on a ModBOX Tool Roll!

It’s a good thing I don’t have any money, because otherwise I’d probably have to add on to my shop just to hold tools. I love them, but I guess so do most car guys. We’ve been...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting Some Massive Suspension Upgrades

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the front suspension get some...

First Heads Up Drag Race At The New Flying H Drag Strip! YES, A BRAND NEW DRAG STRIP, AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL!

Despite the fact that there are more operating dragstrips in the country today than ever in history, the news we are always listening to is that tracks are closing in record numbers. And yes, there...

CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 VS EBAY TURBO. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR LOW-BUCK BOOST? M90 VS TURBO 4.8L DYNO TEST.

So which one is better? Should you go for a cheap blower or a cheap turbo on your junkyard LS build? In this video from Richard Holdener, you are going to see both of them put to the test on a mellow...

Upgrade Your 2021-2024 Ford Bronco’s Suspension With ADS Suspension Components. Perform Better, Look Better, And More!

We’ve shared the ADS Coilover systems for newer Broncos here on BANGshift before, and if you’ve even seen one of their systems installed on a rig you know they are pretty bad ass. Not...

Built for Destruction Car Show ‘24 – Imports Invade Killeen Texas And Not Stock Photo Was There For The Video!

While I’m totally a fan of older American automobiles, there are some imports that also turn my crank. Clearly the old stuff is cool, but not just the old stuff. I may only own two imports, an...

Watch Bob Bauman And His Wild Exhibition Pulling Dragster Smoke An Engine And Oil The Dirt In 1988

There’s a lot of awesome in this clip that runs for about five minutes and was captured in 1988 at a pulling event. The main attraction here is a guy named Bob Bauman who has an exhibition...

Killer 1960s Ad: This 1966 Sinclair Gasoline Commercial Features A Lightweight Coronet And A Young Drag Racing Leader In The Making

Here’s a real gem of a TV commercial that was shot in early 1966 at the then brand new Palm Beach International Raceway. The commercial “stars” Jack Thomas a young, up and coming...

Classic Video: This 1973 AMC Jeep Dealer Video Is Full Of Jumps and Neat Old Jeeps

For my taste the Jeep CJ5 is about the coolest one ever made. The styling is timeless (not all Jeep can say that) the performance is there and unfortunately the prices of those things continue to...