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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two Video | Great Bend, KS to Kearney, NE | Kearney Raceway Park

Here’s the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Day Two video and boy is it a fun one. We’re talking on the road, on the track and more! It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and...

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The $5,000 LS Swap Challenge: Is a Budget LS swap Still Possible? We’ll Find Out, as Hagerty is Building the Ultimate Sleeper Barn Find!

The $250 LS engine. It sparked a movement that has out paced even the experts biggest expectations, and has created an entire group of new companies in the automotive aftermarket. On top of that, it...

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Touring Car Icons Reunited for the Heritage Touring Cup Round 1 at the Spa Classic by Peter Auto Le Mans Classic

Every spring, the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit becomes what they call “a living theater of automotive history.”Classic cars, classic engines, and some of the finest historic and vintage car...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 3!

It’s alive! Here’s the Part 3 video in the series, and that means actual driving! Yes, this thing is going down the road in this one and showing off all the bits underneath. I love donor...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Sheet Metal Madness – The FJ Gets A Glove Box, Floor Mods And Doghouse Fab

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the roof and dash coming along, as well as the pedals and steering in a second video. There is a lot more going on as well, but that’s the fab...

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Was This Luck Or A Real “Save”? Watch A Drag Racer Go On A Wild Ride After His Brakes Fail!

If there is something more terrifying than losing your brakes at high speed on a race track, feel free to let us know. The mere thought of it makes shivers run down our collective spines around here....

Win Or Fail? This Guy Took A Sawzall To A 1969 El Camino And Made A Trailer Out Of It – What Do You Think?

BangShifter Steve Dunning goes by the handle ElkyGuy, so you can imagine his level of enthusiasm for seeing this 1969 El Camino trailer for sale on Craigslist. Steve wasn’t into it….at...

Watch The First Car To Ever Top 150-Mph Fire Up For The First Time In Decades

Sir Malcolm Campbell was one of the great heroes of the formative days of land speed record attempts. His machines were incredibly crude by the standards of today’s streamliners and ultra crazy...

Awesome Muscle Car Video: Factory Promotional Video for the 1970 AMC Rebel Machine

After showing your the wild LS powered AMC Eagle in our Craigslist find, we had to get you some pure AMC redemption with this video. For us, the coolest AMC video we have ever seen arrives in the...

This Clean Pro Street 1965 Chevelle Couldn’t Be Built For Twice The $16,000 Asking Price.

We love 1965 Chevelles. They are the best of the two years of “small” Chevelle, and since we grew up with a 1965 El Camino in the driveway they have just always been special. But,...

CL Find Redemption: A Super Rare 1967 International Military Ambulance

Because of the earlier Firebird Craigslist disaster we felt like we had to redeem ourselves on this fine Saturday, lest you think we can only find worthless junk. Take this cool 1967 International...

Video: Where They Raced New Teaser PLUS – Where YOU Can Watch This Bitchin’ Documentary On February 9th!

We’ve showed you several clips from the Where They Raced documentary over the last year or two. This is the latest teaser released by Harry Pallenberg and the crew who has been working on the...

Uber Bitchin Exotics Photos That You Won’t Believe From Cars And Coffee In Irvine California

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) We’re into all kinds of cars around here, but Bob Chiluk who shot these photos is fond of saying “I like them all, sure I’m a muscle car guy, but I’m...

Craigslist Find: This Was A 1983 Pontiac Firebird – We’re Not Sure What It Is Now

Ever felt bad for a 1983 Pontiac Firebird? You’re about to. The “car” you see in the lead photo and all of the photos below rolled out of a factory in 1982/1983 as a shiny new third...

Four BangShift Approved Methods For Moving Snow – From Trains To Pulse Jets They’re Here!

Here in Chicago we don’t let a little snow shut down the whole joint but with the current situation in Buffalo that’s an whole different kettle of fish. During normal circumstances of...

New Go-Pro Video Of Felix Baumgartner’s Space Jump Is Beyond Words – Incredible Footage

Back in October of 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space, some 19-miles above the Earth to set the world records for the highest free fall of all time, highest speed achieved by a...

Gallery: Hot Rods At Point View Baptist Church – Great Cars And A Real Deal Cacklefest!

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) –  It’s the middle of winter in Oklahoma and all the drag machines are still in hibernation. So, what’s a die hard racing addict to do? Well, we loaded...

Project Violent Valiant Update: Fuel System Components From II Much Fabrication And Aeromotive Enter The Picture

Project Violent Valiant is coming right along. Kevin Tully has really been burning the candle at both ends at his shop, Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois. We’ve seen the car start as a...

The Parting Shift: 347ci of Pissed Off Ford Small Block Assault Farmington Dragway

This kick ass in-car video of a 1986 Mustang drag car is just as appealing for the audio as it is for the visual aspects. Sure, you’ll see the car launch and the driver expertly run through the...