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Richard Petty’s Drag Racing Legacy: The Hot Rod Hoarder Separates The FACTS from The MISCONCEPTIONS Right Here

One of our favorite hot rod historians is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, because he’s a fount of information and really gets into his subject. He’s so good at the history behind...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 8 Racing Action! Why Not Add A Few Hundred More Miles Through The Dunes!

It’s Stage 8, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stage 7, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 2 of the 2nd Week of Dakar. This...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 7 Racing Action! We Hope They Got Good Rest, Because The Desert Isn’t Playing!

It’s Stage 7, after a full day of rest, but the desert didn’t take a break. It’s ready to rock each and every day, and Stage 7 is no different. In the video below you’ll see Stage...

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Paint and Body Tech: The RIGHT Way To Paint Chrome, So It Actually Lasts, Doesn’t Flake, And Looks Great

During the monochromatic paint craze of the 1980s and 1990s, there were a LOT of chrome parts getting painted to match the body color of whatever hot rod, muscle car, or custom truck they were on....

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Tool Tech: The BEST Swivel Adapters for Sockets! Putting Swivel Adapters Through Their Paces To Find Out Who’s Best

We’re back with more tool tests, which you know we love around here, and this time it’s swivel adapters that are being test. We all love a good wobbly socket, but if you don’t have...

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Craigslist Find: A Never Titled Or Registered 1969 SS Camaro With Racing History

Robert Martin at MSD found this one yesterday and sent it over saying that this one was rare. You think? Hell yes it’s rare! Who else has a ’69 Camaro SS that has never been titled or...

Event Gallery: Corvettes At Carlisle – Street Freaks, Barn Finds, Race Cars, Restos, and More!

(Photos by Jeff Lee) – There’s no denying that the Corvette nameplate is one of the most deeply seated in the American high performance automotive world. From sports car racing to the...

PowerShift is BACK – Come Watch LIVE With Chad and Brian! The Show Starts At 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern!

After a couple week break, BangShift’s no-ready-for-primetime show PowerShift returns LIVE TONIGHT! We’ll be kicking things off at the normal time of 6PM Pacific and 9PM eastern time that...

National Challenge ’72: Lundberg, Garlits and The Greatest Rogue Drag Race Ever

(Editor’s note: We ran this story last year the day the US Nationals kicked off and we’re doing it again in 2013. We’ve added some info, so give it a fresh look!) This weekend the...

Amazing Video: Watch An Awesome Close Call On The Nurburgring That Results In Zero Wreckage – Awesome Driving!

Hey, I guess today is “near miss” day on BangShift. That’s fine with me because like the video of the wild drag boat “save and sink” earlier today this video featuring...

Barnstormin’: You Don’t Want Reality So Stop Bitching About Not Getting It

On Tuesday, the guys from Jalopnik ran a cool story that investigated the thousands and thousands of FCC complaints filed by NASCAR fans watching races on TV. It really is a great read and gives you...

Caption This Photo: SCHWING!

NEWSFLASH – Chad and I are both mentally children. Sure we strike you as the buttoned up, formal, locked down kind of professionals you’d expect to find editing phone books but...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Burnout Machine You Have Ever Owned?

Burnouts. They’re not proof your junk is fast, or that your junk is any good at all, but they rule. They rule in a straight line, in circles, backward, forward, and sideways. They’re...

Video: Dick Johnson, Tearing It Up At Bathurst 1983. Listen To The Clevelan Scream.

This is one of those videos that you just want to watch over and over again. At the famed Mt. Panorama in Bathurst Australia, this is one hell of a race track. At the end of the video Dick wads this...

Last Blast: Our Final Gallery From The World Series Of Drag Racing – Nitro At Night!

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we’re back with a last blast of bad ass photos from the 60th running of the World Series of...

Blind Man Sets Record At Bonneville! On A Motorcycle No Less

Former Pro Mod racer Dan Parker, who lost his sight during a horrific crash behind the wheel of his Corvette Pro Mod car in early 2012, has entered the record books on the Bonneville Salt Flats....

Is This The Most Powerful Buick Small Block Of All Time? It Was Once…And It Is Coming Back To Life!

Well, the tri-shield guys are probably going to fry my ass for calling it a Buick, but the NHRA saw fit to classify it as one and the parts and pieces were sold as Buick items, so I’m telling...

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Video: Watch The Install Of An Aeromotive Phantom Fuel System Pump And See Just How Simple It Is!

Aeromotive’s Phantom fuel system set SEMA on its ear last year and the company has been working overtime to keep them on the shelf as orders from customers and distributors all over the country...

Dyno Video: Watch The Wally’s World GTO Make 450 At The Tire Thanks To COMP, Land Speed, And Dynatech

When Wally sent me the video of his car on the chassis dyno making pulls, he told me it gave him lumber. We don’t blame him! This little GTO went from making 333 horsepower and 330 pound feet...