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Trucks Gone Wild 2026: No Mans Land Mud Bogging at Plant Bamboo Muddy Valentines Separates The Toys From The Trucks!

Trucks Gone Wild has been putting on shows for 20+ years now and have created a style of event that has been imitated by many. But there is still just one Trucks Gone Wild, and with 15 different...

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1000+ HP CARS RACING ON A SKISLOPE! – ICE KING 2026 May Be The Craziest Winter Drag Racing Event in the World!

Whether you call it a hillclimb, a drag race, or an ice race, Ice King in Germany is one ultra cool event. Last year was the first year for this event, and we shared awesome video then. The crazy...

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Free Drag Racing Livestream: NHRA Division 2 Testing For The Season Opening GatorNationals at Gainesville.

Catching all the testing action from Gainesville Raceway on March 3-4 right here, ahead of the legendary season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals on March 5-8 at the historic racing...

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Awesome Dyno Video: 1400HP DYNO RECORD with a Twin Turbo 4.3L V6! All the Dyno Pulls and Deep Dive into This Combo!

If you still think the only 4.3L V6 is the one that came in a bunch of C1500 and S10s in the 1990s and 2000s then you are in for a treat! This one here is the newer LS/LT based 4.3V6 and as you can...

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How To Master Metal Flake Hot Rod Paint: This Ford Pinto Street Freak Gasser Hot Rod Is Going To Be Epic! Panels And Flake Baby!

Metal Flake paint is one of those hot rod, custom, and lowrider touches that just hits home when done right. There are so many ways to use it, and the weight or size of the flake can be varied so...

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DEBUT OF RIGHT TRAILERS OUTLAW STREET SERIES SET FOR NHRA’S STOP AT ZMAX DRAGWAY

If you miss the Street Outlaws and No Prep Kings, you are in luck! NHRA announced that the new NHRA Right Trailers Outlaw Street Series, which will feature some of your favorites from both Street...

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Canadian Man Busted Drunk Driving…..A Backhoe…Should We Mention He Was Speeding?

There’s nothing quite like a good wacky news story on a Friday and we have to thank Timmins, Canada city employee Richard Page for providing the fodder. Richard, who had been in the employ of...

eBay Find: A 1969 Mustang Based Cord 812 Kit Car – So Wrong!

The Cord 810 and 812 stand as some of the most beautiful and technologically advanced cars of the late 1930s. Like lots of good ideas though, their production run was short and just several thousand...

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Video: One Of The Most Violent, Flaming, Engine Explosions We Have Ever Seen – Parts Everywhere!

Oh this is one for the books! The Blazer you see with the blazing fire under it (see what we did there?) suffers what may be the single most violent engine explosion we have ever seen that...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The Nefarious Car From “The Car” VS The Goblin Big Rig From Maximum Overdrive!

This could be our most dastardly, evil, and murderous pair yet! Two truly awful and bloodthirsty vehicles will challenge your very moral fiber today as we continue to weed out the weaklings in this...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Gearhead Plans For This Weekend?

Outside of some places in the midwest, it is automotive fun time season in the rest of the country. Have you gotten your junk in gear yet? We’ve been hitting cruise nights, the drag strip, and...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “This Car Of Mine” by The Beach Boys 1964

Released on the March 1964 Album “Shut Down” Volume 2, “This Car of Mine” isn’t the go to car song from the Beach Boys, but the truth is it’s probably as true a...

Video: Watch A Worked Up Duramax Get Pushed To And Then Straight Past The Breaking Point On The Dyno!

Next week, I’ll be in Denver, Colorado for the Diesel Power Challenge. That contest pits 10 of the toughest diesel trucks in America against one another in a variety of challenges and events....

Race Gallery: The Mitty 2013 – America’s Coolest Vintage Car Race – IMSA, Can Am, ETC – Killer Cars!

(Photos by Craig Sutherland) – Yesterday we ran the great video of Jim Pace making hot laps in Sebring with a vintage Can Am car. Today, Jim’s right hand man Craig Sutherland is sharing a...

No PowerShift Tonight – Chad’s Been Thrown Into A Mexican Prison

I gave the guy one simple job to do on vacation, well two actually. Job numero uno was to keep himself from getting thrown into a Mexican prison. Job number two was to smuggle a massive quantity of...

Build Gallery: A 1965 Mustang That Combines New And Old School Elements With Great Parts From Rick’s Tanks, FAST, And More!

One of the toughest things to do when building a car is to combine old school elements and current technology/styling together. This  Mustang that’s going together at Tube Chassis Designz...

Video Of BangShift Approved Zen: Watch And Listen To A Blown Hemi Powered Volvo Amazon Fire Up!

If you don’t check out Speed Hunters either on their site or their FB page, you are cheating yourself. Those guys do some killer work and profile bad ass cars from all over the world. This...

Celebrity Car Death Match: Bigfoot 1 From Take This Job And Shove It VS The Wild ’67 Chevy From Fast And Furious 4

Today’s death match is all about trucks. We have two very different competitors here in the ring of doom. There’s the giant Bigfoot and the slammed 1967 Chevy from The Fast and the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Is On Your “List” That Nobody Would Expect?

We’ve all got a list. You know, the list of cars, trucks, boats, or motorcycles that we ultimately want to own. It’s the list that would get a lot of check marks on it if I won Powerball....

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Jerry Was A Racecar Driver” by Primus 1991

“Jerry Was A Racecar Driver” is probably one of my favorite Primus songs because it has just enough goofy fun to it that you won’t turn it off. The single was released in 1991 on...