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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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Amazing eBay Find: A Real Deal 1965 Fiberglass Trends Cheetah With Its Original Chassis! Drag Cheetah Greatness!

Our love for the short lived and even shorter produced Bill Thomas Cheetah race car is pretty well known. It was a bit of a back door project that Chevrolet was helping to fund in order to come up...

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Steve Magnante’s Bad Seed Caddy Powered Chevette Lives!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – The public loved it, the magazine company lawyers hated it, Steve Magnante built it, and gearheads still are obsessed with it to this day. The infamous “Bad...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Black Sunshine – Rob Zombie (1993)

One of the most requested songs we have had from readers to be featured in our BangShift Daily Tune Up items is Rob Zombie’s 1993 song Black Sunshine. If you are familiar with Rob Zombie you...

Epic News: The ChumpTruck 2014 Series Announced – Budget Big Rig Road Racing!!! Greatest Idea EVER!

I have never, in my 33-years of living, been more excited about anything automotive related than I am at the knowledge that there will be a budget big rig road racing series coming to the USA in...

Caption This Photo: Scott Liggett Tries To Get A Sneak Peek At Grumpy Jenkins’ Secrets!

BangShift contributor Scott Liggett crushed his assignment of covering the 2013 Hot Rod Homecoming show at the Pomona Fairplex last weekend. We’ll be sharing photos and mini-features on cars...

Rocket Racing Wheels Expands Igniter Offerings – New Sizes and Popular Bolt Pattern Options

The fine dudes and dudettes at Rocket Racing Wheels have announced that they are expanding their popular Igniter series of wheels by offering 16″ diameter versions of the popular design and...

Hot Rod Homecoming 2013 – Muscle Cars, Race Cars, Gassers, Vans, Rods!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – We’ve never been more jealous of ace LA BangShift contributor than we are right now after reviewing all of his great photos from the 2013 Hot Rod Homecoming...

Event Coverage: Goodguys All-American Get Together Show And Autocross Action Photos

This weekend was the Goodguys All-American Get Together in Pleasanton, and it was huge. With perfect weather, and the coolest fairgrounds on earth, it’s no wonder all the cool kids were out...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Does It Bother You That People Always Want To Exploit Wrecks And Stuff Before They Know Everyone Is OK?

If you read my Chadmouth for today, you know that it pisses me off when people rush to the fence at a drag race, autocross, midget race, or whatever, and pull out their phones to take pictures and...

Chadmouth: When I Told Her She Sucked, She Didn’t Appreciate It. At All…

Last week we ran a Caption This Photo Blog Item with a photo of Bret Voelkel and the 48 Hour Camaro, which he had unfortunately just ran into a concrete barricade. Similar circumstances have occurred...

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Craigslist Find: An Awesome 1960s Era Half Scale Indy Car Go Kart…Or Is It?

While this item is list on Vermont Craigslist  as a go kart, we’re not sure that it is. The machine looks like a half scale 1960s Indy car and judging by the size of the slicks on all four...

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Bitchin’ Big Rig Race Video: The Great American Truck Race, Atlanta, 1980

Earlier today we dug up an old story that we ran about the Great American Truck Racing series from the 1980s and announced the creation of the ChumpTruck budget big rig racing series for 2014. This...

eBay Find: A Forlorn Maverick Drag Car With Good Bones And A Pissed Off Ford 305ci Six Cylinder!

Ford Mavericks are cool as street machines, but truly neat as drag cars. They were used in Pro Stock during the 1970s by many Ford faithfuls and they provide a great platform to build a car around....

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Cool Video: Watch A Blacksmith Make A Real Version Of Odd Job’s Hat From The James Bond Movies!

As I said earlier, Chad is long gone and hard to find this weekend so you know what I am doing? Whatever the hell I want.This bitchin’ video of a real life blacksmith creating a functional and...

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