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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Every Man Challenge Is Today, Plus The Kids 170 Tonight! Here Is All Of Our King of the Hammers Livestream Action From Johnson Valley!

Off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026 continues right here! We’ve got the livestream rocking right here from start to finish, so make sure you tune in and...

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Electrical Tech: WIRE CRIMPING 101 – How to Crimp Open Barrel Terminals Like a PRO! (Wire Selection Included)

There is a lot of wiring going on in your average newer built hot rod, what with EFI and electric everything and all that. But even if you have an older, or more traditional, ride there are still...

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Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photo Coverage Continues: Even More Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!

We’ve got another gallery of photos from the show, and if you missed our previous photos we’ve got a link to those too! (Photos by Chad Reynolds) Our newest gallery of photos from the...

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This Is The Biggest Deal In Air Hammers: Which One Of These Beasts Actually Performs Under Real Testing Conditions?

In a world of tools that just keeps getting better and better for the money, and where nearly everything is offered in a battery operated version that outperforms everything else, air hammers seem to...

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Ride On Board With Christopher Polvoorde During His King of the Hammers Trophy Truck Qualifying Run!

Seeing Trophy Trucks run well over 100 miles per hour across the desert is something truly special. With suspension travel that is measured in feet, not inches, and 1,000 horsepower on tap for the...

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This Is What Hanging Out With Jay Leno For A Day Is Like: Driving Cool Stuff + Shop Tour + New Projects!

8 years ago I got the chance to come to Jay Leno’s and talk to his car care guys, get a truck washed and waxed, and check out the collection. We weren’t supposed to really talk to Jay...

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Tonight 6PM Pacific – 9PM Eastern — PowerShift LIVE With Brian and Chad – The BS Year In Review!

It’s Thursday so that means that once again it is BangShift PowerShift time! Brian and Chad’s LIVE weekly show will be back and rolling tonight at 6pm Pacific and 9pm eastern. We’ll...

eBay Find: A Turbine Powered 1984 Honda Magna Motorcycle – Runs And Drives…If You Dare!

We don’t know much about motorcycles, but we do know that this 1984 Honda Magna is way freaking cooler with a Boeing T50 turbine engine providing the power than it was with the twin or four...

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BS Photo Highlight Reel: Charles Wickam’s Favorite Shots From 2012 – Nitro, Autocross, Dirt and More!

(Words and Photos by Charles Wickam) -Looking back on the year, 2012 was a time of highs and lows for me in photography. The year started off pretty well with the purchase of a newer faster camera to...

BS Daily Tune-Up: Trophy Machine By The Rip Chords – Released 1964

The Southern California band known as the Rip Chords is known by most gearheads for their famous car jam Hey Little Cobra. The group cranked out a ton of great car songs during their heyday in the...

Best of BangShift 2012: The English Brothers With Their Jag and MG Drag Machines – Feature!

Few classes were weirder and wilder than the old NHRA Modified Sports Car ranks. The Modified Sports classes had their own rules which were similar to the gas classes and the resulting creations...

Craigslist Find: What Happens When A Geo Metro Mates With A Motorcycle In Wisconsin

BangShifter Kyle Odekirk must have been doing some late Christmas shopping on Craigslist or maybe figuring out how to spend his Christmas cash when he found this wild creation. What you are looking...

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BS Photo Highlight Reel: Dave Nutting’s Favorite Shots From 2012 – Racing, Shows, Thrashing, and More!

(Words and Photos by Dave Nutting) – 2012 was quite the year for me as a photographer in terms of new experiences. It is hard for me to believe, but I’ve only been shooting photos for these...

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Tech Video: Holley Power Valves Explained

We ran across this simple video from Holley that shows the basics of Holley Power Valves and know that for some reason Power Valves seem to have a lot of voodoo surrounding them. There...

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Video:Big Rig Burnout Video Counter Punch – A Working Mack Strikes Back Against The Aussies!

Chad’s video of the Bandag Bullet smoking tires is cute and all, but as he mentions in his blog item that truck is a specially built racing and tire frying machine. We’re not knocking it...

Burnout Video: This One May Be The Best Big Rig Burnout Ever

The Bandag Bullet is a 12 second big rig, which is super impressive, although I still think our own Thump Truck may be better just because it’s a 13 second fully functional and original weight...

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BANGSHIFT.COM!

Merry Christmas! Brian and I, along with all our families and BangShift.com sponsors, would like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry Christmas. While we are frying up turkey here on...

DOYOUSEE.ME Drag Racing Replays From Europe… All Through The Holidays

(Provided by EuroDragster) Because it has become a tradition on which people started to rely (the first question whether we would do a replay was asked at the second event in the season) we will...

FREE March Meet LIVE Replay 2012: BangShift.com’s Exclusive Broadcast From Famoso

Did you miss the March Meet this year? Watch it in it’s entirety right here through Christmas. It will conclude on Wednesday and then we’ll replay the 2012 Street Car Supernationals from...

BangShift Test Drive: The 2013 Ford Raptor – We Drag It, ‘Wheel It, and Jump It!

(Photos by Tom Phair, Kerri Lohnes, and the author) –  The most commonly asked question we had during our time with the 2013 Ford SVT Raptor was, “Is that thing fun to drive?” The...