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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds More Awesome Truck Show Photos For You!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!

Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Show Photos For You To Check Out Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Sunday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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Ever See A Mining Haul Truck Bounce? If You Watch This Loading Fail Video You Will

Working on the docks loading ships is pretty dangerous work. Between the massive equipment and cranes involved to the awkward stuff that needs to be brought over the sides of these ships, you never...

The American Powertrain Thusday Shift: Tommy Godfrey Drags The Bumper And Bangs Through The Gears!

This is a quick and cool video which was taken by Greg Novac, featuring multi-time NMRA Factory Stock champion Tommy Godfrey. In it, you will see this Pure Street legal Mustang making a test pass at...

Modern Rodding Interviews Roy Brizio, Builder Of The 2024 AMBR Winning 1932 Phaeton Of Beth And Ross Myers.

By now you’ve all seen Beth and Ross Myers’ 1932 Ford Phaeton Roadster that won the coveted America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Award at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona,...

To Squat Or Not To Squat: How Does a Drag Car Suspension Actually Work And Are You Doing It Wrong?

Drag racing suspension is no different than any other suspension system in that it works on physics. The physics behind a drag racing suspension system vs a road racing suspension system differ in...

Online Find: This OBS Big Block 2500 Suburban Is Near Mint And The Tow Rig You Just Might Need!

I’m a Suburbanmen. I grew up with a Suburban, I’ve owned several, and I have one now that is a project. Mine is a square body, but an OBS is one of my other favorites and this one here is...

2024 Pittsburgh World of Wheels Photo Coverage Continues: Our Photos From This Awesome Show Continue.

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Here’s Brooks second gallery, and we’ve got even more to share coming up. If you missed the first gallery yesterday, use the link below to check them out. The...

Is This The Last Of Our Grand National Roadster Show 2024 Photos? This Place Was So Full Of Cool Stuff!

We’ve been sharing all kinds of great photos from the Grand National Roadster Show, and we’ve still got lots more to come. If you missed any of them, use the link below to check out...

Video Zen: Amazing Footage From San Fernando Drag Strip And Lions Drag Strip Circa The Later 1960s

Now this is some of the best footage we have seen in a LONG time. Our pal Jarmo tipped us off to this and we watched, wide-eyed the whole time. You are about to see beautiful, color footage (sans...

Diesel Dyno Video: Watch This Military Spec Detroit Diesel 8V92TA Make 440hp and Big Torque On The Pump

Here’s some cool dyno video for you, not because of insane power or any sort of destruction but because it shows a tried and true engine package, one that is military-spec doing work. You are...

New In ’92: Check Out This Review Of The 1992 Audi S4 – A Performance Sedan A Cool Sleeper

To this day, I really like the Audi S4. Not this one in particular, but the model. I think it’s a more subtle, cool, and interesting German sport sedan than any of the other guys make. Back in...

Cool Video: The Time That Bigfoot Crushed Two Other “Monster Trucks” – The Dodge Wouldn’t Give!

We’re back with a little more Bigfoot goodness from back in the day today. One of the neater publicity stunts that Bob Chandler, Jim Kramer, and the mad cap wacky dudes at Midwest Four Wheel...

Vintage Road Test Video: Watch A 1971 Mercury Cyclone Get Tooled On And Evaluated!

We love the old Car and Track road test videos here at BangShift and every once in a blue moon we are happy to run across one that we have not seen yet. In this case we get the opportunity to watch a...

Video Of All Kinds Of Zephyrs, Caddys, Customs And More At The Grand National Roadster Show In Pomona

BANGshift contributing editor Darr Hawthorne was at the  Grand National Roadster Show with us and shot some fun video. We already shared a video from us walking around the Suede Palace, and also one...

DD Speed Shop’s FORGOTTEN First Generation Camaro: IT’S BAD! – This Camaro Is Totally Rotten And Rusted Out

I don’t know why we would expect this Camaro to be anything but a rust bucket, after all it is a DD Speed Shop project. I don’t think Dan would know what to do with himself if he...