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NORRA Baja Livestream: The National Off-Road Racing Association Takes On The Mexican Desert May 1-7!

The National Off-Road Racing Association has been putting on races since 1967 and is known for their Baja race that is a little less hardcore than SCORE’s BAJA 1000. Not that the racing...

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RebelDryver Got A New Project Car! This 1977 Chevy Monza Is Going To Become A Drag And Drive Machine!

Our boy Scott Liggett is back with a new drag and drive project! After buying a 1950 Chevy coupe a year or two ago, and realizing it would be more work than he was really wanting to tackle, he sold...

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Better Than Rain-X?! Is This The Best Windshield Water Repellent Windshield Coating Ever? 10 Brands Tested!

I am a big fan of Rain-X. I own, and have owned, a few vehicles that don’t have windshield wipers at all and have found that if you apply it right and often enough it works wonders. I’ve...

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Our Final Gallery of 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! Pro Mods, Dragsters, Door Cars, And So Much More!

Here’s gallery #4, our final gallery of PDRA East Coast Nationals action, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

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This Awesome Dent Side Ford F100 Pre-Runner RIPS The STREETS, The Dirt, And More!

There is something awesome about vintage bodied pre-runner trucks, and this dentside F100 is a great example. My uncle had a SuperCab back then, and even though I was never a Ford fan growing up I...

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The Wild 1981-1985 Era Of Formula One Cars Race At Monaco Again! 1980s F1 Gold at the 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix!

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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Video: Big Rigs Racing On an Oval Track – Major Wreckage Involved!

While big rig oval track racing has been dead here in the United States for a couple of decades, the intrepid racers in Canada have never stopped…or at least up until 2005 they hadn’t...

Epic Fail: Austin Formula One Race and Race Track Both Appear Dead

In news that the dead corpse of Ray Charles could have seen coming, it appears that both the Austin, Texas 2012 Formula One race is dead and with it, the racing facility the event was to have taken...

Show Gallery: The 2011 Vintage Specialties Open House – Gettysburg, PA

The late fall show galleries just keep on rolling! Here’s a nice gallery from Pennsylvanian shooter Doug  Garrison. Doug recently attended the 2011 Vintage Specialties open house event in...

Nuclear War: 2013 Shelby GT500 to Have 650hp – 200-Mph Capable

Leaping lizards! Ford has announced that the 2013 Shelby GT500 Mustang will have 650hp and will be capable of going more than 200mph. They also made a point to mention that the 5.8L DOHC blown V8...

Event Gallery: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2011

Pennsylvania’s Bruce Larson is one of the most accomplished Funny Car racers in the history of drag racing. He was a hitter from the earliest days of the class with his awesome 1966 Chevelle,...

Firepower: A Look at the Red Jacket Firearms Jeep JK8 by V-Werks

There were some killer Jeep JK8s at SEMA this year, but one really jumped out at us and we’re going to tell you more about it. The particular Jeep we’re talking about was built by a new...

Major Ford Eye Candy: Killer Builds Happening at Tube Chassis Designz

It has been far too long since we darkened the door at our pal Jon Sandahl’s shop, Tube Chassis Designz. As usual, he is rocking on several awesome builds. If you are a Ford fan, you’ll...

Bitchin’ Video: The induction of Gray Baskerville into the SEMA hall of fame

Gray Baskerville’s induction into the SEMA Hall of Fame was certainly well earned. He was one of the most familiar and widely read voices in the realm of hot rodding for decades. He was at the...

BangShifty Barn Find: A Low Mileage, Pristine Condition, 1961 VW Beetle

Cool barn finds are an awesome part of the car hobby. Finding one is like hitting the gearhead lottery and in some cases it is like hitting the actual lottery. For BangShift reader Jeremy Holt, his...

Crash Video: Helmet Cam Footage of a Violent Karting Wreck!

Long before we knew better, we laughed when heard guys say that they raced karts. We then drove one and soiled our racing suit, so to say that we have lots of respect for the people who race these...

Cool or Not: The Ring Brothers Dragon 1970 Mustang

The genre of the “high end” muscle car build tends to be polarizing. Lots of guys identify more with the “bleeding in the driveway homebuilt car” end of the hobby and look...

Racing Junk Find: A 1950 Plymouth Business Coupe That is All Business on the Strip

Back in the days of yore, most manufacturers sold some variation on the “business coupe”. Designed with a minimum of options and luxury but lots of trunk space, these were cars designed...

Cool New Product: Global West Suspension Blackline Suspension Bushings for 2005-2012 Mustangs

Chad and I had been hearing some buzz around the show floor at SEMA regarding Global West Suspensions and their new “Blackline” series of products. The Blackline name signifies that all...

Drag Gallery: The 2011 NMRA/NMCA Lonestar Shootout

While the “official” NMRA/NMCA season may be over, the organization is still running a few races to round out the competition for the year. Just this past weekend they were at Royal...