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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 4 Rally Racing Action, And A Night In The Desert With No Support, Is Taking It’s Toll!

Stage 4 action, highlights, and more are below! Bodies and vehicles are being put to the test and the carnage and emotions are real! This overnight stage was tougher than many expected. Dakar Rally...

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Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 7 – Part 1 Razor Sharp LAVA ROCK vs 4x4s: Oregon’s Rim Butte Trail

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 6 below! Don’t worry, if you missed the previous videos we’ve got links to those as well.  In the last episode, drivers and crews learned what...

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This Guy Is Asking Strangers to Paint THEIR Car… What Would You Say If Approached By This Guy?

It’s one thing to have a driveway cleaner or mowing guy come to the door and ask if they can mow or pressure wash for free. I mean they do the work right there at your place. But what if...

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Ruined Or Remarkable? CHOP CHOP Part 1: How To Cut Up A Perfectly Good 1937 Chevrolet To Make It Shorter!

A chopped top is one of the most iconic, and extreme modifications you can make to a custom hot rod. Whether you are talking about a 1930’s hot rod, a 1940’s or 1950’s custom, or...

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1966 Oldsmobile Feature Video: He Saved this BIG BLOCK ‘66 Oldsmobile from DESTRUCTION

This is NOT your father’s Oldsmobile, although it looks like it could be. With lots of performance upgrades, it is what a restomod is all about. Plus it has many custom features that look like...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 3 Rally Racing Action From The Insanely Rocky and Dangerous Conditions in Alula

Stage 3 action, highlights, and more are below! This was some carnage filled action! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and...

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ON SALE NOW: HOT ROD Drag Week 2010 DVD

Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, presented by Gearvendors, is the ultimate test of man and machine and the most bitchin road trip event in the world. Whether you bring your 15 second car or are...

Car Show Gallery Update: The Texas Joy Ride Classic Car Show – Freeport, Texas

Our cavalcade of show galleries continues! We’re staying in Texas this time, but heading to the city of Freeport for the Texas Joy Ride Classic Car Show. Our man Charles Wickam was on the scene...

Drag News: Paul Romine Ends Drag Racing Career After 40 Years

Paul Romine, the three-time IHRA Top Fuel Champion (97,98,2000) and current holder of the record for fastest the Nostalgia Funny Car pass, has ended his four decade drag racing career rather...

BangShift Tech and Video: Does staggered jetting a Holley Carb really work?

We learned several things during our staggered jetting test, and some might surprise you. We also came to a couple of conclusions. 4-Corner Jetting is not for everyone, and ignorance is bliss. And...

Diesel Rig Rod Video: The Beast Runs on A Tiajuana Drag Strip

After showing you a killer Detroit Diesel powered “rig rod” yesterday, we went trolling YouTube and found a video showing a creation called “The Beast” running down a strip in...

Awesome Junkyard Gallery: Stark Wrecking Company – Miamisburg, Ohio

When BangShifter Mike Black asked us if we wanted some photos he shot at a cool old junkyard, we said sure. Little did we know just how great those shots would be. Alternatively sad and beautiful,...

Done: National Speed Sport News Ceases Publication

National Speed Sport News, a publication that covered the racing scene in America for nearly 80 years has announced that this week’s issue will be the last print version ever sent to the...

In-Car March Meet Funny Car Footage – Ron Capps Hauls the Mail!

Ron Capps sure had an interesting March Meet. He drove Del Worsham’s recreation of the famous Blue Max Mustang and was surrounded by an awesome all star crew. Dean Antonelli, Chuck Worsham, and...

eBay Find: Car and Driver Magazine 1972 Pinto Road Racer

Back in the mid-1970s, Car and Driver wasn’t as lilly handed and high brow as it is today. In fact, the guys on staff used to like to actually wrench on stuff and go racing. Shocking, we know....

Epic Truck Rod: A Ford Truck Cab and a Detroit Diesel Make Magic Together

The “Pissed off Pete” stands as an amazing custom effort in the field of “odd rods”. This machine, photographed by BangShifter Eliteman76, captured the huge truck vibe of the...

Action Video of a 1950s Tractor Dragging With Ford 390 Power

With all the nostalgia drag racing and car show stuff that has been hitting the blog lately, we didn’t want our readers to think that we’ve lost our affection for tractors. If there is...

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Rumor Mill: Land Speed Racing Comes to Wilmington, Ohio

Quiet whispers have turned into pretty solid information regarding a potential new land speed racing venue in Wilmington, Ohio, a city just down the road from Columbus, Ohio. This news comes at a...

Event Gallery: Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals, Texas

When we learned that the March Meet would fall on the same weekend at The Goodguys Lonestar Nationals, it kind of bummed us out. Normally Chad, who is the autocross announcer for the Goodguys, takes...

Car Show Gallery: The Bay Community Car Show – Spanish Fort, Alabama

A short while ago, we put out the call to BangShifters to submit their car show and cool gearhead event photos. They have responded en masse! This is another reader submitted gallery from a car show....