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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 Qualifier—TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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This Might Be The Most Insane JDM Wheel Collection Ever, And Larry Chen Found It By Accident. Check It Out!

I own just two vehicles that are not Chevrolets, and those two are both Japanese imports. They are my 1985 Mitsubishi Mighty Max and my 1994 Honda Civic Hatchback. And while my plan is to build the...

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How To Make New Wheels Look Like Old Steelies, With A Twist! A New Way Of Doing Things!

For several years there have been people using custom bolt on adapters to mount dog dish hubcaps onto Weld Draglite wheels, and while it sounds weird, it really does work. The dog dish caps cover the...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 1 and 2 RACING ACTION

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat....

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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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BangShift and Ridetech present BBQ Bash 2010 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on June 8, 2010

We are proud to announce that Ridetech, in addition to being the presenting sponsor of BangShift.com’s 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour coverage, will be partnering with us to bring BBQ to the Bowling...

Power Tour Prep: The Definitive Road Trip Kit

With the Hot Rod Power Tour looming just around the corner and a bunch of dedicated BangShift.com readers and forum members preparing their junk for the long haul, we thought now would be the perfect...

Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s K&K Insurance 1971 Daytona Clone Flying at Maxton

Bobby Issac and Harry Hyde famously bombarded the Bonneville Salt Flats with a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona stock car in September of 1971. Chrysler had chopped its racing budget and the wing car was...

LIFE Gallery: Bizarro Automotive Concepts From the Past

People have been trying, since the inception of the automobile, to design a better automobile. Since we’re all still pretty much rolling around in glorified versions of the Model T, most of the...

The World’s Fastest Motorcycle is For Sale

The BUB Seven Streamliner is the world’s fastest motorcycle. It gained that title by hauling nearly 400 mph of ass at Bonneville in 2009 during a FIM and AMA sanctioned motorcycle land speed...

Event Gallery: Eagle Field Fresno Dragways Reunion

We missed a truly kick-ass event last weekend at Eagle Field in Firebaugh, California. Luckily, BangShift.com reader Jim Becker was on hand and brought his camera. He took some great shots of the...

Event Gallery: The 2010 Editors’ Challenge from Goodguys Orange County Get Together

Earlier this month at the Goodguys Orange County Get-Together (click here to see the BangShift.com show gallery), the organization hosted its annual Editors’ Challenge autocross. Our own Chad...

Cruise Gallery: The Kemah Kruise in Kemah, Texas

We’re bringing the gallery thunder today, and that’s because we have a kick-ass network of contributing photographers out there across the country delivering the goods. This collection of...

Vintage Ad: Car Prices that will make you laugh and cry

We were forwarded this awesome vintage advertisement for Best Chevrolet, a dealership that is still very much in business located in Hingham, Massachusetts. According to Jon Sandahl, the guy who sent...

Event Gallery: The 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals

Chad Reynolds, the bearded half of the BangShift.com brotherhood, was at the 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals, a massive car show held at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans football team....

Barnstormin’: It’s All Fun and Games Until…Smash!

I left the house on Sunday afternoon in a bit of a rush. After failing to heed my wife’s order of refilling our propane tank for the gas grill, the thing ran out half way through making dinner....

Gallery: Killer Rides From a Pennsylvania Sonic Cruise Night

Our East Coast photo contributor Joe Grippo was at it again last weekend, hitting up a weekly cruise at a local Sonic Drive-In in Pennsylvanis and shooting a ton of great photos. The great thing...

Event Coverage: The 2010 George Barris Culver City Car Show

The 8th Annual George Barris Culver City Car Show was a smashing success by all accounts. There were hundreds of cars, thousands of people, typically bad ass SoCal weather, and everyone seemed to be...

The Parting Shift: Grabbin’ Gears in a Mustang at Atco

This week’s Parting Shift takes us to Atco Raceway in New Jersey for some good old fashioned four-speed abuse. The Mustang featured in this video sure seems like a runner as it takes no time at...

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