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Ed Iskenderian, The CamFather And Hot Rodding’s Oldest Living Legend, Has Died At The Age Of 104. Thanks For All The Speed Ed!

Ed Iskenderian, at 104 years old, was the oldest living hot rodder on earth! And as my friend David Freiburger wrote on Facebook, “If you define ‘hot rodding pioneer’ as...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: Race Of Kings Qualifying Is Today, This Is 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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Freiburger and Finnegan Q&A: While They Cross-Country The Limo Truck, Finnegan Interviews Freiburger And Here’s All The Answers!!

Everyone loves a good Q&A session with their favorite car guys, and this one here is coming to you from Finnegan and Freiburger, who are road tripping the limo crew cab truck across the country...

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Sick Week Day 1 Video From Alex Taylor, Drag Drive Repeat, And The KSR Crew. Records, Wins, And More!

We’ve got some of your favorite content creators featured in this Day 1 video blog post and that means Kevin and the KSR crew, Alex Taylor, and the Drag Drive Repeat boys are sharing some of...

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Sick Week Day 1 Video: A Great Day Of Drag and Drive Racing At Gainesville Ends With CARNAGE!!!

Carnage is NOT how you want to start off your week of racing at Sick Week, or any other event for that matter, but that’s exactly what plagued some racers on Day 1 of Sick Week 2026. Luckily...

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Will a $200 Buick Make a Cross Country Road Trip?!? Sure, Just Close Your Eyes And Pray!

I’ve owned some cheap cars and trucks that ran hundreds of thousands of miles after getting them and for the most part they didn’t care what I paid for them. With that said, do you think...

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Former HealthSouth CEO’s Shady Car Dealings Come Out in Court

Richard Scrushy is the former CEO of healthcare provider HealthSouth. He was ordered by a judge to pay $2.8 billion in damages because of the role he had in massive amounts of fraud that involved the...

The SEMA Show is Coming Next Week: Make BangShift.com Your Stop for Coverage

Next week, the annual SEMA show descends upon the fine city of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the yearly gathering of the automotive aftermarket where companies introduce products, showcase project cars,...

Ebay Pick of the Week: 1956 Chevy 3100 Panel Truck with Napco 4WD Conversion

This 1956 Chevy 3100 panel truck would have qualified as an eBay Pick of the Week even in 2WD form, but with a NAPCO 4WD conversion, this was a no-brainer. It’s wild to think about an era when...

Video: Monster Wheelstand!

We have to thank BangShift.com member KSJ1 for posting a link to this amazing wheelstand video in our forum. The wheelstand shown in the video below is incredibly badass, and the the YouTube...

How the NHRA is Weathering the Financial Storm

We would not exactly be breaking news if we told you that the economy sucked like a dealer lot full of mini-vans. When stuff is rocky like this, the strong, creating, and innovative survive. We came...

Mayfield on ESPN: Takes Shots at NASCAR, Admits Career is Over

Jeremy Mayfield appeared on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Sunday morning. It was his first nationally televised one-on-one interview since being suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for failing a...

Monday Time Killer: The Massive Photo Gallery at RacingSportsCars.com

If you are a fan of sports car racing in all of its myriad of forms, chances are you’ve checked in over at RacingSportsCars.com, as it’s a wealth of info on the subject. Our favorite part...

Friday Excuse to Go Home and Drink: Drinking Leads To Inventing Stuff

For years we’ve bought into the theory that drinking does not exactly increase your level of smarts. There have been a couple incidents involving injuries and fire to back up that line of...

Another Shelby-Licensed Something-Or-Other Sells For $330,000

This week, BangShift.com has had a frenzy of talk about special-edition Mustangs. Well, here’s another one, and to be honest, we can’t really tell what it means that it’s “the...

Great Read: A Short History of the Snake and the Mongoose

You certainly do not need to be a drag racing geek to have heard of the great rivalry between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “Mongoose” McEwen. The two were part of what is...

eBay Pick: 1985 El Camino Sporting a Caddy Bum

This is a confusing piece. isn’t it? Normally people turn stuff into El Caminos by adding a truck like bed. Few people actually modify the Elky to be more car like. The seller of this creation...

Criagslist Pick: Vintage Twin Engine Racing Go Kart

Old go karts are especially neat. First off they weren’t built in China, and secondly, they could have had multiple engines on them like this one that’s for sale in Kansas City. Packing...

Sublime Fail: Man Crashes Self Propelled Recliner Into Car While Drunk

This story may actually top them all. A 61-year old Minnesota man named Dennis LeRoy was sentenced to 180 days in jail for drunk driving. Not news, right? We should probably add the small detail that...

Ford Announces Limited Edition 2010 Boss 302R Factory Race Package

We’ve been talking special edition Ford Mustangs around here lots, and apparently Ford has been listening as they just announced the release of a limited edition 2010 Boss 302R factory race car...