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Grand National Roadster Show 2026: Here Are Photos Of All The America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Contenders!

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) America’s Most Beautiful Roadster is a title given to just one roadster per year and is considered one of the two highest hot rod award honors in the world. Given out at...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: Unlimited Qualifying And Racing To Kick Off King of the Hammers Right! Johnson Valley Action Starts Now!

It’s time for a couple of weeks of off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026. We’ve got the livestream rocking right here the whole time, so make sure...

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Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!

(Photos by Chad Reynolds) Our newest gallery of photos from the 2026 edition of the Grand National Roadster Show features awesome rides from all over! The 2026 Grand National Roadster Show is a...

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Building A Hot Rod: This Is The Martin Indy Special And Here Is Part 1 Of The Documentary On Its Build

The Martin Indy Special is, well, special. Not only because it isn’t some bolt together simple project, but also because of the way it has been built. While the look is traditional, the spirit...

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Drag Racing History Lesson: Here Are The 5 Cars That Made NHRA Pro Stock And Are Considered To Be Incredibly Influential Door Cars

Everyone around here knows that NHRA Pro Stock is one of my favorite classes. Sure it has changed a bunch over the last decade or so, but it is still great drag racing. I have always loved NHRA Pro...

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Shannon Campbell’s King of the Hammers Daily Adventures 2026: Watch All Of Shannon’s King of the Hammers 2026 Videos Right Here!

We shared some of Shannon Campbell’s history at King of the Hammers the other day, and you can use the link below to check that out, but here are Shannon’s Daily Updates from the Lakebed...

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Retro-Cool: Drag Racing Online Features Vintage Drag Racing Posters

People collect just about everyting. Our habit is weirdo, basketcase cars, but others like to collect all manner of drag race and hot rod memorabilia. Vintage drag race posters happen to be the focus...

Dart Wants Your Input on a New Ford Cylinder Head Design

Dart Heads has decided to build a fresh, kill-all cylinder head for small-block Fords, and the company is looking for input on design features from racers who really use the stuff. This could be a...

Mustang II: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Some say I was a little hard on the 1974-78 Mustang II in “The Top 11 Never Made Special Edition Ford Mustangs” that ran earlier this week on the BangShift.com blog.  After all,...

Carroll Shelby Will Rebuild Your Engine!

Ol’ Shel may not drop by your garage with a bowl of chili and a torque wrench, but if you send your mill to his Carrol Shelby Engines company, the place will now rework your exact engine and...

Video: Diesel Fury from the Cornfield Corvette

Man we’re loving big, fast trucks these days. We stumbled upon a couple videos of a large truck called, the “Cornfield Corvette” and after nearly passing out due to the coolness of...

15 Vehicles Returned So Far in General Motors Buy-Back Program

In a program that started September 14, 2009, General Motors offered a 60-day buy-back guarantee on its cars. If you bought a GM product, you could return it between 31 and 60 days after the purchase...

New Zealand Street Racers Risk the Crusher Under New Law

Normally we’d be writing about how you can add another state to the growing list of places that will crush your junk if your something really stupid in your car. Now we can tell you to add...

Video: Great Small-Tire Camaro Wheelstand

BangShift.com member Eric68 has a great ’68 Camaro street and strip car that is a past entry into Drag Week. He recently added a 180hp nitrous shot to the potent small-block and ended up...

Great Read: The Story of Pro Mod Diehard Frankie “The Madman” Taylor

Frankie Taylor is a drag racer’s drag racer. His knuckles are always bloody, his hair looks like it was styled by a spastic kid holding a weed whacker, and he hauls ass. At least when...

Old School Pro Street Lives at Summit Racing!

We found this car feature story at SummitRacing.com, and it was like we were back in the pages of Car Craft magazine in around 1989 or 1991. This ’62 Pontiac fullsize is so much like a retro...

Conspiracy Theory: NASCAR Racers Johnson and Knaus Must be Cheating

Cheating in NASCAR has taken on many forms over the years, from subtle to totally blatant, from Junior Johnson’s “banana” Holly Farms Ford modified for better aerodynamics to...

Breaking News! BangShift.com Will Deliver Live Feed from the March Meet

This is great news! As a result of the success of BangShift.com’s live streaming video feed from the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, the web site has reached an agreement with Blake Bowser of...

Event Gallery: Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling XIV

The Chrysler Performance West Club held its annual Fall Fling event on October 17th at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, California. The event is a yearly tradition for SoCal Mopar fans and is normally chock...

Analyst: Turbo Invasion Headed for American Shores

Turbocharged cars make up 50-70 percent of the European fleet. We’re guessing a majority of them are of the diesel burning variety. Here in the USA, there are scant few factory turbocharged,...