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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Photos: Huge Show, Great Weather, And Nothing But Custom Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Body Notch, Fender Trim, Spring Hangers And More

If you missed this FJ40 project that Shannon Campbell is working on, we’ve got a link below, but if you are back for the next installment in this build series you are in luck as well. In this...

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Video From LST ’26: Cool Trucks, Perfect Weather, and Huge Crowds at Lonestar Throwdown 2026 In Conroe

John Jackson from Not Stock Photography was back at Lone Star Throwdown 2026 and has already put out his video! This show was awesome, as always, and although I got there a bit early it sure filled...

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Not All Brake Parts Cleaners Are The Same: He Bought Every Parts Cleaner In Hopes This Saves You Time and Money!

10 years ago, or so, I walked into the pit of Gary Densham at Pomona to say hi and was immediately entertained by one of Gary’s wife Joanne’s stories. I didn’t get to hear the end...

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World Series of Pro Mod Testing Highlights From Bradenton Motorsports Park

The World Series of Pro Mod is this weekend, in Bradenton Florida, and we can’t wait. But before all the racing coverage starts in a few days, there is some testing going on for the teams that...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds More Awesome Truck Show Photos For You!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Live Video: GM Performance Parts News from SEMA Coming on Tuesday at 10:40 Pacific Time

BangShift.com has finally landed at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and we’ve already snuck into the show to create a small photo gallery you’ll see soon. The big news is that we crashed...

Speedfactory’s Blown, All-Aluminum 440 Hemi Challenger to Debut at SEMA

Do you want a 700-horsepower Challenger of your own? SpeedFactory is debuting their latest creation at the SEMA show, and it includes some bad assed parts that will make any Mopar freak happy. We...

New Video from Ridetech.com features our old pal, the crew cab Chevelle!

<!–[endif]–> Bret Voelkel and the rest of the Ridetech crew are not only sponsors of BangShift.com, but also good friends. Besides having some of the coolest suspension systems...

Hotchkis debuts Handlebars for your Camaro!

It sounded funny to us too, but after opening the press release, we get it. Hotchkis’ new first-gen Camaro Handle Bars are designed to tie the firewall of your Camaro into the sub-frame to...

Killer Video: Mechanic’s Creeper with 80cc Gas Motor

The engine is the head rest. The wheels look as though they were sourced from a Grainger catalog in the caster section. Steering is accomplished by a push/pull lever. There are not readily apparent...

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Monday Time Killer: The Galleries at Stovebolt.com

If you own a pre-1973 GM truck and you’re not a frequent visitor of Stovebolt.com, we recommend you become one. The site is dedicated to trucks built by the General from the inception right up...

ADRL Issues Statement about Closure of Memphis Motorsports Park

As the shockwaves continue to ripple through the drag racing world about the closing of Memphis Motorsports Park, the ADRL has released a statement regarding their thoughts on the closing of the...

The Parting Shift: Ayrton Senna working an NSX at 10/10ths

Ayrton Senna is dead. That’s a sad fact. The good news is that his life and times were in an era when video tape was available. Nearly everything the guy did was on camera. He was a rock star...

Random Freakin’ Video: 1976 Chrysler Cordoba Open Road Race Car

We literally tripped over this piece of video from Streetfire.net. It was just too BangShiftingly perfect to skip over. This is video footage of an open road race car. That car happens to be a 1976...

Laguna-mino Limo Now Selling for Bargain Basement Price!

Thanks to intrepid BangShift.com forum member Mr4Speed we have been tipped off that the Laguna El Camino limo we drew attention a couple of weeks ago is now being sold for next to nothing. Two shots...

The Most Beautiful Garages You’ve Ever Seen. By a Lot.

We got tipped to a message board thread featuring the most ornate, elaborate, and insane garages in the world. Man, this does not disappoint. Lots of us BangShifters are working out in the open,...

Updated: Drag Racing Online reports that Memphis Motorsports Park Has Closed

DragRacingOnline is reporting that Memphis Motorsports Park, the drag racing and circle track facility that hosted the NHRA’s Mid-South Nationals, GM Performance LSX Shootout, Hot Rod Pump Gas...

More Incredible Photos from Mark Rebilas, When He Was 10!

Mark Rebilas is a incredible photographer. We’ve directed you to his blog several times over the last year to check out his latest and greatest still photos. Mark lives on the cutting edge of...

Lingenfelter 445 Trans Am Concept: Fly or Fugly?

We’ll admit something. When we first saw the photos of the Lingenfelter 445 Trans Am, a 2010 Camaro reworked into a Pontiac, we weren’t super impressed. In fact, our first impression was...