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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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Hot Rod Hoarder Brings Us 6 Minutes of SCREAMING Engines from Southeast Gassers

When Tommy Lee says that the Southeast Gassers Association has the best old-school racing series, he’s not kidding. These guys put on a hell of a show with cars that have the look and feel of...

Panicking For Power Tour! Will Vice Grip Garage Make It With The NASCAR Car And Two Others?!

The NASCAR Tribute car needs a lot of work in order to be ready to hit the road and go on Power Tour, so Derek better get it together and make it happen. As usual, there is a timeline that is tight,...

FREE Drag Racing Live Stream: 18th Annual Ultimate 64 – Saturday

Big money bracket racing continues this weekend with the Ultimate 64 race that is coming to you live right here from Kil-Kare Raceway. This is a famous race that has some really storied wins. And...

PRUETT, HIGHT, ENDERS & HERRERA EARN PROVISIONAL NO. 1 SPOTS AT NHRA THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS

This is going to be an interesting race weekend in Bristol as qualifying is ALSO eliminations from the postponed New England Nationals race. So that’s extra pressure because not only do the...

Sick Summer 2023 Day Five Live Stream From Cordova Dragway, Presented By Gear Vendors

If you want to watch all the racing action from Sick Summer, where folks will race their cars at the track and then drive those same cars to the next track, only to do that over and over for five...

More Historic Gearhead Americana: Barney Oldfield, Classic Truckers, Prehistoric Indy Racers, And More!

Lots of people don’t know it but there is an absolutely digital archive at the Library of Congress. It has become kind of a weird hobby of mine to troll it for neat old photos to show you all....

Win An American Powertrain Complete Overdrive Transmission Swap Kit On Power Tour And Check Out Papaw’s Dually!

American Powertrain is hitting the road for Hot Rod Power Tour 2023 again and you can win big! Plus they are giving away stuff at their booth, will be providing tech support for any of your trans...

How Rustomod Painted Sign Painter Distressed Lettering On Their Vintage C10 Truck The Easy Way!

I’m a big fan of good patina on a hot rod, truck, or even some race cars, but sometimes you need to distress a part in order to make it look like it fits. This is especially true when talking...

Awesome Cars Buried In Trees! 1967 Chevelle Station Wagon, 68 GTO, 55 Bel Air, An Econoline, & MORE!

Chad has hit it out of the park on the cool meter with this one! Check out all these cool rides that are hiding in the trees at this old junkyard he’s going through. Video Description: I was...

DO LS ROLLER ROCKERS MAKE POWER? LS1 CAM VS ROLLER ROCKER TEST. FULL DYNO RESULTS. WHICH ONE WORKS?

Do roller rockers really make power? Sure they do. But how about on an LS engine that already has an ultra-efficient valvetrain? Is a trunion upgrade enough? Richard is testing not only roller...

Race Photos: Grippo Gets Tons Of Wheels Up Lucas Oil Drag Racing Photos From Maple Grove!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series is the sportsmen wing of the NHRA and we here at BangShift are huge fans. Each of the seven NHRA regional divisions holds several...

FREE CAR! – He’s Lost His Mind, Somebody Take The 1966 Chevy Biscayne From DD Speed Shop

Nothing should surprise us when it comes to DD Speed Shop since there is never a dull moment when it comes to his projects. But when this project here first started almost a year ago it was just...

Restoring And Protecting Cast Iron Exhaust Manifolds From Rust AT HOME With Spray Graphite

Spray Graphite is magic! I had no idea how easy it was to apply until I watched this video from Jefferson, but it is a completely DIY process that you can do at home on any of the typical exhaust...

HOW TO MAKE MORE LOW-SPEED TORQUE! 408 LS STROKER CAM TEST-IS MORE PEAK TORQUE REALLY BETTER?

Under the curve. This is a term you hear a lot if you spend time on the dyno, whether it is the engine or the chassis dyno. Once you see two tests overlapped so you can see the differences,...