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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 8 Racing Action! Why Not Add A Few Hundred More Miles Through The Dunes!

It’s Stage 8, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stage 7, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 2 of the 2nd Week of Dakar. This...

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Richard Petty’s Drag Racing Legacy: The Hot Rod Hoarder Separates The FACTS from The MISCONCEPTIONS Right Here

One of our favorite hot rod historians is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, because he’s a fount of information and really gets into his subject. He’s so good at the history behind...

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Here’s IHRA’s Full Schedule For 2026: Triple Crown, Specials, Purses, And So Much More Right Here!

IHRA has been putting out tons of announcement for the past several months, and if you have missed any of them you can use the link below to see some of the bigger ones. But if you want to see the...

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Making Fenders From Scratch With Cornfield Customs: Designing And Shaping The Buck – Fenders Part 2

We shared Part 1 of the Cornfield Customs Fender building series where wood was being prepared and cut for the buck that these fenders will be shaped to fit, and now we’ve got Part 2 where...

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A Big Rig That Is Lower Than a Ferrari? The Cab-Under Trucks That Drivers Feared, Were An Awesome Idea… Maybe

If you have never seen photos or video of one of these cab-under trucks that were out in the 1970s, you are missing out and will love this video. The idea behind them was simple, put the rig under...

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Carburetor Tech: Predator Carburetor Deep Dive Part 1 – How They Function and How To Rebuild Them. What About Parts?

We’ve talked about the Predator Carburetor before, most recently with a video from DD Speed Shop where he was having issues, which you can use the link below to check out. But Predator...

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CASEY’S CUSTOMS NEW PROJECT: CRAZY NEW BUILD! TRUCK CONVERSION TO BLAZER!

Yep, he’s going for it! Recently I’ve seen a couple builds where someone took a 67-72 Chevrolet pickup and cut it up and made it into a Blazer. This has got to be a lot of work, but I...

FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – Is It Pursuit Ready?! First Drive In 25 Years!

We’ve been sharing the videos from this forgotten cop car video series, and this is the one we’ve all been waiting for, the one that has this long forgotten cop car actually running and...

Dirthead Dave’s Ultimate Adventure 2022. Day 1. Wheeling day!

Ultimate Adventure is a once-a-year, invite-only event that is hosted by the staff of 4-Wheel and Off-Road, aka Motortrend. Ultimate Adventure has been going on since 1999 and is something truly...

Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: More Photos From This Awesome Show

Here’s our sixth gallery of photos from Jim! (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) Located in Rosemont’s cavernous Stephens Convention Center, the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals has become a...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Modifying Wheel Tubs, Installing Floor Braces, And Cutting Wood For The Bed.

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is working on the inside of the bed. Tub mods, floor bracing, and a homebuilt and stained floor too. If you have missed any of the previous...

Dakar Rally Stage 6 Video Coverage: Sand Dune Greatness!

Stage 6 Extended Highlights are below! Hours of great DAKAR 2023 coverage! Dakar 2023 is on and man is it already living up to its reputation of being one of the toughest races in the world. Famous...

Iron Trap 1932 Ford “DeLorean” Roadster: RARE Flathead Ford 2 Speed Rear Shifter Conversion

This week’s video has Matt doing hot rod stuff to the roadster. It has an ultra rare Columbia 2-speed rear end under it and the hot rodder in him wants to make the thing work manually instead of...

Dakar Rally Stage 5 Video Coverage Continues Right Here!

Stage 5 Extended Highlights are below! Hours of great DAKAR 2023 coverage! Dakar 2023 is on and man is it already living up to its reputation of being one of the toughest races in the world. Famous...

New Years At The Grove No Prep: More Drag Racing Action Photos Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Here’s Gallery #2 of Grippo’s No Prep coverage from Atco! Well, if you had told me a few years ago that I’d be standing on the starting line at my home...

Kearney Cruise Night 2022 – PHOTOS FOUND! Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, Street Machines, Trucks, And More!

Scott Liggett is always contributing cool things to BANGshift and we love him for it, so when he sent me an email right before the new year and said he had some Kearney Cruise photos he had never...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Starts For The First Time!

Will it run? In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update – COLD Storage To HOT ROD! The Internet’s Favorite Nomad Is Now A Gasser!

Well, the forgotten project Nomad is moving right along! It’s less car than he thought it was, but that just means the progress on this thing is sort of fluid. And so is the plan for it, which...

New Years At The Grove No Prep: Drag Racing Action Photos Start Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, if you had told me a few years ago that I’d be standing on the starting line at my home track on New Year’s weekend watching a bunch of really fast street...

Glowing Turbos, Thrown Rods, And Rollovers From The LIWA 2023 Hillclimb Stunt Show

Well, it’s that time of year where the LIWA Hillclimbs are happening. This is some really fun stuff, where folks come from all over to race up an epic dune in Dubai. Located not far from the...