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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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The Last LIL GANGSTA standing get’s $30,000 Cash! – Biggest Payout EVER! Here Is Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway

Lil Gangstas just keeps on keeping on, and at Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway they not only put on a hell of a show, but also put up the biggest payout in LG history at $30,000 for...

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Here are 16 of the COOLEST GASSER Combinations from the Southeast Gassers Association. It’s the 1960s All Over Again!

Every Southeast Gassers Association race is a flashback to the 1960’s, which is why everyone loves going to their races so much. These races are all about the showmanship and the fun and...

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Can You Really Paint A Car For Less Than $250 And Make It Look Halfway Decent? Tony Says, Yes… Err Maybe. Watch.

Cheap car and truck paint jobs have always been popular, whether in DIY stories in magazines, on the internet, or with companies like Earl Sheib and Maaco. Hell, Earl Sheib would paint any car for...

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Taking Slow Junk Off The Jumps At The Ramp Contest at Hudson Speedway Memorial Day Thrill Show 2026

Going fast in slow cars, thrashing on junk, and jumping things that shouldn’t be jumped are always a good time and the folks at Hudson Speedway sure know it. For their Memorial Day Thrill Show...

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2023 Kentucky Invitational Finals Truck And Tractor Pulling: Super Modified 2wd Truck Qualifying

The Kentucky Invitational TNT Finals action starts here with 2wd Super Modifieds If you have never been to a truck and tractor pull then you really are missing out on something. They are way...

Dakar Rally Stage 11 Video Coverage: The Desert Is Fighting Back!

Stage 11 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...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets A Trick Steering Setup

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 the complicated...

The Dragfest Motorama Car Show Was Awesome! Our Photos Start Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The holidays are over, it is the middle of winter and the dragstrips here in the northeast will be closed for a few more months, it’s a pretty bleak time for many...

The LIWA 2023 Hillclimb Has A Burnout Contest! Watch This!

We have been sharing the LIWA Hillclimb race videos the past couple of days, but today we are sharing the burnout contest! Yep, they have a burnout contest that features some of the hillclimb...

Awesome In-Car Footage Of A Blown Hot Rod Taking On A ’55 Chevy At The Nostalgia Drags

This is one of the most bitchin’ drag videos we’ve seen in some time. The footage was taken at the Kontinentals Day of the Drags in 2007. Day of the Drags is an event that Charles Wickam...

LS9-THE MOST POWERFUL FACTORY LS CAM! WILL IT WORK ON A DESTROKED (4.8L CRANK) TURBO LS3 OR NA 5.3L

There are a jillion different camshafts to choose from for an LS engine, but takeout camshafts are cheap and even new factory camshafts can be had for cheap. The LS9 cam has been a longtime favorite...

Day 4 Video: Summernats 35 Continues With Mullets, Burnouts, Dyno Pulls, And More!

Day 4 is crazy at Summernats as Saturday is the biggest day of them all. And for the first time in history, they have SOLD OUT the entire day of the show. Watch. Every single hot rodder on the planet...

Kearney Cruise Night 2022 – Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, Muscle Cars, 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...

Dakar Rally Stage 10 Video Coverage: The Shortest Day, But It’s Nothing But Sand Dunes

Stage 10 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...

Snow Kiddin’: This Kid’s Dad Built Him A Hot Rodded Power Wheels Plow Rig!

Now this is the type of project we can get behind! You are about to watch a video showing the build and functionality of a hot rodder power wheels plow rig! This guy’s kiddo was asking his pop...

She’s A Little Runaway: Watch This Old Ford IDI Diesel Run Away While Hooked To A Sled And Pull Like A Boss!

So it turns out that there is an ideal situation to have your diesel engine runaway and consume its own oil at full bore. That circumstance happens to be when your truck is hooked to a pulling sled...

Day 3 Video: Summernats 35 Was Off The Hook! More Killer Cars, More Killer Burnouts, More Weird Aussies!

Every single hot rodder on the planet knows about Summernats and there isn’t anyone out there who doesn’t think this event would be cool as hell to attend. And why not, it’s got cruising,...

Kearney Cruise Night 2022 – More Rad Rides! The Town Might Be Small, But The Show Certainly Isn’t!

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...