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FREE LIVE DRAG AND DRIVE COVERAGE! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 Starts Today And Will Hit The Mountains Once Again!!

It’s go time for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2026 and we’ll be live each race day afternoon and into the night so you can follow all the great racing action. We’ll start LIVE at SRCA Dragstrip...

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The Inaugural Fendt High Stakes Pulling Event Kicks Off This Weekend! Night 1 and 2 – Dragway 42

Truck and Tractor pulling, like most racing formats, have advanced dramatically in the last few years and that has made the competition at events even closer and closer. This weekend the first, of...

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IHRA Pro Mod Mania Invades Milan Michigan’s Darana Dragway! Huge Purse, Killer Pro Mod and Sportsman Action!

This weekend the International Hot Rod Association visits Milan Michigan for Pro Mod Mania at Darana Dragway which features an insane purse and tons of great racing action. With a total purse of...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 RACE DAY – TT Spec, Class 1, 2WD, Legends, Unlimited

Desert off-road racing is some of my favorite off-road action, and having been to Ensenada for the BAJA 1000, the BAJA 500 is near and dear to my heart as well. If you dig desert off-road racing as...

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This Might Be The Most Insane JDM Wheel Collection Ever, And Larry Chen Found It By Accident. Check It Out!

I own just two vehicles that are not Chevrolets, and those two are both Japanese imports. They are my 1985 Mitsubishi Mighty Max and my 1994 Honda Civic Hatchback. And while my plan is to build the...

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How To Make New Wheels Look Like Old Steelies, With A Twist! A New Way Of Doing Things!

For several years there have been people using custom bolt on adapters to mount dog dish hubcaps onto Weld Draglite wheels, and while it sounds weird, it really does work. The dog dish caps cover the...

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Fast Fords At Dragway 42! We Have Event Coverage Photos Starting Right Here

(Words by Joe Grippo, Photos by Dan Grippo) We just returned home from a fantastic weekend of blue oval greatness at the Fast Fords at Dragway 42 event held at where else but Dragway 42 in West...

Chevy Small-Block V-8 Time-Lapse Rebuild! RESTORED And IMPROVED | Redline Rebuild

Watching time-lapse videos is fun, but the ones that are done so that the parts and pieces in the video appear to be doing their own thing without tools, people, etc is something truly special. It is...

FORD 5.0L INTAKE SHOOT OUT-GT-40 vs 93 COBRA R vs SN95 COBRA vs EXPLORER-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER?

The GT-40 intake manifold is one of the most talked about and revered intake manifolds in small-block Ford history. And because it is so good, Ford enthusiasts were always looking for intakes that...

Sheet Metal Fabrication: Repairing Previously Repaired 1933 Ford Fenders Part 2

With rare exceptions, fenders from 1920s and 1930s cars are going to have some old repairs that have been done to them. After all, they are 90-100 years old and have been living who knows what kind...

This 1951 Chevy Truck Build Is Budget Friendly And Creative Because It’s Being Built In South Africa!

Building a project on the cheap, by being creative and doing the work yourself, is what hot rodding is all about. And I’m totally down for a patina’d project that starts off with a donor...

Quarantine Cruise Photos: Muscle Cars, Customs, Hot Rods, And Trucks Cruising Through SoCal

(Photos by Wes Allison) Our coverage of the June 2022 Quarantine Cruise in Huntington Beach starts right here. The weather was gorgeous, the cars were cool, and fun was had by all. Check out the...

Our Carlisle All Ford Nationals Photos Continue Right Here!

Here’s our next gallery of photos from Joe Grippo! If you missed the first one, use the link below to see them as well. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo)  Here’s what the Carlisle Ford Nationals...

Our Last Gallery Of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Photos From Maple Grove

Here’s our final gallery of photos from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Maple Grove, thanks to Joe Grippo. ( Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) We just finished bombarding you with all the Stock...

Here’s What Happens When A Retired Truck Driver Gets An Airstream

Everyone knows I have a thing for motorhomes, rvs, and travel trailers. I can’t help it, I grew up in a family that had them and have traveled all around the country in one. So when I see...

Pro Personal Luxury: This 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J Creates Envy

The “personal luxury coupe” that became prevalent in the 1970s sought to do two things. One, it was a way to extend out the price range of an intermediate coupe by allowing an...

Sand Skipper: Junkyard Digs Takes The Cadillac/Bronco Trar Out To The Silver Lake Sand Dunes

It took me a minute to figure out what Junkyard Digs’ latest field find reminded me of. I couldn’t picture the Bronco that it used to be, and I certainly couldn’t picture a...

Car Feature: Holley Ford Festival 2021 – 1963 ½ Ford Galaxie by Jason Graham Hot Rods

This Galaxie was one of those rides that had everyone talking at Ford Fest in Bowling Green last year and we were as impressed as everyone else. This is a really cool car that is just begging to be...

Exclusive LIVE Tour of Hot Rod Hoarder Headquarters! Check Out This Epic Collection Of Fun

If you are a regular here at BANGshift.com then you know that our friend Tommy Lee Byrd is The Hot Rod Hoarder and he makes some really fun videos and has some great adventures. We love his eye for...

Top 10 “Made in USA” Tools? Best USA-Made Products Ever Tested by Project Farm

Project Farm is always testing tools and we love them for it. You’ve seen a bunch of cool testing videos from them here on BANGshift, but this one is a Top 10 from other tool testing videos. So...