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Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.

Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...

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US Street Nationals Testing: LIVE Testing Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 IMSA Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup at Daytona International Speedway | Race 1 | Daytona Beach, Florida

There is so much racing that is going on in Daytona this week, leading up to the famed Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona which starts on Saturday. There have been a full week of races and practice so far,...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!

Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...

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Nitro Revival 2021: More Car Show, More Cacklefest, And More Nitro. It’s Nitro Revival Photo Time Again

This is one of those unique events that make you scratch your head and wonder why nobody else has done it before. But since Steve Gibbs is the guy behind this one, you know it’s good. Check out...

Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational: Coverage From This Epic Street Car Showdown Continue

by Jim McIlvaine photos by Kaleb Kelley CB Ramey’s 1987 Corvette won the 2020 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI), presented by Advance Auto Parts, by a single point. Each position...

Ribs And Rods Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Pro Street, Trucks, And More From Texas

Here is our fourth gallery of photos from the Ribs and Rods Show in Temple Texas. This show isn’t one of these giant ones that take all day just to see part of it, but man the cars and trucks there...

NHRA Insider: Must Listen Episode Breaks Down This Weekend’s NHRA Finals With Knowledge, Opinion, Controversy

NHRA Editorial Director Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Sr. Editor Kevin McKenna, and NHRAonFox analyst Tony Pedregon all join host Brian Lohnes on this throwdown Auto Club Finals episode of...

What Power Adder Does A Gen 3 HEMI Like Most? Nitrous, Blower, And Turbo All Tested.

Here’s another one from Richard Holdener testing all three of the common power adders that you’d see someone try out on a Gen 3 HEMI to see if one stands out above the rest. Of course, my...

SEMA Show 2021: It May Have Been A Little Different, But The 2021 SEMA Show Certainly Didn’t Disappoint.

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around how different this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas was, but no matter what I come up with I still think about how many cars, trucks, and parts were...

Testing Different Jacks With A Massive Hydraulic Press Is Absolutely Awesome

Many times we have run videos from the Hydraulic Press channel that highlight weird of funny stuff. This one is actually really informative and awesome because what our hero does in it is test...

OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational: The World’s Best All-Around Street Cars Return To Las Vegas For An Epic Showdown

by Jim McIlvaine photos by Kaleb Kelley CB Ramey’s 1987 Corvette won the 2020 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI), presented by Advance Auto Parts, by a single point. Each position...

Ribs And Rods Car Show: This Bitchin Event Doesn’t Know When To Quit. Killer Variety And Cool People Make It Awesome.

Here is our third gallery of photos from the Ribs and Rods Show in Temple Texas. This show isn’t one of these giant ones that take all day just to see part of it, but man the cars and trucks...

Tough Video: This Twin Turbo Small Block Brazilian Camaro Wrecks Hard – Driver OK, Incredible Video

This video will make you grit your teeth. Not because you are angry but because you feel pretty crummy for the guy who is strapped into his race car after it hauls the mail, has the parachutes fail,...

Nitro Revival 2021: This Epic Nostalgia Drag Racing Extravaganza Had It All, And We’ve Got The Photos To Prove It

You know that something special happened when everyone is talking about it every single day as if it was yesterday. Steve Gibbs and the crew did an awesome job at this event and they are going to...

The 300 Idea: This Period Factory Chrysler Film Is An AWESOME Look At The Mighty 300 Series Of Hot Rods

After showing you a few goofy Chevrolet videos over the last couple of weeks, let’s cleanse our palate with this amazing video from Chrysler talking about the mighty 300 series starting from...

Nitro Revival 2021: Cacklefest, Heroes, And More! All Things Hot Rod, Nitro, And Gasser Being Celebrated At Irwindale

If you like all things nitro, hot rod, gasser, and more, then check this out! (Photos by Wes Allison) The Nitro Revival at Irwindale is what has been described as a museum of the Golden Age of Drag...

SEMA Show 2021: Everything The Aftermarket Has To Offer Can Be Found Here In Vegas. And Here Are Just Some Of The Vehicles On Display.

Our SEMA Show coverage just keeps coming! We’ve got even more photos to share today and more coming throughout the week. (Photos by Chad Reynolds) It’s SEMA Show time folks and that means...