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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Method Race Wheels 58th SCORE BAJA 500 Qualifier—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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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 1 and 2 RACING ACTION

It’s time for the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for a treat....

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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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How To: Understanding Wheel Specs to Get the Perfect Fitment on Your Car, Because Bad Fitting Wheels Suck!

Nothing sucks more than a car with the wrong wheels or the wrong stance. When wheels don’t fit right they certainly don’t look right regardless of the design of the wheels. Sure, having...

Photo Bonanza: Here’s All Of Our NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Images In One Place To See!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – This weekend the NHRA returns to traditional two-wide drag racing at Atlanta Dragway for the last running of the NHRA Southern Nationals at that vaunted facility....

One Of Them Racing Deals: Watch The Vintage Formula One Crash At The Monaco Historic Race!

Vintage racing is an awesomely sharp doubled edged sword as we so often learn. On one side you have these amazing machines reliving their glory years on the track, often piloted by some of the best...

Hyundai Builds A Big-Boned Hot Hatch: The 2022 Kona N Carries The Performance Letter But Does It Carry The Performance Flag?

The hot hatchback of old is evolving. It’s getting taller, longer, and wider. Manual transmissions are being replaced by quick-shifting autos or DCTs. They also have a new name: Hot CUVs. Vehicles...

NHRA Insider Podcast: The Comeback Kids – David Grubic and Eddie Krawiec Talk About Getting Back To What They Love

David Grubnic and Eddie Krawiec join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider podcast to talk about life, drag racing, and getting back into the sport that they love in 2021. Grubic, who serves as the crew...

Video: Man Swaps Cummins Diesel Into Late Model Mustang And Takes It To The Dealer For An Alignment – Awesome

This has to be one of the funniest things we have seen in a while. A dude Cummins swapped a late model Mustang and then drove the thing to the dealer to be aligned. He captured the experience on...

This Classic 1974 GMC Sierra Is Squarebody Greatness! Man The Things We’d Do With This Thing!

Love it, hate it, understand it, or don’t, patina is king. Especially when it is earned like the patina on this awesome 1974 GMC Sierra. There is something about a classic truck that just looks...

Will Your Junkyard LS Run On Moonshine? Full Dyno Test Results Are Right Here!

Every car guy, at some point, has heard someone say that some liquor or another was strong enough to run the car on it. But is it true? Could you really run and engine on white lightning? We’re...

$1,000 Build: Still Under Budget! How Is Building A Hot Rod This Cheap Even Possible?

I want to be a disbeliever as well, but the truth is that this is actually happening. If you have budget constraints like most of us, then you really owe it to yourself to watch this series. Not only...

The Mongrel Project Hits The Race Track For The First Time And Hauls Ass

If you haven’t been following the Mongrel project here on BANGshift, then shame on you. It is a bad ass little ride that is built from an old English Ford 100E body that has been channeled over...

It’s Back: The Hot Rod Special Camaro Is Ready For Battle At El Mirage – Let The Record Chasing Begin Anew

It has been years since Keith and Tonya Turk, along with Freiburger have had the band together in chasing land speed racing glory. Well, that all changes this week as after a long time and a load of...

Tiny Trucks Abound: Hyundai Introduces The New Santa Cruz – Optional Engines Pack A Horsepower Punch

(By Tom Lohnes) – Here it is, the revival of the small truck. No, this is not the Ford maverick, it’s Hyundai’s first-ever pickup truck and it’s called the Santa Cruz. With a starting...

Boost Makes Better: This Build and Dyno Test Of An 8-71 Blown 427ci LS3 Is Awesome – Airboat Engine!

If you are going to build a kick ass airboat engine, you need a few things. The first is obviously some horsepower, the second is  a deep reservoir of torque, and the third is reliability so you are...

This Is What Happens When You Go Looking For Parts In A Place With Whole Cars – Finnegan’s Garage

We’ve all done it, and if you haven’t then can you really call yourself a car guy? You have a project that needs parts, whether it is trim or body panels or even speed parts, and you end...