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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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EPIC Huge Air From Stadium Super Trucks On The Streets Of Australia!

Stadium Super Trucks are awesome, but I remember when Robby Gordon first decided to put this program together and people thought he was crazy. The idea of running stadium style off-road trucks, on...

Finnegan Shows Up With A New Ride On His Anniversary And The Wifey Is Actually Happy!

Finnegan shows up with all kinds of crap at any given time, and most of the time those cars and trucks are nothing that his lovely wife much cares about or cares for. On occasion though he gets...

Money No Object: 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30

Do you have a perfect layout for a certain model of car? For example: how many of you think that every 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am must be wearing the Y82 black paint with gold trim and, of...

In Memoriam: Gene Felton

I happened upon the Kelly American Challenge series a couple of years ago and within one minute of the video I knew that I was a fan of what I was watching. Detroit malaise muscle wicked up to...

2020 BMW X7 M50i: A 523hp Luxury Rocket Where The M Stands For More…Of Everything

We live in an era where one can call a 5,660lb SUV a performance vehicle with a straight face and not a hint of irony or sarcasm. Why? Because machines like the 2020 BMW X7 M50i actually live up to...

Want To Make Your Classic Mopar Handle? This Video From QA1 Gives You The Best Suspension Upgrades!

Not all cars are created the same and thank the heavens for that, right? Imagine if we were all just doing the same stuff, using the same parts, and dealing with the same engineering strengths/flaws...

There’s A New 5-Speed In Town! Out With The TKO And In With The New TKX!!!

Introducing the newest, and ONLY, 5 speed transmission designed strictly with swaps in mind. This is the Tremec TKX. Honestly, this one has not been easy to keep under wraps. Security was so tight...

Furious Ford: We Found A High Riser 427ci FE Engine For Sale – The Blue Oval Brawler Engine From 1964

When it comes to fantasy engines that we’d love to own, a legit Ford 427 high-riser is on the short list. They are bad ass and most people claim that with the proper carb tuning and camshaft...

2020 PDRA Brian Olson Memorial World Finals: Our Last Batch Of Fresh Tire Smoking’ Photography!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It’s hard to create signature events in drag racing. Why? Because there are so many of them already. You need to have a few elements in place to really get...

Long Time Coming: After 17 Years, Nissan Is Bringing Out A New Frontier – Redesign Or Refresh? You Be The Judge

(By Tom Lohnes) – A whole 17 years after being originally introduced, Nissan has redesigned their small truck, The Frontier. Or have they? Riding on a chassis that is architecturally the same...

Rarely Seen Rocket: The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T Was One Of The Fastest Sedans In America – No One Bought It

How many “great ideas” in automotive history have been just unbeatable on paper and then financially made no sense? The answer is a very large number and weirdly the 1991/1991 Dodge...

The Beast Roars: Speedkore’s Carbon Fiber 1970 Charger Exercises A Hellephant Engine On The Chassis Dyno

The name Speedkore is no stranger to BangShift readers as we have followed the company and its awesome innovations for years. The cars they have built, the carbon fiber work that they have created...

Quick Dyno Test: What Effect Do The Height Of Hilborn Injection Stacks Have On A 572ci Hemi?

As we all know, the smallest changes all have a measurable impact on how an engine runs, how an engine performs, and ultimately how much power it makes and where that power is made in the range of...

Morning Symphony: An 11-second Ford Escort Whipping Up On Much Bigger Targets!

I love seeing an underdog car kicking ass when it isn’t supposed to. This little white Ford Escort is one of those machines. On the outside, it’s a clean 1990s Escort GT. Other than being...