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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Continues Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds More Awesome Truck Show Photos For You!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!

Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Show Photos For You To Check Out Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FREE LIVE NHRA Divisional Racing Action: Division 7 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At Firebird Raceway – Sunday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at Firebird Raceway in Arizona. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: This Show Packed In The Cars, The People, and The Dough For Charity!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Hot Rod Hullabaloo is the pinnacle event in a series of happenings each year put on by Shelby’s Way, a non-profit that promotes suicide prevention...

2020 Lone Star Throwdown Photo Coverage: The Miles and Miles Of Cool Trucks Just Won’t Stop Coming!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Texans proved once again that trucks, even really nice show trucks are about the hottest thing going in the hot rodding world today. In this collection of photos we...

Project Shakedown: Yes, The Bloodhound SSC Project Is Broke Again – Seeking $10-Million In Next Month To Stay Afloat

Admittedly, we get a lot of emails around here. Many of them are schlock and immediately get hammered in to the trash file. As it turns out, one of those that we sent packing actually had the news of...

OPGI Flash Sale: You Have Until Midnight Tonight To Save Up To 20% On An Array Of Products!

Hopefully you have been a hustling dude or dudette this winter with regard to your project car. Hopefully you have bene keeping up on the big work that was necessary to get that thing running and...

NASCAR To Transition To Center Lock Wheels For 2021 Season – 18″ Aluminum BBS Wheels

In a move that has been meet with interesting reactions across the internet, NASCAR has announced that for the 2021 season the cars in the series will use a center lock style wheel and that wheel...

Project Townado: Time For A No Money Refresh Of The 351 Cleveland That’ll Bee Seeing A Little Boost!

When we say “no money refresh” we mean it as about the most expensive thing involved with this video are the head gaskets that go under the iron bricks atop the block of the 351 Cleveland...

Snow-Khana: The Wildest Mark III Supra We’ve Ever Seen!

Everbody praises the Mark IV Toyota Supra as the best of the breed. I disagree. I prefer the boxy, angular Mark III version more. It’s a personal preference issue, but the late 1980s sport...

Money No Object: 1988 Ford Thunderbird – Ready For Battle

Spring is here. Wanna know how I know? The tornadoes that just tip-toed past BangShift Mid-West were the big hint. And yes, in case you are wondering, I haven’t slept well. We’re okay...

Gravity Is Fun: A Trampoline For A Car Looks Absolutely Amazing!

Pity poor Wile E. Coyote. The upright, educated, motivated and hungry member of Hardheadipus oedipus, er…Canis latrans, Mr. Coyote learned seven ways from Sunday just how badly physics were...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Introduce A Non-Car Person To Some Real Live Action?

I’ve been lucky in life to have had a wide range of awesome experiences. I’ve flown five feet off of the ground at over 140 miles per hour in a helicopter before going just about straight...

Awesome History: A Pair Of Tatra Cars From the Czech Republic – One A Champion Nazi Prototype and The Other A Nazi Killer

There’s interesting history behind pretty much everything in the modern world. Even the most mundane stuff has a story and when we look back at cars, they ALL have something cool happening...

Want To See An Aussie Burnout Car In Action But Don’t Live In ‘Straya? They’re Coming To The U.S. And Here’s Where!

It’s been one of my life goals to see a no-kidding Australian burnout car in action in Australia. Ever since I saw the first video, of George Separovich’s methanol-inhaling HK Monaro...

2020 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Photo Coverage: The Best Of The Rest – Our Last Load of Images From The Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This group is mostly made up of muscle cars, trucks, and classics.  This is definitely GM-heavy, but the other makes (other than AMC) are represented to...

2020 Lone Star Throwdown Photo Coverage: More Awesome Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes In Texas!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – The Lone Star Throwdown is billed as “The World’s Greatest Truck Show” and after looking at some of Mike Brooks’ photos from the event we...