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Event Coverage: Power Tour 2010 Day 5…Rain, heat, and broken junk…

Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour Day 5 was up and down to say the least. Again, thousands of hot rods lined the grounds of the show, this time at Chattanooga State Community College in Chattanooga...

Tune In to Match Race Action Live From New England Dragway!

Got nothing to do on a Saturday? Stuck at home? Needing to hear some NITRO? We’ve got the perfect solution! You can tune into the live streaming broadcast of the annual New England Dragway...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Photos from Honest Charlie’s, Coker, and Night Cruising

Mike Cosky was burning up the keys and camera in his phone sending us great Power Tour photos from Honest Charlie’s/Coker Tire, and other shots from the road, and evening cruising. We’re...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Rain, Heat, Traffic and that (expletive) GPS

BangShifter Mike Cosky cruised his bad ass Buick convertible on the back end of the 2010 Power Tour and sent us a cool dispatch from the road. Ok, cool being a bad word because of the pavement...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Cherry Bomb Guys Finally Defeat Their Own Truck

Matt Graves and Jon Clark finally managed to defeat the Cherry Bomber Dodge truck, They finished the 2010 Power Tour in grand style after replacing yet another failed wheel bearing. This time the...

eBay Find: A 1973 Super Duty 455 Trans Am

We’re going a little self-indulgent with this eBay find. Hovering near the top of our dream car list is a 1973 SD455 Trans Am. Why? It was the second to last cannon shot (there was a SD455...

Henry Ford Museum Plans $15-Million Dollar Racing Exhibit

The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan has begun fundraising for an ambitious exhibit that they are calling “Racing in America”. When completed, the exhibit will measure more than...

Killer 1960’s Vintage Drag Racing Video: Stockers, Gassers, and Slammers at ETown

This could be the coolest old drag racing video we have ever seen. Why? Oh, there are about a hundred reasons. Firstly, it was shot by Rick Moroso’s mom at Englishtown sometime in the 1960s....

Car Show Photos: A Party at Jack Roush’s House

Jack Roush is one of the most influential men in modern American auto racing. He’s a totally cool guy as well who like flying vintage war planes and over seeing everything from his NASCAR...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Photo of the Week

As the 2010 Power Tour winds it’s way to a close over the next day and change, we wanted to start thanking everyone who read, contributed, and enjoyed our Guerilla Power Tour coverage. The...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Corvette Crazy in Bowling Green

Continuing on with our Guerilla Power Tour Coverage, we have a great submission from Corvette owning BangShifter Craig Hanus. Craig cruised his bad ass Vette over to the Bowling Green Corvette...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Cherry Bomb Guys Eat BBQ, Trailer Gets a Tattoo

Between wrenching on their junk, sending in cool cell phone shots, and raising hell on the Power Tour, Matt Graves and Jon Clark found time to mow down on some killer BBQ. Just to make us jealous and...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: A Quick Look at the International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame

The tow truck. It’s both a dreaded enemy and a welcome friend in the world of the BangShifter. Dreaded because it means your junk is broken when riding in one, and welcome when it saves your...

Not Shocking: Bobby Rahal Thinks that Vintage Racing Could be Popular

Bobby Rahal and a couple of partners have started up a new vintage road racing series called Legends of Motorports. They seem to think that they have stumbled upon some amazing thing that no one else...