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Grand National Roadster Show 2012: 500 Plus Photos

The Grand National Roadster Show is the longest running indoor car show in America, and we have been going since we were kids. Sure, it moved from Oakland 9 years ago, but it’s still the Grand...

Question of the Day: What is the Most Boneheaded Thing You Have Ever Done While Showing Off in Your Car?

With all the news coming out about the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, the root cause is looking more and more like a simple act of bad judgement on behalf of the captain who may have...

Racing Junk Find: A Big Tire 2010 Camaro that DOESN’T Look Like a Pro Stocker

If you can’t get lost on Racing Junk and spend countless hours looking at stuff you want, dream about, or need, then you should probably be reading another website. Try Edmunds or Motor Trend....

New Product: Twisted Wedge Track Heat 170 Small Block Ford Heads from Trick Flow

At the 2012 Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council Media Conference, we’ve had the chance to touch and feel some great new parts. Trick Flow Specialties announced their new Twisted Wedge and...

Caption The Photo: The Traction at This Place Sucks!

BangShift reader Ronnie Mankins sent us this wild photos of Oregon’s Woodburn Dragstrip under a few feet of water. We know of several strips that are built close to water and occasionally...

Cool Product: American Powertrain’s X-Factor Universal Stretch Cross Member

After cruising the halls of the MPMC conference all week and checking out all kinds of cool transmissions, fitment questions are swirling in the front of our minds. There are lots of near crash boxes...

Bitchin New Product: McLeod Racing Unveils the Baddest Big Power Clutch on Earth

Let’s face it, we are easily excited around here, and have exaggerated on a few occasions. This is NOT one of those times. Without question, the new McLeod Pro Series Clutch is the baddest of...

RideTech Mecum Auction Update!

(Words and photos by Bret Voelkel) –     Ridetech Update  2 The Ridetech crew is at the Mecum Auction selling our 1967 Chevelle SS. Bret Voelkel, president of Ridetech, sent in his second...

BangShift Engine Tech: How a programmable ignition can make anyone look like a pro

BangShift.com is proud to announce that we have partnered with Westech Performance Group to bring you killer engine tech in 2011! From the complicated to the just plain fun, we’ll have it all...

Bonneville Video: The Flower of Scotland – An International Streamliner Team on the Salt

The lure of the Bonneville knows no bounds and creates some interesting partnerships among gearheads. This video is a very neat look at the Flower of Scotland streamliner team and profiles their...

ADRL SuperCar Showdown Class Open to Far More Than Chevy/Dodge/Ford Models

In a recent announcement, the ADRL sought to clarify their upcoming SuperCar Showdown class. We, like lots of other people took this class to be a haven for the factory drag race cars from the...

Traxxas Sponsorship Brings Back $100,000 Top Fuel and Funny Car Shootouts!

While we were working the annual MPMC show here in Los Angeles, just down the road in Glendora, the NHRA was dropping a huge news bomb and for once in recent memory, it was good news! It turns out...

Death Wish Video: Dirt Bike Rider Tempts the Grim Reaper on the Peak of a Mountain

Yesterday we showed you video of a dirt bike rider scaling a huge “mountain” of dirt and rocks. Well, that video was child’s play compared to this one, which features the same rider...

eBay Find: A Bizarre 1933 Ford Pickup Made Completely of Teak Wood

The 1970s were a strange time. New cars were all total crap, gasoline was stupid expensive, inflation was hauling ass, and people were building classic cars out of wood. We’ve seen more than...