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Project Car: The Goodguys G/RS 1969 Camaro…The Build at Ridetech Continues

The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association has taken car shows to the next level for decades, and founder Gary and Marilyn Meadors are still cruising with the best of them. When their son Marc Meadors...

SIGN UP NOW…More Teams Welcome! Comp Cams Engine Builder Duel at the Car Craft Summernats This Weekend!

If you think you’ve got what it takes to put a set of Snap-On Tools to work, head to head, in a competition to see who can build and run a small-block Chevrolet the fastest, then step on up....

Video: Yokohama Off-Road Racer Heidi Steele’s Return to Baja, New Kid and All!

Women racers having kids isn’t a new thing, but when most women leave their newborn for the first time it’s usually to go to dinner and a movie with their husband, not to pre-run Baja....

Event Gallery: The 2012 Motor State Challenge – Pro Touring Bad-Assed-Ness!

(Photos and words by Bob Chiluk) – Lane Automotive  in Michigan probably had no idea that a few years ago if they sponsored an event if it would fly.Well fly it did and like they could not...

Gallery: The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness – Historic Drag Cars and Bitchin’ Muscle!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness show has become one of the biggest and coolest nostalgia drag racing and car shows in the country. The event celebrates the...

Drag Expo Coverage: Hundreds of Killer Photos from the 7th Annual Bixby Knolls Dragster Expo 2012

With Lion’s Drag Strip Cackle cars, tons of show cars, Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, and more, the Bixby Knolls Drag Expo was one of the coolest...

Car Show Coverage: Our New Favorite! Haddick’s Hot Rod and Custom Car Show 2012

Southern California is full of cool car shows, and with weather like we have they happen all year long. The Haddick’s Towing and Autobody Hot Rod and Custom Car Show is one of the good ones. We...

Car Show Gallery: The Mooneyes Open House and Car Show 2012

Mooneyes is synonymous with cool cars, racing, customs, and all things hot rodding, and has been a staple in the industry since the ’50s. This weekend they once again opened their original...

Question of the Day: Are You Doing Anything BangShifty This Weekend?

We’re smack dab in the middle of the summer and that means that we’re smack dab in the middle of “car season” for those of us not lucky enough to live in climes that are...

Someone Finally Made an RX-7 Cool…By Shoving a Jet Engine Up Its Backside (w/Video)

Mazda recently announced that they were finally putting a bullet into their rotary engine program, marking the beginning of the end for the weirdo little engines. We know that they can be made to run...

RacingJunk Find: A 1965 Coronet Packing A Naturally Aspirated Keith Black Hemi!

When we saw this 1965 Coronet drag car for sale on RacingJunk it struck us as a cool and very clean nod to the cars that terrorized drag strips in the middle 1960s with modern touches. It obviously...

BangShift Sponsors Kick Ass in Columbus Goodguys Autocross Competition With Video

While Chad was running his mouth at the worlds hottest Goodguys autocross this past weekend in Columbus Ohio, John Jackson from Not Stock Photography was taking killer photos and lent us a few to...

Tune In: Live Streaming Sportsman Drag Racing This Weekend – The World Footbrake Challenge!

This weekend the World Footbrake Challenge goes down at Bristol, Tennessee. Thunder Valley will have a field of nearly 400 of the deadliest, most cold blooded footbrake drag racers in the world and...

Awesome Video: An In-Depth Look at RideTech and “Why Shocks Matter”

This video from RideTech is pretty damned cool for a number of reasons. The first is that it is filmed in a killer documentary style that we really like, the second is that it is chock full of really...