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Cruise Coverage: Then Fillmore’s Dairy Hut Cruise – Florence, Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Wow, what better way to cap off a great weekend than to accidentally find a cruise-in on your way home.  On our return trip from the May ECTA Ohio Mile...

Watch This Driver Lose The Handle On A Brand New C7 Z06 Corvette And Stuff It HARD

As every BangShifter knows, there is not direct link between someone’s ability to afford a car and their ability to operate it properly. How many times have we featured well to do people here...

Aeros and Autos 2015: Cool Cars and Even Neater Airplanes From The Cool Texas Show

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last week we showed you some half mile land speed racing at the Aeros and Autos show which was held down in Texas. We’re back with more great photography and...

Gasser Action Coverage: Nostalgia AA/Gassers At Their Finest In New London, Virginia – Old Track And Old School Cars

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Nostalgia AA/Gasser group was back at New London on Sunday of Memorial Day week end. It was a great event with a lot of cars from out of town. In...

Termite Express? This 1960 Chevy Truck Was Rebodied In Wood To Promote A Lumber Yard – Now You Can Buy It!

The use of wood in the construction of car bodies has been common practice for more than 100 years now. The use of wood as the sole material involved in the construction of a car body is far less...

Watching This Jeep’s Body Get Ripped From The Frame Is Both Awesome And Jaw Droppingly Stupid At The Same Time

The first question we have here is why would anyone try to pull a Jeep sunk in silt that is like concrete try to pull a vehicle sideways? Were they just going to flop the Jeep on its side and drag it...

Event Coverage: The Trucks Of Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary Show

Truck-spotting at Somernites? We’ve got some of the haulers here for you to feast your eyes upon. High dollar, budget build, work truck, showpiece, we’ve got it. We are actually kind of...

Larry Larson Wins Top Sportsman At NHRA Kansas Nationals In Drag Week S-10 Truck – #1 Qualifier And A Wally!

(Photos by DRD Photos – not from Kansas event) – If we hadn’t seen most of it with our own eyes, we may not have believed it but just minutes ago, Larry Larson drove his now iconic...

VIDEO: The Meaning Of Drag Racing Is One Of The Best One Minute Drag Films You’ll Ever See

BangShifter Nick Coker made a one minute video that uses a smattering of perfectly awesome vintage drag racing clips and a monologue to share what the sport of drag racing means to him and since...

Project Raven: We Tear Into The Big-Block And Learn That All Is Not Well

After dragging home the $400 400ci Chrysler big-block for our 1983 Imperial, we knew without a doubt that we were in for a big engine build…not the blower-and-power type of big build, but the...

Caption This: “So Close, Yet So Far. Would You Like To Try Again?”

I don’t understand why darts is a pub game. Who in their right mind thought that taking tungsten-alloy tipped missiles that have excellent body-piercing properties and handing them to someone a...

Question Of The Day: What Car From Your Childhood Did Everyone Seem To Own?

When talking cars with people, I always have heard one line at one time or another: “When I was a kid, it seemed like everybody in the neighborhood owned a (Vehicle X). You saw them...

Top 11: McTaggart’s Favorites From Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary and Mopar Show!

It’s taken fourteen years for the Somernites Cruise to reach 100 shows. Starting from a small crowd of a couple hundred cars in 2001, the event has grown into a huge gathering that decends upon...

Wild Video: An Aussie Burnout Contest Competitor Launches The Bed Off His Truck And Nearly Flips When The Driveshaft Fails!

We’ve seen guys blow cars up, get into fist fights, crash into barriers, and other stuff at Aussie burnout contests before but we’ve never seen a truck launch its bed off and nearly roll...