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ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Ryan Finch In A New Alfa Romeo 4C Launch Edition!

(Photo courtesy of Alfa Romeo) Ryan Finch is the dude that showed up at the USCA race in Michigan this year and handed a bunch of dudes their asses in a car that quite frankly isn’t impressive...

Mil Spec Dodge W250 Power Ram Crew Cab: Government Owned Greatness Could Be Yours!

We’re not sure if this one was actually an armed forces vehicle or not, or if it was just a government owned machine that came in full trim. We’re leaning towards this thing being a...

Trick FlowPower Port 240 Big Block Chrysler Cylinder Heads Are Shipping NOW – Brand New Big Block Mopar Stuff!

Let’s face facts. If you are a big block Chrysler guy and you want to upgrade your existing engine to a nice high performance aluminum head or maybe build a really hot street motor with an...

Charlie Westcott Jr. Earns Pro Stock License In His Own Car – Line/Anderson Sign It

(Photos by Charlie Westcott Jr. and Mike English) – In what may be an off statement to read, Charlie Westcott Jr. made some of the most important passes in his drag racing career long after...

Cruisin’ For A Cure Coverage: More Photos Of The HUGE SoCal Event

While the days continue to get shorter and cooler her at BangShift eastern world headquarters, the guys out west are in primo car show season because 75 degrees is 75 degrees whether you are in May...

Rumor Mill: Tony Stewart To Hang Up His Helmet After The 2016 Season

Tony Stewart’s racing career looks to be winding up, as multiple news outlets are reporting. Stewart, who has been turning wheels in anger since he was a kid in kart racing, has not officially...

This 1946 Flxible Bus Is An American Icon That You Can Cruise The Highways With Today!

There are certain vehicles that for reasons of design, timing, or role achieve an iconic status in history and the Flxible Clipper bus is certainly one of them. BangShifter and Drag Week ace Mark...

This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport May Not Be Your Diamond In The Rough, But It Is Certainly The Emerald!

Not every car has a presence. Some cars exist to just blend in the background and do their own thing, which covers just about 98% of what is on the road. Some cars demand attention…most...

40th Annual Hot Rod Drags At Edgewater Dragway – Photo Coverage

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you’ve been asking ‘where’s the beef?’ then my answer is this gallery of photos.  My apologies for pictures from the stands, but I wasn’t...

2015 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: Our Last Huge Photo Blast From This Great Show

(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – The laid back feel to this event was great and belies the huge amount of effort put in by all the volunteers and the massive amount of support given in...

Mud Drags Gone Wrong: This 1700 Horsepower Mud Digger Crosses Up And Takes Flight Out Of The Pit!

Seventeen hundred horsepower is not a trifling amount of power. That is professional racer horsepower, the kind of figures you’d normally see running mining equipment. Tying that kind of power...

Terrible: Nice Impala Mangled By Driver In Hellcat At Car Show

(Photos: SRTLife.com) – This is yet another example of why it does not pay to lose you mind at a car show. According to the staff at SRTLife.com, the very clean and nicely finished Impala...

Paul Lee To Pilot U.S. Male Charger Funny Car Tribute

The recent loss of “Nitro Nick” Bonifante hit the drag racing community right where they live and many are still smarting after his passing. In the truly cool fashion that drag racing...

Watch Larry Larson Eat Up “The Cutty” From Street Outlaws At US 36 Dragway In His Nova

A little drag strip, a hazy early fall night, a crowd at the fence, and two snarling, killer drag cars ready to thunder off into the night. What could possibly be better than that?! The fans at US36...