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Here’s Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Calgary World Of Wheels

(Photos by Ashley Howard) – We have to throw a special thank you to Ashely Howard for providing the images we have used for the last few days featuring the best of the best at the Calgary...

Crazy Craigslist Find: The 1974 ‘Cuda Tooling Proof Body Is For Sale – Quite Literally The First One Made

There are honestly very few opportunities that people get to buy something that can rightfully be claimed as “the first” or “the only”. Even in the automotive world where...

Photo Tour: The (Literally) Awesome Barber Motorsports Park Museum

(By Eric Rood) – Bangshift recently brought you an extraordinarily bizarre gallery from the 24 Hours of LeMons race at Barber Motorsports Park and if you’ve been to Barber, you know what a...

eBay Find: The One-Year-Only 1975 Plymouth Road Runner – Cop Car Durability And Rarity That Makes Mopar Freaks Weak

Let’s get the complaints out of the way now: Yes, what you are looking at is the 1975-only Plymouth Road Runner. Yes, it is still a B-body, with the underpinnings that debuted in 1971 and the...

Dallas Autorama 2016 Coverage: Our First Look At The Big Show From The Lone Star State

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Our man Charles Wickam has been on the scene for the Texas Autorama shows for the last few years and we always look forward to see what his lens captures both in...

Cool Video: Watch The Diesel Powered Ram Mini-Wheat Truck Hook And Launch At Lights Out 7

It wasn’t all big blocks and turbos at Lights Out 7. There were plenty of small block cars, a couple of six bangers, and even a rotary machine as well. The real knockout for us was the fact...

This 1960 Plymouth Fury Is Only A Replica Of Richard Petty’s Racer, But Do You Really Care?

That color blue is synonymous with NASCAR royalty. “Petty Blue”, a hurried combination of blue and white that was mixed up by Richard Petty and his brother Maurice to paint a 1959...

Down Under Mopar Muscle: A 9-Second Valiant VG Making Runs At Sydney Dragway!

If you look at the car and see mostly 1968 Dodge Dart, you’re just about right…the Valiant VG was the last U.S. designed Valiant to appear in Australia, and was replaced with the 1971...

Regular Car Reviews Checks Out A 1976 Chevrolet Chevette To See If There Was Any Redeeming Quality For The Lowly Little Hatchback

“Well, it certainly beats walking.” You know that statement. You might have been told that line when you looked at your parents’ idea of a good first car…a Nissan Stanza in a...

Jay Leno Meets One Of The Biggest Stars From The 2015 SEMA Show, SpeedKore Performance’s “Tantrum” 1970 Dodge Charger!

In an event like the SEMA show, there are cars that grab your attention and do not let go, regardless of what you see. This year’s event left me with a short list of cars that were highlights,...

When Snow Falls On A Racetrack, The Answer Is A Nissan GT-R And A Fearless Snowboarder!

So the weather outside is hateful, dumping snow deep enough to cause the meteorologists to issue warnings and the weather reporters to start naming the storm that is rolling through while playing up...

eBay Find: The Monster That Porsche Built To Dominate The Indy 500 But Never Ran Is For Sale!

(By Eric Rood) – With the 100th edition of the Indy 500 looming, the owners of the never-raced Porsche-engined Indy 500 project have opted to put it back on the auction block. In 1979,...

NASCAR Unveils New Behavioral Rules For All Series – Clearer Definitions For Fights, Intentional Crashes, And More!

(Images: NASCAR.com) NASCAR can claim that the rules recently revealed aren’t a reaction to the November 2015 incident between Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano at Martinsville Speedway all they...

2016 Calgary World Of Wheels Coverage: BangShift Approved Iron From The Great White North

(Photos by Ashley Howard) – It was a beautiful weekend for a car show in Calgary, Canada just a few days back when the BMO center was filled with some of the finest iron that the country of...