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Firebird Raceway’s 46th NAPA Ignitor Features Top Heritage Series Nitro Funny Cars!

(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Mike Burghardt, Jeff Burghardt and Darr Hawthorne) Its back to the strip again for the oldest major event in the Pacific Northwest, the 46th edition of the...

Holley Releases Hooker 3rd Gen F-Body LS Swap Kit – One Kit, All The Parts To Make Your Swap Easy

While the third-generation Camaro was a car lots of people scoffed at over the years, the platform was hugely popular and the cars can be made to work really, really well with bolt on parts. Of...

The Most Insane Brit Engineer Has Now Created A Hoverbike! Check Out Colin Furze’s Latest Creation!

Colin Furze is no stranger to BangShift. He’s made some of the most creative vehicles on a whim, from a pulse-jet go kart to a Tuk-Tuk bristling with weaponry, and he attacks each and every...

Car Show Coverage: The BGM Cruise At Rooster’s In Bowling Green – Good Food And A Full Parking Lot!

If there is any such thing as a guaranteed excuse to drive into town and to bring the camera with me, it’s the opportunity for good food. If there are tasty vittles nearby, there is a solid...

Classic YouTube: This 429-Powered Ford F-100 Finishes Off A C5 Corvette At Mason-Dixon!

The best kind of sleeper is the one that really hurts people’s feelings. You might get a little annoyed when the kid with the turbocharged LS-powered Camaro on nitrous takes your lunch money,...

Watch: The V8 Rally Ranger Is The Hero We All Deserve – You Can’t But Help To Love This Thing

The highest echelons of professional stage rallying are dominated, typically, by turbocharged hatchbacks, but in the grassroots world of American rallies, anything goes. A typical entry list can have...

4/29 Celebration: This 1969 Mercury Monterey Is The Villain Car Of Our Dreams!

Bad guys drive Dodge Chargers, right? Meh. Sorry, but as badass as the Charger is, that role is played out. Everybody and their mother can name at least one movie role that Mopar’s legendary...

This classic MotorWeek review of a diesel Cutlass Ciera will make you love modern engineering

It’s well-publicized that Lee Iacocca’s K-Car saved Chrysler from almost certain doom and plucked its Detroit owners from the inky grasp of the Malaise Era. Less fanfare has been given to General...

CraigsList: A pair of Majestic Marlins for $2,500? A pair of Majestic Marlins for $2,500

Usually when I traipse over to CraigsList for my daily dose of wistful window shopping, the “Cars & Trucks” section is rife with overpriced SUVs and 2008 Corollas, which I typically...

Unhinged: Living In The Times Of The Nine-Second Four-Door Sedan

From the moment I made my first move to get a car of my own onwards, I was told that four-doors weren’t worth the time or effort. They were engine donors. They were derby cars. But I...

Make This Ford F-350 4×4 Ambulance Into The Ultimate Bug Out Rig!

I’m not too concerned about the end of civilization, but I certainly dig a full tilt zombie killing machine and I think this 1995 Ford F-350 4×4 Diesel Ambulance could be the ultimate...

This 1960 Lloyd Gasser Has A Blown Small Block, No Wheelbase, and The Tiniest Steering Wheel Ever

There are smaller cars in the world than a 1960 Lloyd gasser but they have like 14 horsepower and go about 15 mph. This thing is mental in all of the correct BangShift ways. From the toughed up...

Cruise Coverage: The Parkette Drive-In Cruise Brought Out The Coolness!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Parkette Drive-in was established in the early 50s in Lexington, Kentucky and is still in the same location.  Its iconic sign was placed a few years later...

NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Sportsman Photo Coverage: Four Wide For The First Time Ever

(Photos by David Whealon – DWphotos.net) – While the majority of people like to zone in on the professional categories at any NHRA Mello Yello series national event, we think that the...