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This Truck Tug Of War Ends With A Wild, Weird, and Wet Plot Twist – We Did Not See This One Coming!

Truck tug of war competitions have been around a slong as there have been trucks. These days the engines have more power, the driveline parts are built stronger, and the Earth crushing weights of the...

Question Of The Day: What Would It Take For You To Drive This 1952 Plymouth Trar?

You know the jingle: “What would you do-oo-oo, for a Klondike bar?” Some of you wouldn’t lift a finger. Then there are people like me, who did horrible, unspeakable things for one....

BangShift Project Files: It’s Rough Now, But This 1975 Pontiac Grand Am Is In Good Hands…He Told Us So!

I flaunt my strange vehicle addiction regularly, but there is one forum member on BangShift that has even more questionable tastes in cars than I do, and I know this for a solid fact, because...

eBay Find: A Street-Legal, Race-Ready AMC-powered 1980 Spirit!

Hard to believe, looking at the AMC Spirit, that it’s roots trace back to the 1970 AMC Hornet. One can’t be blamed for AMC reusing the platform…the company had survived on a...

Check Out The Wild Ride That Brandon Pesz Goes On In Keith Haney’s Nitrous Camaro – Nearly Flips It Before Riding The Barrier!

Depending on how you view this, Brandon Pesz is either one hell of a driver or had enough luck on his side to take care of a good-sized city, because the run he made in Keith Haney’s...

More American Iron Abroad! Check Out Some Of The Rides At The ACCS Power Vårmarknad Meet!

Mårten Carlsson is one busy man. Not only are we still sorting through all of his photos from the Bilsport Elmia Motor Show, but we just got another batch of pictures, this time from the ACCS meet...

Remember When Guy Fieri Was A Pitchman For Flowmaster? Neither Did We! (Video)

I’ve got to thank Jeff Lee and give props to the website Eater.com who recently ran the videos you will see below of Guy Fieri “before he was famous” serving as the talent in some...

This Guy Knows His Machine! Watch As He Pulls Off Stunts With His Yamaha MT-07 Like It’s A Bicycle!

Do you remember mastering the J-turn on your bicycle by locking up the rear wheel and swinging the tail around? Remember how awesome you thought you were for being able to master the perfect...

Didn’t Expect This: Watch As Takeshi Kimura Takes His Ferrari F40 Camping In The Snow!

Ferrari’s F40 is an automotive legend. At the risk of having a couple of men in suits show up at my house, I view the F40 as the Italian take on the formula that the Dodge Charger Daytona...

Greg Anderson Wins 5th K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt)   Greg Anderson won his fifth K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge in his Summit Racing Equipment Camaro at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He takes home a...

Stupid Gearhead Stories: What’s The Biggest “What The!?” Moment You’ve Had With Your Car?

Like many of you I’m sure, part of my morning routine is getting up, having a cup of coffee, and hitting the Interwebs to find out what’s going on in the world. One of my stops on the...

More Good News For Drag Racers: Sebring International Raceway To Host Season Series On Its Long Straight

There have been lots of “drag races” down the straight at Sebring over the years but they’ve mostly been short contests where two guys are trying to get to the next corner ahead of...

eBay Find: This 1985 Buick Somerset Trans-Am/IMSA GTO Car Is Flippin’ Awesome!

Want to know what the most BangShift approved road racing car for sale in America is RIGHT NOW? You’re looking at it, baby. This 1985 Buick Somerset has all kinds of racing history from when it...

The RideTech Report: New Products, A Survey, Videos, And A KILLER New Tool To Check Out!

…annnnnd we’re back! The latest issue of the RideTech report has been published and this one is a must read. Why? Beyond the cool customer car profiles, the shop information, the new...