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BangShift Question Of The Day: How Do You Personally Define “Big Power”?

So a couple of weeks ago I served as the host for the 2017 Diesel Power Magazine Challenge. This unique event pitted 10 of the nation’s toughest and most wild diesel pickups against each other...

The Parting Shift: Ride Along With Quain Stott As He Makes A Wild, Violent, And Sideways Gasser Run At Bristol

We’ve showed video of Quain Stott and his Grand Illusion Willys gasser before but this one is really something else. In this clip we see Stott racing the car at Bristol Dragway, otherwise known...

Upgrade Your LSA The Easy Way With This New Performance Inlet From Superchargers Online

The LSA engine is a tough animal from the factory but let’s be honest, once you get used to the horsepower the thing is making upgrades become part of the program. Like any supercharger, more...

2017 Thompson Dragway Gasser Reunion Photo Coverage – Our Last Load Of Images From The Race

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks totally killed it with these photos from the 2017 Gasser Reunion at Thompson Dragway in Thompson, Ohio. The track and the state are both fitting to honor...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: C.W. McCall Belts Out His Tune Wolf Creek Pass

(By Greg Rourke) – The left and right coast guys have been regaling us with some BangShift Daily Tune Ups, perhaps a selection from the Chicago area field office is in order. We all remember...

Gone Pullin’! Here’s Our Last Gallery From The 2017 Mule City 300 at GALOT Motorsports Park

(Photos by David Whealon) –  Well we have finally made it to the end of David Whealon’s photo coverage from the 2017 Mule City 300 at GALOT Motorsports Park. You’ll see a killer...

2017 LA Roadster Show Coverage: The Photo Onslaught Continues – Check These Out!

We’re just loving these images from the 2017 LA Roadster Show. Why? It’s fun in the sun with what looks like about half a gazillion cars, that’s why! In this collection of photos we...

2017 Race of Gentlemen Coverage: Check Out The Sweetness In The Car and Bike Corral

(Photos by Anthony Festa – Check out his website here) – The 2017 Race of Gentlemen once again delivered the type of fun and the type of unique atmosphere that the event has become known...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2017: Our Final Gallery! The Show Winners And, Of Course, CACKLEFEST!

Over the last week we’ve given you everything that the camera could capture at the Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2017. We walked the show fields over and over, trying to find cars we may have...

Fun In The Mud: Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park Is Heaven For The Dirt-Lovers!

When a racer puts their name on a track, that’s as good of an endorsement as you’ll ever need. And off the top of my head, I can only think of one example: Dennis Anderson’s Muddy...

Money No Object: This 2016 Camaro SS Track Weapon Is Built To Kill – The Writeup Sells The Car

I almost brushed this 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS off as a visuals-only build while surfing eBay. It’s easy to do: take a standard Camaro, throw money at the visuals, and somehow that equates into...

Twelve Seconds? Ten Seconds? Take A Guess How Fast This AMC Gremlin Is!

“Sleeper” is an overused term in my opinion. People will go well out of their way to justify how a particular car is a sleeper, and most fail the sniff test…tires, exhaust note,...

The 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE Can Run The Nurburgring In 7:16.04 – Here’s The Gear-Banging In-Car Proof!

When Chevrolet ran a standard sixth-gen Camaro ZL1 around the Nurburgring Nordschliefe in 7:29.60, many were quick to praise it. That’s a brutally fast time for a sub-$100K car, let alone one...

Jim Murphy Wins Top Fuel At NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion And Takes Points Lead!

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications)   Regional rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 2017 NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway...