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Meet The Enemy: This Monster Pontiac Grand Am Is Brutal In All Of The Right Ways!

“The Enemy”. If there was one car that could be considered the enemy, the N-body Pontiac Grand Am was certainly it. One of the many clone copies of the same car pouring out of GM in the...

Super Summit 2017 Photo Coverage: When The World’s Speed Shop Throws A Party At Norwalk You KNOW It’s Fun!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Listen, it isn’t like you needed us to reinforce this fact but but when one of the largest speed parts peddlers on Earth throws a party at a drag strip they...

Mopars At The Grove 2017: Killer Chryslers In The Pits and On The Strip!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While we all know Joe Grippo as a resident Ford loving maniac here at BangShift his better half is a Mopar owner and that’s why he keeps a foot (half a foot?) in...

Sideshow: Check Out This Twin-Engine Chevrolet Cavalier! Two Anemic V6s Have To Be Better Than One, Right?

When you throw conventional wisdom out of the window and just start doing something, great things tend to happen. No, really…sometimes overthinking something leads to delays and...

Sad News: Terry Chandler Has Passed Away – Drag Racing Lover, Philanthropist, Supporter Of Make A Wish and Infinite Hero Funny Cars

(Photo credit: Don Schumacher Racing) – You’ll read a lot about Terry Chandler in the coming days and it is all true. She has had a great and positive impact on a great many people in...

Random Car Review: 1969 Pontiac-Farago CF 428 – Pontiac Grand Prix Meets Italian Coachbuilding!

Imagine it’s 1969. John Z. DeLorean is at the top of his game within General Motors, riding the tidal wave of success that had been his trademark path ever since the 1964 Pontiac GTO came onto...

Have You Been Missing The J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Shows On Fox Sports? Start To Catch Up Right Here!

If you are a fan of the NHRA J&A Service pro mod series and have been looking to watch the J&A Service NHRA pro mod shows on Fox Sports but missed them, boy have we got a deal for you! The...

We Bet Your Fourth Of July Activities Weren’t Nearly As Impressive As The Party In Glacier View, Alaska’s Was! Celebrating The Fourth By Launching Cars Off Of A Cliff!

(Video and lead photo courtesy of Alaska Dispatch News) What did you do on the Fourth of July this year? Bottle rockets? Sparkler bombs? Grill enough roadkill to feed half of the neighborhood? Drink...

Danny Gerber’s Consistency Wins First Of Two UNFC Northwest Invitationals!

(Photos by Kim Fuller)  This year, United Nitro Funny Cars has stepped-up the competition on the west coast by holding two Invitational drag races in the Pacific Northwest, one at Spokane County...

Watch Tony Zizzo’s Massive Engine Explosion From The 2015 US Nationals – So Intense You Can See Actual Parts!

One of the personal highlights for me at the 2015 US Nationals was seeing Tony Zizzo and his family running their top fuel dragster again. I know Tony from when he was a staple runner on the IHRA...

Remember The $5,700 Plug Wires? How About Some Big Buck, Ultra-Rare, Factory New Cobra Jet Exhaust Pieces!?

As I admitted last week, I absolutely love when new in the box and oddball muscle car parts hit the internets for sale. Last week I found a set of Boss 429 spark plug wires, new in the box that had...

Certified For Street Use: This Ford Wagon Aims High At The Coffeyville Street Drags!

We were live at the Coffeyville Street Drags recently, and got to see the cool action that the folks from Urban Hillbilly Videos had known about for some time. Ok, let’s be accurate: Chad was...

Got A 1966-1967 Chevelle Or El Camino That Needs A New Center Console Base? OPGI Is Making Them!

One of the things that is always interesting when restoring a car is finding and dealing with broken stuff. Cars that were optioned with center consoles in the 1960s have their own proclivities and...

Ate Up With Motor: The Metronome – The Craziest Car In English Drag Racing History

Most people in the USA have never seen or heard of a Bond Bug micro car unless you watch the rebroadcasts of the English car show Wheeler Dealers or you’ve run into one at a museum. A Bond Bug...