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Morning Symphony: DTW Touring Cars From The 1990s-2000s On Hillclimbs

Touring cars are primarily a European phenomenon. The Aussie Supercars were too far removed from the road car they represented and the one time there was a touring car series in the States, the only...

Classic YouTube: Making Noise In A Five-Speed Crown Victoria

Be absolutely frank with yourself right now: just how much car do you really need to have fun? We all would love to have a crack at driving a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. That’s probably not in...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Since “Continuation Models” Seem To Be Popular, Which Cars Should The Factories Re-Issue First?

The real reason why someone would spend tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars restoring a car from nearly nothing to better than new is because the factory doesn’t make the car anymore....

2018 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Coverage: Here’s Our Last Photo Blast From The Show

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Well we have made it to the end of the 2018 Pittsburgh World of Wheels coverage. Mike Brooks did a great job here and we have to say something that not that many...

2018 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Sportsman Action Images From Pomona!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – It was a great first day of action at Auto Club Raceway Pomona on Thursday as the racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series took to the drag strip for time runs and...

2018 New England International Auto Show Photos: The New Models Are In!

(Photos by the author) – In the midst of a punishing New England winter, we take our automotive fun any way we can get it. One of the yearly rituals around the Boston area is the New England...

Four Doors Work! All The Proof You Need Is In The “Honk If Parts Fall Off” Chevelle And It’s Drag Week Performance!

The black-and-blue four-door 1967 Chevelle known as “Honk If Parts Fall Off” is as far from a sleeper as you can get. It’s a cool car, don’t get us wrong…It’s been...

Watch The LIVE Final Rounds From the 1993 NHRA Winternationals -Vintage TNN Goodness

The start of the 1993 NHRA season began like so many others have, at Pomona, California for the Winternationals. In this video we’ll watch the final rounds, which were broadcast LIVE on TNN for...

Rough Start: Would This Lifted Lincoln Limo Be Worth The Experience?

After tooling around with the dirt-cheap Caddy limo for a couple of weeks, I have to admit, there is something about driving a freakshow of a car that is just a riot. The way people look at you on...

Question Of The Day: What Car Would You Send Into Space?

There is now a human-made vehicle in space that is in an elliptical orbit around the sun. And it’s in the shape of a first-generation Tesla Roadster. It’s not the Moon landing or a...

Testing Is Over: One Last Gallery of Photos From The NHRA Phoenix Pre-Season Test

(Photos by the author) – Earlier this week we showed you some photos from the NHRA Phoenix pre-season test session and now we are back with another pile for you. The Winternationals started...

This 1968 Chevrolet Stepside Is A Screamer Hiding In Plain Sight! Would You Change Anything About This One?

It would be nice to have a fully done-up ride, wouldn’t it? Shiny paint, perfect chrome, fat tires and the engine making biblical levels of power…yeah, that’s the dream, but in...

This Don Schumacher Racing 2018 Season Preview Video Is Cool – From The Fab Shop To The Funny Car Driver’s Cockpit

When we think about the evolution of things in motorsports, especially in drag racing, thoughts usually center around performance and speed. There’s also evolution that happens outside of the...