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Rocky Mountain Race Week Road Tripping Continues: Ozarks To Oklahoma

(Photos by Cole Reynolds and Dominick Domato/DRD Photos) Rocky Mountain Race Week Hump Day was spent driving from Ozark Raceway Park to Thunder Valley in Noble Oklahoma and we had an awesome time...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018 Gallery: CACKLEFEST! What Better Way To Close Out The Show Than Nitro?

We’ve come to the end of the line for the 2018 Holley Hot Rod Reunion coverage, and as I promised, there is Cacklefest footage. I love seeing show cars, I love watching the racing go down, and...

Conduire Énervé: The Drifting Charger Is Back For A Full Video In An Old Factory!

It takes solid stones to take on an icon like a 1960s Dodge Charger and go your own way with it. This is a car that Hollywood movie makers fantasize about when they lay their heads down to sleep at...

Not Quite The Holiday Road: Caravan Racing In Britain Is Pure Mayhem!

It’s not like regular short-track amateur racing is dangerous enough. Everybody is looking out for Number One and only Number One, and everybody else can either pack it up and go home or...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Turkish Steam Bath Case Study Of Ignorance

I know that not everybody works on their own cars. There is a sizable portion of the population that barely comprehends what goes on underneath their hood. Many are completely lost after “check...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride In A Violent, 9,000 RPM, Gear Jamming Nova

Now THIS is some awesome video. The run you are about to watch clocked in at 9.96 seconds and 135mph during a time trial at an Ozark Mountain Super Shifters event. The car is a little Chevy Nova...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Been Airborne In A Car?

Thanks to a discussion in the BangShift Forums, let me paint a picture for you: it’s a Friday evening, with the sunset casting a killer light show through the Douglas firs that line the road....

The Trick Flow PowerPort Top End Engine Kit For Mopar Big Blocks Is Your Ticket To Horsepower

If there is one thing we know, bolting parts to your engine with the intention of making more horsepower is really fun. That’s doubly true when you know the stuff that you’re bolting on...

Unveiled: 2019 Chevrolet Blazer. Well, It’s Here, A Camaro-Like Crossover…

It’s right there, and I can’t un-see the resemblance, no matter how hard I try. Yes, I complained about the interior room of the sixth-gen Camaro every single, solitary time I drove...

Duramax Fifth-Gen Camaro! – Also, The Story Of The Cummins Charger – HERE!

Engine swaps are a thing that has become so commonplace in hot rodding that you really have to do something amazing to blow people away. It just so happens that Minnesota’s Nathan Mueller is...

Current Standings And Tons Of Photos From Ozark Raceway On Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018

Yesterday we were driving across Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma on our way from Ozark Raceway in Rogersville, Missouri to Noble Oklahoma’s Thunder Valley. Thunder Valley has been around for a...

Wild Weirdo: This 1978 Draper Motor Cars Kentera Is The First One Of A Handful Ever Made

For some reason the 1970s and early 1980s were the time where so many people tried to launch either short or large run sports cars into the market. Some were scratch built but most were modified...

Father’s Day on Fuel: Tii Tharp’s Career Season In NHRA Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley Continues With Romp In Bristol

(Photo and video by Tim Hailey) – If you love the NHRA’s Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley Davidson class you certainly know the name Tii Tharp. This is a guy who has been soaked in nitro...

2018 NHRA Fitzgerald USA Thunder Valley Nationals Pro Mod Action Photos – Doorslammers On Parade!

(Photos be Benoit Pigeon) – It is the NHRA’s largest heads-up category. The E3 Spark Plugs pro mod series presented by J&A Services with a weekend race sponsor of Elite Motorsports...