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Hard To Starboard: The Project Neighbor Crown Vic/Shelby Mustang Mashup Goes Drifting!

The most fun vehicles I’ve ever thrashed, or have been around during the thrashing, haven’t been sports cars, or muscle cars, or any kind of purpose-built machine. No…they have been...

Morning Symphony: Got Cummins? This Monster Of A Challenger Sure Does!

Diesel power works, folks. The engines do everything from farmers with the power to get things done to giving ocean-going workers the ability to cross the seas with ease. They are beastly and you...

Chaos in the Cornfield: Funny Car Chaos Takes Over Havana, Illinois!

(Words and Photos by Chris Graves/Funny Car Chaos) Funny Car Chaos charged into Central Illinois Dragway in Havana, IL on July 27th & 28th for the third of four events on the 2018 tour. After...

Check Out All These Great Rides From The NSRA East Nationals In York

We told you we had lots more photos to share. And if you have missed any of them, just click the link below to see all the galleries we’ve got from the show. We promise that there is not...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: The Junior Dragsters And More Index Cars!

As I type these words, the big-boy dragsters are making their laps down Gateway Motorsports Park, rattling the bleachers and leaving Chad a very happy human. Watching the drivers launch down the...

Buy A Complete Working Racetrack For Just $320,000! Owosso Speedway Could Be Yours

Check this out! Owosso Speedway, a 3/8 Mile paved oval, is located on 40 acres in Michigan and is for sale for just $320,000. To us that seems like a really good deal for that many acres and a fully...

Rough Start: A Flamed 1984 Chevy Van Is Always A Good Idea!

It has been suggested that I should leave my comfort zones of vehicle hunting and dig through locations other than the deserts and the High Plains areas of the country, where the metal is awesome and...

Project Binky Is Back! Episode 18 Of The All Wheel Drive Classic Mini Build Is Here

I don’t know what it is about Project Binky, and the weirdo, awesome, freaks at Bad Obsession Motorsports, that gets me going, but they just do. All of them. The way this project has been...

BangShift Project Files: Ethyl XXII – This Stunning 1933 Ford Is Awake And Alive!

Sometimes you just have to walk away from the garage and projects for a while to collect your head. You lose interest, you find yourself frustrated, angry, or depressed at what you are working on and...

Here Is The COMPLETE First Timer’s Guide To Bonneville Speed Week!

We’re talking EVERY detail! Thanks to the folks at TheBonnevilleSaltFlats.com, you can find everything you need to know before coming to Bonneville Speed Week for the first time. It is all on...

Please Secure Your Belongings Before Departure: This Malibu Got It’s Rear Window Knocked Out At Launch!

You’d think a drag race is a simple affair: point car at the finish line, don’t hit anything, and be sure to stop at the end and you’re fine. You’d think it’d be...

Buy John Lingenfelter’s Personal C4 Corvette Silver State Race Car

Now this one is special. Everyone knows the empire of horsepower that John Lingenfelter built, and that made cars bearing his last name something special to own around the world. But what if you...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Index Racing At The First Signs Of Sunset

You’d think that seeing the sun setting just after we got set up and had a couple of classes run would mean a short day on the job. Not at an SCSN race…they like to play late into the...

Street Car Super Nationals V Gallery: Friday’s Walkabout And Nostalgia Super Stock Action!

You are going to hear us talk about the weather in St. Louis for most of the Street Car Super Nationals V event, because not only are Chad and I not sweaty rags of human beings, but the weather is...