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Holley LS Fest 2018: The Chevy High Noon Shootout – Winner Take All!

There is never a hurting for autocross action at LS Fest…the oval track at Beech Bend is usually open for business so long as it’s not time for drifting or the burnout contest. But leave...

Morning Symphony: The One And Only Porsche 961, The Factory Race 959!

In the late 1980s, two cars had truly earned their way onto posters, Trapper Keepers, and the imaginations of young and old: the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40. The Ferrari was, in the loosest terms...

This Amazingly Cool Video From Nick Ziter Gives You A Fistful Of Awesome From Bonneville Speed Week

This video is Part 1 of Nick Ziter Photography’s GoPro Bonneville Speed Week Video. It captures the emotion, the soul, and some of the essence that is Bonneville Speed Week through really cool...

Street Car Super Nationals Las Vegas To Run 4-Wide In November LIVE On BANGshift!

While at this year’s Spring Fling Million dollar bracket race in Las Vegas, at the newly 4-wide converted race track, we talked about just how cool it would be to run a race on the 4 lanes with...

Holley’s LSFest 2018 In Bowling Green Has Been Awesome! Here Are Recap Videos From Day 1 And 2

God and Mother Nature love LS engines, and Holley’s LSFest in particular, because both Friday and Saturday were supposed to be plagued with rain and ended up being great days to be at the...

Diesel Power Australia? This Duramax-Powered Nissan Patrol Is A Cloud Maker!

It isn’t that diesel powered vehicles aren’t common around the world, they are…it’s that outside of a few niche areas, diesel performance isn’t that popular and...

Is This Ex-Pro Stock Engine We Found On Racing Junk Cool Or What?

Growing up, one of my favorite classes of drag racing was Pro Stock. So much so that when I could afford it I signed up for Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School and got my Pro Stock license. That was...

I’ve Always Wanted To Chop The Top On Something, And These Videos Make Me Want To Even More!

Chopping the top on a hot rod or truck is one of the most timeless and classic custom body mods you can do. Whether for a traditional hot rod, custom, or show car, there isn’t much that garners...

Holley LS Fest 2018: It’s All About The Action On The Tracks!

The engine family might be the center of attention for the Holley LS Fest, but it’s the action that continues to bring people from far and wide to Kentucky to play. We have drag racing that...

HEMI® Challenge At Indy – The Super Stock/AH Cars Deliver!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – The U.S. Nationals is the World’s biggest drag race and the photo galleries are starting to roll in.  Here’s the first, the NHRA Dodge HEMI Challenge event at...

G-Body Shuffle! Watch As This Malibu Gets All Twisted Up On The Launch!

I’ll admit that as someone who is watching the racing and not participating, that I enjoy the show a bit more than the science behind going fast, but sometimes even the show isn’t worth...

LS Fest 2018: Get An Earful Of The V12 LS! Could We Talk The Ferrari Guys Into Trying This Out?

After we posted up the piece on MCR Tuning’s twin-turbo LSX-swapped Ferrari 550 Maranello, several of you readers voiced up a question: why didn’t they go with one of the LS-based V-12...

Fred From 1320Video Has To Run For His Life When This Street Racing Fairmont Wagon Tries To Kill Him

If you spend enough time at a dragstrip, shooting photos and video, racing, or just watching, you’ll at some point either see a close call or be involved in one. That likelihood goes up...