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Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night Of Fire: The Storm Before The Storm

If you tried tuning in to our live coverage for Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night of Fire event, then let me be the first to apologize…again. After attempt after attempt at getting the...

An Aussie View Of Drag Week From Bristol – Get The Insight That They Had

With the allure of driving highly modified cars that haul the mail by the ton across the countryside with no hassle from the cops (so long as you don’t do stupid things along the way),...

Watch the Most Hellaciously Bad Ass Brake Test on Earth – Incredible Forces at Work

We saw lots of hot brakes and clamping forces at work during Hot Rod Drag Week, LS Fest, and the NHRA Dodge Nationals, but even the big binders on the pro touring and drag cars have nothing on the...

Rough Start: This 1966 Mercury Comet Needs Some Road Time!

Did any of you have that one car in the neighborhood that was the coolest thing you’d ever seen, looked the part, but you grew up never seeing the car move so much as an inch? The tires would...

Footloose And Fancy-Free: Watch Bartosz Ostałowski Whip His Skyline Around Like Fred Astaire!

A Fred Astaire reference on BangShift…wow, that’s a reach. Or is it? You see, Astaire’s most well-remembered feature wasn’t his singing or his acting, but it was the way in...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Memory From A Track That’s Now Gone?

As I type this, I’m still coming to terms with the final blowout that I got to witness at Rocky Mountain Raceway as part of the Night of Fire weekend. I can’t explain just how pissed-off...

Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night Of Fire 2018: A Photographic View Of A Final Bash

The sad truth is that the Night of Fire event at Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah is that it’s a farewell blowout. After the 2018 season ends, so does Rocky Mountain Raceways. A...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Running From Diesels And Random Acts Of Airbags

Ok, you want the truth? I’ve been awake long enough to see double, after watching what I can only describe as the mother of all going-away parties went down in a location that is at least 50%...

This Diesel Is Amazing! This Might Be One Of Most Evil Diesel Drag Racers We’ve Ever Seen.

The guys at 1320 Video are amazing at catching all the fun stuff that goes down the dragstrip, but this one is a little bit unique compared to their norm. This crazy Wagler Duramax powered truck runs...

This Billet Aluminum Vent Canister System From Chassisworks Is Just What You Need!

Chris Alston’s Chassisworks has all kinds of cool products to help you build and maintain your hot rod, race car, or pro touring machine. One of the often overlooked areas of a build are proper...

The Most Modified Power Wheels Ever Goes Drifting On The Beach! Here’s How The Turbo Barbie Mustang Is Doing…

Yes, I know I’m fixated on the Barbie Mustang that the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing Co. have put together, but look at it…tell me you didn’t think of doing something like this...

Sport Wagon: This 1973 Opel 1900 Would Be A Neat Group 2 Custom Project!

Now here’s a neat little treat that you don’t normally see the likes of. Between 1971 and 1975, the Opel Ascona A was imported to the United States as the Opel 1900. It packed a...

Supermassive: The Antonov AN-225 Coming In To Land At Oakland

When you fly 737s pretty much everywhere within the continental United States, you tend to forget just how big large aircraft can truly be. And this comes from someone who at one point had a quick...

This 1970 SS 454 Chevelle Has Been Sitting In This Yard, Complete, For 30 Plus Years!

Patrick Glenn Nichols is known for finding some of the coolest and rarest muscle cars on earth, sitting in the most random places. Not all of them are “barn” finds, but only because not...