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SEMA 2018: Our Pals At Flowmaster, B&M, and Hurst Had Loads Of Cool Stuff To See!

(Photos by the author) – When it comes to amazingly diverse product lines, our pals at Flowmaster, B&M, and Hurst kind of lead the way. We’re talking exhaust systems that sound great...

Scalpel, Meet Sledgehammer: A Dakar Kamaz And A Drift-Set RX-8 Meet Up In Russia

Mike Whiddett has the nickname “Mad Mike” for a reason. His penchant for taking rotary-powered Mazdas and flinging them as far sideways as he dares is something to behold. His RX-8, known...

Big Is Back! Video Of Revised Swamp Rat 38 Electric Dragster Heating The Hides Here!

Now this is awesome. While we get that loads of people are not into the whole electric drag racing thing (we’re not exactly jumping up and down about it, either) we are huge fans of people...

Grand LS Swap: This 1977 Pontiac Grand LeMans Wagon Is Ready To Rip

An older GM station wagon and the undeniable power potential of the LS engine. Argue with me all you care to about how it’s sacrilegious or how it’s otherwise some kind of affront to...

Craigslist Find: This Old Hawks Indy 500 Chevy Small Block Is AWESOME!

Back in the early 1980s when the Indy 500 was still the kind of place where you could build some weird stuff and try to run it as hard and as fast as it would go, the engines were super interesting....

How The Mighty Have Fallen: Carlos Ghosn Arrested In Japan For Financial Misconduct

Do you want to know what “painful” sounds like? It sounds like the final “thump” of a body that has fallen from great heights down to the bedrock of the planet. Which is where...

2018 NHRA Finals Photos: When The Sun Went Down, The Header Flames Went UP!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – One of the interesting things about Auto Club Raceway at Pomona is the fact that it’s completely surrounded by the city of La Verne and that means it is a...

Street Car Super Nationals 14: Door Car Fun In The Mojave Sun

The show is over, the finals are done and the winners are crowned, but our coverage from Street Car Super Nationals 14 is not over by any stretch of the imagination! Chad and Cole stuck it out all...

Racing Junk Find: You’ve Never Craved A 440ci Chrysler Big Block Powered Pulling Freightliner?

Big rig pulling trucks are awesome in whatever form they show up in, seriously. Whether they are worked, long-nose big rigs with huge diesel engines or machines like this with a stubby design and of...

Full Circle: This Beautiful Story Featuring A 1955 Austin Healey 100S Speaks To Cars And Life

For many of us, cars are among the most influential forces in our lives. Not in the weird way but in the sense that we have grown up with memories centered around them. The first ones we ever saw....

Dream Big: This 1979 Dodge Aspen Looks Like A Stock-Class Legend!

Not every street-legal dragstrip warrior is a ten-second monster that intimidates sport-utilities everywhere it goes. Some play a different numbers game, where dead-nuts consistency and easy...

Barnstormin’: An Overnight Success Talks About How Long The Night Really Was

(Lead photo by Courtney Enders) – Perhaps by now a few of you have heard that I was offered and accepted the job of being the lead play by play guy for the NHRA on FOX in 2019 and beyond. I...

Street Car Super Nationals 14: Setting In For The Long Night

When it comes to the racing at Street Car Super Nationals 14, one of the things that the BangShift crew plan on is a long day of work each day, because the PSCA crew put together large fields of...

Street Car Super Nationals 14: More Pit-Walk Photos From The Strip at Las Vegas!

Sometimes you need a break from the action, or need to go stretch your legs as a photographer. That’s where walking the pits comes into play. There is just as much drama, if not more, going on...