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Video: Ride With And Watch Mike Ryan Attack The 2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb In A Freightliner – Insanity!

Mike Ryan and his brutal Freightliner truck are no strangers to the electronic pages of BangShift. We have showed this thing in videos, Chad has written about riding in it, and we’ve...

Vote For The Final Team To Compete In The $10K Drag Shootout! Who Is Going To Take On Team Bigun And Team Enemies Everywhere?

It is that time again! The Horsepower Wars $10k Drag Shootout is coming back for 2019 and Team Bigun is coming back to defend the title they won last year with their turbocharged LS powered Mustang...

2019 Detroit Autorama Coverage Continues: More Cars, More Trucks, More Great Photos Here

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Yes we are still riding high on the wave of photos that Mike Brooks graciously blasted for us inside the walls of the 2019 Detroit Autorama. Here we have trucks,...

A Thoughtful Gift: A Remote-Controlled XJ Cherokee Snowplow!

Spring is certainly arriving as far as I’m concerned. The weather in Texas for the Pro Mod Madness event couldn’t have been any more spring-like if I personally programmed it: 75 degrees...

Morning Symphony: This Gillig Is The Sound Of Elementary School Days Gone By

While I don’t really want to think about it, I’m creeping up on the 20th anniversary of graduating high school. It’s a strange thought…you don’t think it’s been...

Watch the 1983 NHRA Gatornationals Here – Records, Wreckage, Legends, and A Looming Future

Well, 36-years ago the NHRA Gatornationals had a little something for everyone. There were record runs, there were legendary drivers, and there was some wreckage as well. About 2-minues into this...

Re-Engineered Or Just Overbuilt? The “Evolution” Charger Gets A Once-Over With Leno!

Here’s a conundrum: at what point is a car “overbuilt”? When do you step back and realize that while you won the battle, you lost the war? It’s a question that has been asked...

Nostalgia Pro Stock Option: This 1974 AMC Hornet Is Close To Ready!

AMC’s Hornet was never supposed to be as important a car as it turned out to be. It wasn’t meant to be American Motors’ junior supercar (SC/360). It wasn’t meant to become the...

Happy 3/13! Check Out This Export-Only Chrysler 313 A-block As It Sings On The Dyno!

After 1967, tracking Chrysler V8 engine families is easy: LA (small-block), B (low-deck big block), RB (raised-deck big block) and Hemi. Prior to 1967, though, things get a little more complicated,...

The Restored Candies and Hughes 1973 Top Fuel Dragster Is For Sale – Gators Winner #2 In The World That Year

We’ve got to thank Erik Andersson for the tip on this awesome piece of drag racing history that is for sale. You are looking at the restored 1973 Candies and Hughes top fuel dragster that was...

RacingJunk: A Hemi, A Stick, No Radio, and No Heater – This 1966 Belvedere Is All Muscle And No Fluff

Sometimes you don’t want anything to get in the way between you and your car, right? Clearly that’s what the guy selling this 1966 Belvedere thought when he had it built the way he wanted...

Sneaky Stroker Video: This 427 FE Ford Big Block Is Actually 498ci And It Is Angry!

Being in the engine building business has to be a trip. Like in any other industry, your main job is to serve the customer and give the guy or the girl exactly what they are looking for, whether you...

Build Update: The RideTech Sharon’s Chevelle Build Is Coming Along Nicely – Check Out This ’67!

If there are things that we can hold as ultimate truths in this life, they center around, taxes, weather, and the fact that RideTech literally will always have an awesome car in the build process....

From The Ashes: Ken Block Tries Out His New Escort Cosworth RS

Ken Block has a thing for Ford Escort Cosworth RS rally cars. That’s not difficult to see why…the Cosworth RS was a monster of a little machine, a Group A rally hero, and in street car...