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They Won Indy: John Force, Alex Laughlin, Jerry Savoie, Doug Kalitta – Video Here

It was a Chevrolet Performance US Nationals for the books last week as the world of NHRA drag racing went back, for the 65th time to its roots at the biggest race of the year. Weather and on-track...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Far Do You Dare Trespass Into “Not Street Legal”?

The day has finally come…almost five years of waiting will have paid off. As you read this, I’ll be making a trip to get some paperwork sorted and, if I have my way, the first...

Money No Object: 1975 Kenworth W900A – Taking It Easy In Retirement

The life of a semi tractor isn’t glorious. It drives hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of miles until the hardware just can’t take another mile, then…well, there’s a...

Not Another Sacred Cow: Bob Mayer vs. The 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

In over twenty years of vehicle ownership, I’ve tried my hardest to own different vehicles. For the most part, I’ve succeeded, with the exception of an entire Chrysler line of vehicles,...

Venomous: Petrolicious Looks Over A 1997 Dodge Viper GTS – The Pure Driving Machine

Forget the Lamborghini Countach, forget the Ferrari F40. You can even wipe the Lamborghini Diablo and any of the Japanese sport coupes from the “bubble era” off of the map too. The Dodge...

The “WTF?!” Files: 1969 Ford Mustang Wagon – Um, This Could Get Controversial.

Hey, look…a neat 1969 Ford Mustang! That’s always a good start to a story, right? The Mustang had started to get a little bit bigger, but with models like the Mach 1 and the Boss 302,...

Violence And Comfort: NASCAR Exhaust And Vintage Air For The Hoonigan Chevy C-10!

Violence and comfort in the same vehicle. Can it be done? Should it be done? Depends on your idea of a pure build, but we can’t argue against either. We like the idea of a screw everybody,...

Morning Symphony: Over A Thousand Horsepower And Hubcaps On This V6 Holden!

It isn’t too hard to be a fan of the Buick V6…it’s one of the most criminally underrated engines ever produced. Front-drive, rear-drive, supercharged, turbocharged…it’s...

If You Can Find The Vandalism Damage On This Sweet Plymouth Barracuda, You’re Eyesight Is Better Than Ours!

Checking out Copart.com is just about the same as asking for a tour of the local morgue. You know what to expect, yet you still want to see it for yourself. Luckily, not everything at Copart is a...

1,800 Horsepower, Twin Engine Volkswagen Lupo. Total Insanity Has Been Achieved!

The twin-engine car thing has been picking up steam a little bit. Used to be that if it had two engines inside, you were looking at an unadulterated, one of a kind freakshow. Today, I can name off a...

304.77 Miles Per Hour: Watch As A Modified Bugatti Chiron Lays Down The Number!

Let’s get one asterisk out of the way now: the Bugatti Chiron that went over the 300 MPH mark at Ehra-Lessien isn’t production car material. It’s 25mm longer than a stock Chiron,...

Happy Labor Day From BangShift.com!

The end of summer and the arrival of autumn can be marked in many ways. There is the official method, which is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the early morning hours of Monday, September 23,...

Historical Video: Check Out This Chrysler Training Film From 1967!

It’s always good for dealership techs and mechanics to get a brush-up on new and incoming features, but sometimes a good review of the basics is needed to bring a mechanic’s ability to...

Classic YouTube: Two-Wheeled Bus Action From Finland, Starring “Crazy” Vesa Kivimäki!

The more I study Finnish automotive culture, the more I’m convinced that there simply isn’t anything that they won’t do. This is a country that has given more top-tier rally drivers...