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Unhinged: 2020 Jeep Gladiator “Scrambler” – Never Forget Your Roots

Okay, for the most part, it’s a 2020 Jeep Gladiator S. It’s got the 3.6L V6, it’s an automatic, and it has all of the goodies that you would expect from a brand-new JT Gladiator. If...

Unclean Run: This Evil Little Ford Fiesta Still Has More On Tap!

I’ll say it…that run was not pretty. The launch was more of a bounce and it took precious time to get the little Ford oriented and laying down the power properly. But the timeslip does...

Rough Start: 1980 Pontiac Sunbird – The Perfect Car To Get In Trouble With

My mother had a very keen awareness of just what kind of hooligan I was going to become the moment I got my driver’s license. She knew. From childhood, she had seen everything…the Mustang...

Classic YouTube: The Opening Battle At The 1981 James Hardie 1000

What is the difference between people racing each other during an event, and a straight-up battle? How can you tell when drivers aren’t concerned about every other car and instead have dialed...

Video: Rod Emory’s Porsche 356 RSR Is A Hot Rod That’s Also Purebred Porsche – So Cool!

When the world’s best builders, especially those that have a specialty get creative ideas to build the cars that THEY have always dreamed of owning, magic happens. In the world of Porsche Rod...

Holley Releases Mid Mount Accessory Drive Systems for GM Gen V LT4/LT5 Engines

It can be one of the most vexing and frustrating parts of an engine swap, the accessory drive! Holley knows this and that is why they have developed a mid-mouth accessory drive system for GM Gen V...

2019 GALOT Motorsports Park Nostalgia Drags and Muscle Car Shakedown: More Action Photos From The Event

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with more great Benoit Pigeon photos from GALOT Motorsports Park in North Carolina and courage of their fall Nostalgia Drags and Muscle Car...

2019 Kneeland Concours Photo Coverage: Muscle Car Era Classics On The Field Of Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Mostly classic American muscle in this chapter of the Concours coverage.  You won’t find labels on the photos explaining what you’re looking at from...

Flamin’ Videos: It Was A Tough Weekend To Be A Top Fuel Engine In Dallas – A Couple Of Flaming Boomers Here

It’s never an easy gig to be a top fuel engine, right? Even on the best days you are trying to contain and harness the impossible fury of 11,000 horsepower and fighting all of the strains and...

Watch David “Little Evil” Pearson Reset The PRO 275 Record At No Mercy 10 With A 3.90-Second Rip

There are certain cars that transcend time, they transcend classes, and they really help to define a genre of drag racing. David and Tracy’s Pearson’s Calypso Green Mustang is one of...

Classic YouTube: The Story Of The Blue Flame’s Record Run In 1970 By One Of The Men Who Built It!

Would you look at the date: October 23rd. In 1970, that was the day that Gary Gabelich strapped into the wheeled missile that is the Blue Flame at Bonneville, lit the candle and quite literally...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Newest “Quintessentially American” Car, In Your Eyes?

How many of you are old enough to remember the genuine anger that would be expressed if a foreign car showed up in the driveway? How many of you got an earful about how American cars were crap and...

Seized And Up For Auction: The Carpoff Collection Government Liquidation

149 vehicles, many of which are dream machines that we’d donate body parts to science for, will be going up for auction on October 26, 2019 after being seized by the U.S. Government as part of...

HALT: Panic-Stopping Heavy Wheeled Vehicles (Plus Gratuitous Tank Crushing Footage Inside!)

Consider this video a three-in-one special, because that’s what you will get. Three different sections, all involving big machinery. We like our smaller, sporty machines just fine, but there is...