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2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Images From The Pits At The First Race Of 2019

The NHRA Winternationals not only represent the first race of the year for drivers, more importantly the Winters represent the first race for the crew men and women who provide the backbone and...

2019 Cavalcade Of Customs Photo Coverage: All The Cool Stuff, None Of The Boring Junk!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Indoor car show season is in full swing.  When we went to the Cavalcade at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati it was one of the first events in the...

Watch The Emergency West Wheelstander Perform At Great Lakes Dragaway

There have been dozens and dozens of notable wheel standers in the annals of drag racing but few of them were as BangShifty cool as the Emergency West wheelstander. We’re talking about a 1977...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Chevy Van – Sammy Johns (1973)

The 1970s were about vans, chicks, and getting busy with chicks in vans. Sammy Johns understood this trend and released the song Chevy Van in 1973. Although it wasn’t an immediate hit, the song...

Bitchin’ 1970s Photos From New England Dragway – Willie Borsch, Muldowney, More!

(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – These photos were taken at the big AHRA meets the track hosted during that era and as you’ve seen and will continue to see, they drew the biggest names the...

Morning Symphony: Ride Onboard A Ferrari 512 BB LM At Imola!

Could you easily identify this Ferrari if I hadn’t put it’s name into the title? Not many could. It doesn’t look like a Daytona or a Testarossa-based machine, and no Ferrari that...

In Memoriam: Rover “Opportunity”, The Martian Visitor With The Endurance Of A Champion

“My battery is going low and it’s getting dark.” That was the last message to come from the rover Opportunity, the 407-pound terrestrial rover that had been working on the surface...

This 4-Wheeler Is Cummins 12V Powered! Yeah, It’s Like The Banshee From Hell!

Anyone familiar with the Yamaha Banshee knows that these are some incredibly fast 4-wheel atvs. They haul ass thanks to big power, light weight, and perfect gear ratios. So how does the idea to make...

Watch The Truly Great NHRA Pro Stock Final From Houston ’94 – The WJ/Scott Geoffrion Battle!

As I’ll be at the NHRA national event in Baytown, Texas in a few weeks.  I am working on my notes and prep stuff this week so I am locked and loaded to go down there. It is impossible to think...

OPGI Love My Car Sale Ends Tonight – A Valentine’s Day Sale For Your Car! Save Big, Hurry!

Yes, today is Valentine’s Day 2019, traditionally a day where guys step up to make their girlfriends and wives feel special and express their love. You can do all that junk but you need to...

2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals: A Flurry Of Fuel Cars On The Strip

It was a chilly weekend at the 2019 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals with temperatures barely escaping the 50-degree range during the day. The result of this was a race track that proved to be tricky...

2019 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage: One Last Blast Of Images From The Big Show

(Photos by Mike Brooks) –  Annnnd we’re back! Back with more 2019 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels photo coverage that runs the gamut from classics to super cars and loads of stuff in the...

In 1990 Jim Kramer Took BIGFOOT 9 Up The Mountain At Gravelrama!

Gravelrama is one of the coolest off-road events on the planet. Trucks and buggies and Jeeps and all kinds of stuff haul ass up a GIANT pile of pea gravel with high flying antics and big power...

If You Could Go Back In Time To 1975, What Truck Do You Pick As Your Tow Rig? Chevrolet, Ford, Or Dodge?

The Chevrolet vs Ford vs Dodge argument has been going on since the dawn of the Big Three, and trucks have always been the subject of some of the most intense arguments. With the truck battles...