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Mopar In A Suit: 1970 Monteverdi High Speed 375S – Worldly Gran Tourer!

While out on a lunch at Conway’s Red Top with my grandfather one Sunday afternoon, the subject of cars came up. I was hunting for what was going to be my first licensed, street legal vehicle...

Classic YouTube: Selling Mopar’s Pocket Rocket With The Help Of Junior – The 1984 Dodge Omni GLH

“Dodge Omni has always been a good old buddy…a nice little guy.” Yeah, sure, believe what you will. Dodge’s Omni had a few things going for it…small, front-wheel-drive,...

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Watch As A V8 Ute Racer Performs The Mother Of All Jump-Starts!

The final few seconds before the start of a race has to be intense for a professional racer, don’t you think? The start is crucial for racers, no matter where they qualified: if you’re in...

Big Money Footbrake Only Drag Racing From The BTE World Footbrake Challenge In Bristol!

That’s right folks, if you are a fan of swapping feet instead of letting go of a transbrake button, then the BTE World Footbrake Challenge at Bristol is your jam! And thankfully the...

Hunt For Grunt! LS Torque Cams: Do You Know What Really Works?

In this video from Richard Holdener, he lets you in on yet another round of dyno testing Speed Secrets in the never ending Hunt for Grunt. LS Engines aren’t particularly known for being torque...

The SFG $1.1 Million Dollar Race Is On! Racing Action Starts Right Here At 8am!

Big money bracket racing has taken on a life of it’s own in the last couple of years after multiple promoters have stepped up to create “Million Dollar” races. It used to be that...

Caption This: Failure To Properly Secure Load, Driving With Head Up Rectum…

Truckers and railroad workers, tow truck operators and the like will tell you like I will tell you: there is a right way and a wrong way to secure your load. Cross-strapping, anchored down and away...

BANGshift.com Wishes You All A Happy, Healthy, And Safe Independence Day!

It’s been a weird one ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages, but on behalf of myself, Brian Lohnes, Brian McTaggart, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish...

Crazy Video: Watch A 3,000hp Pro Extreme Door Slammer Suffer A Driveshaft Failure During A Run

As a guy who has done a load of drag racing in his life, Brandon Snider knows that each run in his current pro mod or this former Pro Extreme Corvette could get crazy. Even as prepared as these guys...

The Parting Shift: Watch This 451 Stroker, Four Speed, Jeep YJ Pull The Front Wheels And Run 12s…Or 11s?

The Jeep YJ may not be the most loved version of the Wrangler but there’s at least one guy out there who liked it enough to hot rod his into Parting Shift fame! Yes, this YJ Wrangler is powered...

It’s Dyno Time For The Skid Factory’s MR2! How Does The Fresh Four-Banger Do On The Hub Dyno?

It’s not the most powerful, or the fastest, or even the most comfortable Toyota ever produced. But the first-gen MR2 was a neat little pocket-rocket that has a cult following. I remember the...

The Garage Find Dream: Dusting Off A 1969 Chevelle That’s Been Squirreled Away

We had one as a family car. We traded a 1950 Chevy truck that had been hot-rodded up for it. The truck was a ripper, a four-speed screamer, but it had issues…the least of which were the plywood...

When Base Means Brilliant: 1969 Oldsmobile F85 W31, In Chevrolet Rally Green!

Welcome to the land of Hindsight. It’s March, 1969. You’ve just graduated high school, have a track into school, and in a surprise you never saw coming, your old man has agreed that since...

Here’s What It Looks Like When A 12-Second Truck Takes On A 7-Second Top Sportsman Car – Handicapped Start!

After three tough days of racing at the Nitto NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing, the real fun begins. Class champions from the NMRA and the NMCA clash in one of drag racing’s...