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Come On With It: The 2021 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Order Window Is Open – Whipple Blown Goodness!

It’s been a good long while since we’ve been able to talk about a new Dodge Challenger Drag Pak but we’re happy to report that the 2021 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak order window is...

Banker’s Retromod: This 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Is Putting A Truck V-10 To Good Use!

Most people can agree that the time period referred to as the “Musclecar Era” started in 1964 with the Pontiac GTO. Right? Well…kind-of. There were overbuilt, powerful machines made...

In-House Fighting: The Hoonigans Settle Some Trash Talk Issues

How long has this quarantine/stay-at-home crap gone on now…what, nine freaking years at this point? People are staying at home, working from home, stuck together…at home. Always at home....

Morning Symphony: The 1976-77 Gapp & Roush Pinto Pro Stocker At Byron!

The 1970s was a decade of retraction. Horsepower levels dropped like temperatures, emissions had to drop because the air was thicker than tomato soup on bad days, and physical car sizes were going...

One Step Beyond Radical Overkill: The Hennessey Mammoth 6×6, Complete With Hellephant Power

In 1996, Dodge showed off the T-Rex 6×6, a six-wheel-drive beast with an 8.0L V10. Back before Daimler entered the scene and shut the party down, Chrysler was on a roll with turning concept cars...

Rough Start: Going For The Freak Show In A V8-Swapped Honda Civic Wagon

At four in the morning yesterday, I was standing at my front door watching the show as heavy winds and driving rain battered BangShift Mid-West. In the morning, the ground was so saturated that my...

Watch The Blue Blazes Pulling Tractor Go Out In A Blaze Of Glory – Photo Sequence And Video…The Carnage Is Incredible

 This is the story of one of the sport of tractor pullings’ most legendary-and exciting-competitors, Mike Wilhite.  The video and photos that go along with this tale are a few years old but...

Dirt Dominator: Check Out The Build Of This 700hp Dirt Modified Racing Engine – Mean Small Block!

If there is a place where the traditional small block Chevrolet still rules with impunity, it’s the world of sportsman and short track stock car racing. It’s the engine that built the...

Watch Don Schumacher Capture His First NHRA Win At Indy In 1970 – The First Of 350!

Don Schumacher Racing is the most successful professional drag racing team of all time and that’s not by a small margin. The team will reach a historic milestone on Saturday evening at the 2020...

NHRA Insider Podcast: In The Money and In The Know About The Big Go!

This is the week of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA US Nationals and it’s awesome. This is the first event on the NHRA tour in 2020 to happen at the correct location and on the correct date since...

Bargain Of The Century? The Durango Hellcat Stacks Up Crazy Good Against Other Big Horsepower SUVs!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you have $82,000 to spend on a 6-seat SUV that has over 700 horsepower? If the answer is yes, Dodge has you covered. With a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds and a 11.6-second...

It’s All About The Flow: This Short And Sweet Lesson On Priority Main Oiling From Dart Is Great

When we hear certain terms in the gearhead world we generally understand them but maybe a bit more clarity and education is always welcome, right? One of the big ones that gets thrown around a lot is...

Classic YouTube: An Odd Fight Between A 5.4/5-speed Crown Victoria and…a Mercury Villager

From Sanair Super Speedway’s dragstrip in Quebec, we bring you one of the strangest heads-up races we’ve seen in a while. In the left lane is a 5.4-powered Ford Crown Victoria that has...

Random Car History: Renault 5 Turbo, The Little French Surprise

We got it in America as the Renault “Le Car”. I remember thinking it was a joke as I saw a few of them around growing up. “Le Car” did not look like a Mustang, did not look...