Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Road Trippin: When A Roadside Find Turns Into Barn Find Gold And An Historic Shop Tour

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett)  A relatively normal Saturday started out as just a fun day at a car show with a friend, and ended with the discovery of an amazing collection of cars and trucks...

Petrolicious and Derek Bell Take A Look Back At The Porsche 718 Racer At The Targa Florio Course

Even in it’s smallest form, the Piccolo circuit, the Targa Floria road race held in Italy was a monster that would render the often-worshipped Nurburgring Nordschliefe a laughing stock. The...

BangShift Goes Racing! Transforming A Cheap Street Car Into A 24 Hours of Lemons Racer!

Welcome to Bangshift Goes Racing! This is a multi-part series that gives a look into choosing, building, and racing a car on the cheap. Here, you’ll see the misadventures of my friends and I as we...

Check This Thing Out: The Nocturnal Motorworks Coyote! Nissan Power, 1,001 Pounds, And Tail-Happy!

We could tell you who we could blame for the recent run of tube-frame, engine-seats-rollbar cars that have started popping up like weeds around the country, but the story of the Vette-Kart is on...

Major Imapct Video: Touring car piledrives track barriers after a tire failure at Spa

In just his third weekend racing in the TCR International Series, Attila Tassi—who has an excellent racing name, we might add—found out the hard way the problems that a front-tire puncture can...

Want To Buy The Worst Living Buick Regal T-Type In America? We Think We Found It!

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – On a small local car lot this morning I spotted this gem. This might be the worst Buick Regal T Type left on the planet. I’m far from a Buick...

Ford GT wrecks hard at Spa, second car squeaks out second GT podium in a week

“It was the [second-]best of times, it was the worst of times…” [This has been your daily serving of “Boring Platitudes as Story leads.] So goes the saga of a two-car team in endurance...

This Australian turbo-rotary hillclimb car is one of the most maniacal creations in any hemisphere

A couple years ago, a 24 Hours of LeMons racer and I talked about the potential to turn an old no-wing formula car into wicked hillclimb car with the addition of some LeMons-ingenuity aero and a...

This Racing John Deere Lawn Tractor Flies, Sounds Incredible And Rips Donuts In The Grass Like None Other

Lawn mower racing is one of those sports that seem easy to mock right off the bat and perhaps there are elements of it that are but when you get to the most serious wrung of the lawn mower racing...

Watch The Guys From Borla Try To Melt The Headers Off Of A Coyote Engine On Purpose

When you are an aftermarket manufacturer you need to test your products. That testing checks on the manufacturing quality, durability, and robustness of your product. If you are in the header...

RoadTrip! Free LIVE Streaming Video REPLAY From Cars And Cones 2016

Live Autocross, Cruising, Tours, And Partying on Cars and Cones 2016! That’s right, Cars and Cones is all about having fun in your hot rod, and some of the coolest kids in the country have to...

Motorplex Speedway In Canada Nailed With $100,000 Judgement For Noise – Track Hosts Less Than Five Races Per Year

The body blows continue to rain down on racers and race fans in western Canada. It was just the other day that we reported on the closing of a drag racing facility out there and now it is the circle...

24 Hours of LeMons Michigan Action Gallery and More – The Cars, The Inside Stories Here!

I’ve done recovered from another 24 Hours of LeMons weekend at Gingerman Raceway near South Haven, Michigan, and like most LeMons races, it takes a few days to process the level of insanity one...

eBay Find: This Homebuilt, Cushman Powered Car Looks Like A Project Right Out Of The 1960s!

Lots of times when we see stuff that is homebuilt it is cringeworthy, weird, and likely ready to kill whoever is bold enough to actually attempt to operate it. Then there’s examples like this...