More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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Tony Found His Dream Muscle Car Abandoned in a Barn for FORTY YEARS! And Then BOUGHT IT CHEAP!

I love Tony Angelo now more than ever. We get along great and he’s super fun to be around, but now that I know what his favorite muscle car is I think I love him even more! After dreaming about...

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Alex Hernandez’s 1971 Caprice Is Called Rose Gold, And While Pretty It’s Also Absolutely Brutal And Bad Ass!

Alex Hernandez and I have been friends for several years, and the night we met was pretty funny. We were both invited to dinner with a group of people that lets just say were a little mismatched, at...

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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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SEMA 2014: Exclusive Photos From The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitation Staging In Vegas

Before moving into the SEMA 2014 Show’s Optima Alley this evening, each and every Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational competitor had to report to registration and staging so that they would...

Watch Jeff Gordon and Brad Keslowski Along With A Cast Of Thousands Beat The Tar Out Of Each Other After Last Night’s NASCAR Race

This isn’t some sissy pushing with helmets on situation kids, this is a full on brawl that left both Brad Keslowski and Jeff Gordon swollen and bleeding from getting their faces hammered by...

The Nurburgring Has Been Sold For The Second Time This Year, To A Russian Billionaire

The Nurburgring has a new majority stake owner, in the form of a Russian billionaire who just so happens to be an automotive enthusiast. Viktor Kharitonin, a pharmaceutical mogul, purchased two...

The RideTech Brigade: A Look At Some Of The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Competitors Underpinned By RideTech Components

(Competitor descriptions by Rodney Prouty – Photo credit: Ridetech and Popular Hot Rodding) – In about one week, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be transformed into ground zero for the...

Project Violent Valiant SEMA 2014 Thrash: The Final Prep Before The World Sees This Angry Mopar!

It was EXACTLY one year ago today when we showed the body of what has not become Project Violent Valiant getting sand blasted and prepped before being sent back to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle for Kevin...

The Incredible Jet-Hot Double Down By Fuller Hot Rods Heads To SEMA 2014 With 800+ Kurt Urban Boss Ford Horsepower

(Photos by Bryan Fuller/Kurt Urban) – Last year at SEMA we freaked out about the Jet Hot Double Down 1932 Ford which was under construction at Bryan Fuller Hot Rods. The car was on the show...

The Atomic EFI Age: Or What Project Buford T Justice Did On His Summer Vacation – Driveway EFI Install

Claims of Project Buford T Justice’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, although I have not done a lot of quell them because of a lack of suitable update stories this summer, but the fact is...

What’s Better Than Nurburgring Crashes? Nurburgring AND Rally Crashes In The Same Video!

The Green Hell that is the Nurburgring Nordschliefe is a dangerous track, as we’ve shown numerous times before. And from the early days of racing up until today, it is a track that even pro...

Hotchkis Autocross Action From NMCA West At Fontana – Muscle Cars of All Shapes And Sizes Attack The Cones

When it was all said and done at the Hotchkis Autocross last weekend, there were lots of tired arms, hot tires, and smiling faces among the group of people who took on the winding and tricky course...

More Bad F1 News: The Marussia Team Has Filed For Bankruptcy

Fresh on the heels of Caterham Sports, Ltd.’s dive into administration four days ago, Marussia has declared bankruptcy, putting the cherry on top of a cake nobody wants to take a bite out of....

The Hotchkis Autocross Was Burning Up The Pavement At NMCA West Fontana Last Weekend – Action Photos Here!

The Hotchkis Autocross as last weekend’s NMCA West event in Fontana, California was absolutely rocking. This thing showed off all that is right and good with the world of high performance...

RideTech Featuring Tech Q&A With Ron Sutton At Their SEMA Booth – He’ll Answer YOUR Suspension Questions Face To Face!

SEMA has always been a place to see and be seen. Between the new parts, the flashy display cars, and the big stars walking around, it is all about making an impact. Leave it to RideTech to find a way...

Questionable Ownership, Poor Results, Seizures and Investigations: The Downward Spiral Of The Caterham F1 Team

Formula 1 racing is serious business. Dollar amounts that rival a small country’s GDP numbers are spent in testing, training and racing, and similarly large numbers come in due to advertising,...

Copart Cadavers: A Collection Of Catastrophically Destroyed Corvettes

It is official! You twisted maniacs that read BangShift really dig the “Copart Cadavers” series and that means I will continue to comb the depths of the massive Copart website for the...