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The Mecca Of Speed: Our Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Photos Just Keep Coming

Warning: Bonneville Speed Week attendance will result in an uncontrollable urge to build cars to go speeds no man was intended to reach. You have been warned. We’re not sure of the severity of...

Grab Some Lunch, We’ll Bring The Salt. Our Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Coverage Continues!

Everywhere we look there are cool things to see here at Bonneville Speed Week, and Cole Reynolds and I have been running around shooting photos like mad men so we can share all the cool stuff with...

This 383 Stroker Small Block Powered, Crown Conversion Mid-Engined Corvair Is Awesome!

Corvairs are cool  but Crown Conversion Corvairs are cooler. Why? Crown was a company that developed a kit to bolt a small block Chevy into a Corvair where the back seat would be. With the engine...

This 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Was Optioned To Fly – Too Nice To Be A Salt Cruiser, But We’re In Love

If you were a Pontiac man in the 1960s and you wanted the best, you bought a Bonneville. The biggest and most luxo cars that the division produced, they were a symbol for success. The third...

Here’s Your Morning Serving Of Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Photos!

If you want Bonneville Speed Week 2017 photos, results, and more, BANGshift.com is the place to find them. We’ve been out every day jamming photos of everything we can find, and that means tons...

Edd China And The Project Binky Crew At Bad Obsession Hang Out On Video!

We’re fairly certain that the earth is about to stop spinning since two of our favorite British car guys got together. Okay, to be fair it is three of our favorite British car guys, but you...

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Our Boy Mike Maier Shows The Hoonigan Boys How Wife Brianne’s Mustang Can Destroy A Pair Of Falkens

Mike Maier is a bad ass. Bad ass driver, bad ass car builder, bad ass family man. Bad ass. And we’re lucky enough to have hung out with him all over the country, at all kinds of events. But...

Light And Mighty: This Hayabusa-Swapped Mini Is An Evil Little Machine!

Are you a heavy power kind of gearhead, or can you appreciate what is the automotive equivalent of a go-kart on steroids with a license plate on the back tearing around with a manic powerplant in the...

NASCAR To Introduce Composite Bodies In 2017 – Mandatory By 2019

NASCAR is going to look a little different under its skin. The racing sanctioning body has announced that it will allow composite bodies at three of its races in 2017 and by 2019 the composite bodies...

Chevrolet To Replace The SS With The Camaro ZL1 In NASCAR – Here’s The First Look At The New Race Car!

(Photos: General Motors) It had to happen…with the death of the Chevrolet SS sedan, a new body had to be chosen for the teams flying the Chevrolet flag in NASCAR’s Monster Energy Cup...

Money No Object: You Don’t Have The Guts To Put This 1988 Ford Thunderbird SCCA Racer Onto The Streets, Do You?

The late 1980s Ford Thunderbirds are sorely underrated outside of NASCAR fans. Why is that? The roundy-round folks know why this car rules: 212.809 miles per hour at Talladega Speedway in 1987. Yes,...

Money No Object: The 1978 Clem Smith Chrysler Charger – Perfectly Psychotic Mid-Engined Mopar!

The effort one must take for me to stop, stare at a car, and simply be too slack-jawed to even ask questions is enormous. That’s not bragging at all, I promise…it’s just that...

2017 Syracuse Nationals Coverage: More Sweet Cars and Trucks Among The 8,000 That Showed Up!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – And the hits just keep on coming! Our 2017 Syracuse Nationals coverage keeps on rolling like a big freight train today. Mike Brooks and the boys did an excellent job...

Last Blast: Our Final Group Of Photos From The 2017 Chryslers At Carlisle Event Is A Winner!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – One of the most interesting things to consider when looking at Chrysler performance cars is how wildly their looks have changed over the years. Maybe more so than any...