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Category Archive: TECH, Videos

Military Truck Revival: Bringing A Kaiser Jeep Back To Life After A Long Nap

The Jeep Gladiator…good lord, if there was ever a tank of a pickup truck, the ones that Kaiser-Willys cranked out for the U.S. military were certainly fitting of the phrase. There are many good...

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PRI 2018: Edelbrock and Pat Musi Team Up On 1,650hp Nitrous 632 Crate Motor For Sportsman Drag Racing

It is always cool when partnerships have a lasting bond and that’s exactly what Edelbrock and Pat Musi racing engines have. The companies have worked together for years developing parts and...

NCM Motorsports Park Signs 10-Year Deal With SCCA – Will Host The Tire Rack SCCA Time Trial Nationals!

It’s been great to see just how far NCM Motorsports Park has come since the day they opened back in 2014. We’ve enjoyed every lap we’ve made on the course, have had great times at...

Take Up Falconry: This 1967 Ford Falcon Looks Like A Rowdy Good Time

Everybody’s in Indianapolis for the PRI Show and I’m…not. I love the PRI Show, but after last year’s fun involving the Angry Grandpa Chrysler, a failed oil pressure sensor,...

An SRT-4 Powered MG Midget? Yeah, We’re About That! Check Out The Work Needed To Make This Happen!

I’m often curious about the true appeal of British roadsters. Yeah, they’re cute and all, but two-digit horsepower ratings on spindly little tires does not equate a fun time in my eyes....

Requiem For A Beater: A Tribute Video For The “Rotstang”

You know that it’s about time to let a car go when the rust is so bad that the door won’t close when you are sitting in the seat. But in some cases, it can be very hard to admit that...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Should Your Delivery Driver Be Driving?

I genuinely feel bad for my local delivery drivers. We have a couple in our family that work at one of the major shippers and I promise you, that ever since Thanksgiving they have been in the middle...

PRI 2018: HUGE Drag News – Paul Lee Is Back In Nitro Funny Car, Jim Oberhofer To Tune, Part Of New Super Team

They call themselves the Straight-line Strategy Group and yesterday at the 2018 PRI Show they dropped some massive news on the world of NHRA drag racing. The group which includes Scott Gardner, Doug...

PRI 2018: Steve Matusek Joins Elite Motorsports To Drive Turbocharged Pro Mod Mustang In 2019

(Photos by Erica Enders Racing Instagram) – It has been a highly eventful week of drag racing news so far at the 2018 PRI Show. Concentrating on the pro modified side of things, there was a...

2018 Houston Autorama Coverage: Here’s The Last Blast Of Photos From The Event – Indoor and Outdoor Cars

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Here’s it is, the last images from the 2018 Houston Autorama as shot by Charles Wickam. We’re going to show you cars that are inside and outside,...

Not Smart: Chicagoland Street Racers Jailed After Police Investigate Youtube Videos

(By Greg Rourke) – First off, these are my opinions. I’m Greg Rourke, just a contributor. Maybe I’m an cranky old guy. Strike that, I am a cranky old guy. I find nothing acceptable...

A Moment Of Zen: An Untouched Barn Find, And It’s First Wash

They might still be out there, but locating that one-in-a-million untouched barn find that isn’t reduced to paper-thin metal and a useful VIN tag is getting rarer by the day for the kinds of...

MORE: MOPAR, Videos

Great Idea Office, Nitrous Division: Cleetus And Crew Hit The Dyno With The Auction Corvette

Credit to Cleetus for making lemonade out of lemons here. We told you last week about how, in a moment of full impulse, he bought a C6 Corvette that had taken a mild tap up front from an auction for...

2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Gallery: Here’s More Cars, More Trucks, and more Cool

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Now we move on to muscle cars and this one is made up of the non-GMs in attendance.  Remember we didn’t have time to get into the track area during...