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FREE Bathurst Livestream: The Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance Race IS ON NOW! All The Weekend’s Action LIVE Right Here!

It’s time for the Bathurst 12 hour, LIVE! If you dig endurance road racing, at one of the most famous race tracks in road racing history to boot, then you are going to want to watch all the...

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Grind Hard Rebuilt the Most Extreme ATV From 1970! They Would Never Let These Pay Cats Be Sold New Today!

Growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s means I’ve seen some products offered for sale that would never be allowed as a new product sold today. Lawn Darts are the ones that everyone...

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One Of The Most Powerful Corvettes Ever Produced Getting Tested! The New 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Is a Track Weapon!

1,000 horsepower Corvettes, from the factory. Man it is good to be an automotive enthusiast in 2026. With more than one offering above 1,000 horsepower, and multiple others not far below that four...

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Evil Little Road Car Feature: This Hand Built SUPERCHARGED RENAULT Is Called “La Brute”, And It’s A Bad Ass!

I’m a fan of the weird body styles and models of cars, especially when they come from somewhere else in the world. When talking about cars from the 1940s through the 1970s, many cars from...

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Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: Steve Is Visiting The Snowy Backyard Auto In New Hampshire, Where He’s Found Barracudas!

Steve Magnante is back at it, at Backyard Auto in New Hampshire to check out another great muscle car project or two. This is a 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, or a pair to be exact, and while they didn’t...

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Save Up To 40% Off During The Holley Winter Overstock Sale! Parts You Want And Need At The Best Prices Of The Year!

Man are there some deals right here! Holley has tons of parts on sale now to make room for new inventory! If you have been waiting for a deal on the right parts, then this just might be the time....

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Bolt-On Handling Improvements With Parts From Chris Alston’s Chassisworks!

Since when did “bolt-on” become some kind of bad thing? Would you like to simply unbolt a part, and bolt on something better in it’s place? I would…I have no shame in...

Watch Kurt Anderson Crash His Arctic Arrow Rocket Dragster While Attempting To Break Sammy Miller’s Ice Speed Record – He Walked Away

We have been following the exploits of Kurt Anderson and the Minnesota “Rocket Boys” for a few years now as they have built, tested, and used their rocket powered creations, going ever...

Wrong Name, Right Car? The 1988 Chevy Nova Embarrassed Muscle Car Fans, But Was It An OK Car? We Say Yes.

There’s a genre of car that literally does not exist today and that is the cheap, stripped down, high winding four banger powered, sporty econobox. This was something that existed for decades...

Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Photo Coverage: Jeeps, Bikes, and VWs! Neat Stuff Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you’ve ever taken the time to read any of my entries here you know how I usually try to organize or categorize the photos.  I’ve even done this...

Standing Tall: This 1956 Olds 88 Straight Axle Gasser Tribute Is A Wonderful Car Priced To Sell Quick

You can own this thing for less than $20,000 and to us, that sounds like one hell of a deal, especially when you check out the paint job and then look at all the work that’s been done to the...

Well, This Sucks: The Outlaw Street Car Reunion VII Event at Beech Bend Has Been Cancelled

Even with everything that happened at last year’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion, from the usual roll-of-the-dice weather that western Kentucky threw at the racers to the whole timing system...

Big Brick: This 1975 Dodge Sportsman Is Proper Vanning…One Rolling Hotel Room, Sir!

As the threat of snow slinks away for another year, it’s time to start preparing for all of the fun that this year will bring. Travel season is already starting to hit BangShift as...

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Mixing It Up: Tons Of Turbo Terrors Drag Racing At Olavarria In Argentina

We’re into racing that occurs all over the world. Any type, anywhere. Doesn’t matter which continent, doesn’t matter what surface, doesn’t matter what kind of machine is used....

Random Car Review: 1992 SAAC Mk 1 – Prelude To A Snake Bite

When the Shelby Mustang went away after the last of the re-VIN stamped 1970 models sold out, there was going to be fans of Carroll Shelby’s work who would miss the idea of a Ford Mustang that...

American Skidpad Practice: Cleetus And Cars Houston Burnout Footage!

Every ounce of footage we’ve seen from a Cleetus and Cars event screams unhinged fun, but this year we’re taking special note thanks to Cleetus’s recent extra-curricular activities....

Check Out QA1’s New Website! Tech Info, Common Questions Answered…And Killer Parts, Too!

The folks at QA1 speak our language. Whether it’s with a drag car that can hook and book on anything short of a half-inch of ice, a circle track car that can claw it’s way up and down the...

The Stash: Check Out This Video On Finding, Collecting, and Identifying Classic Racing Wheels – Awesome!

We all have our quirks, the stuff that we kind of key in on, and the things that we love to learn the gory details about. In the case of our pal Tommy Lee Byrd, classic magnesium racing wheels are an...

2020 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Photo Coverage: A Frigid January Weekend Gave Way To An Awesome Show!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  2020 marks the 60th annual Cavalcade of Customs in Cincinnati.  We’ve been visiting this event for quite a while and always enjoy it.  This first...

2020 NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock Action Photos: The 50th Season Of Pro Stock Got Off To A Flying Start

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Yesterday we showed you the last of our nitro powered photos from the 2020 NHRA Winternationals so today we’re showing you the last of the gasoline burning...