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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Door Cars, Pro Mod And More!

Here’s our last blast of photos from David Whealon, but we’ve got more galleries coming still! Use the link below to check out any of the photos you might have missed so far! (Photos by...

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SEMA 2018: Mahle Motorsport Continues To Bring You The Best Pistons For Your Project

Looking inside of your engine, you will find that precious few things take more of a beating that the pistons themselves. They have to tolerate the abuses of controlled explosions, tons of forces...

Watch Robert Hight’s Crazed Trip Into The Net At The 2017 NHRA World Finals

Robert Hight enters the 2018 NHRA World Finals as the second runner in the fuel funny car points chase. If you think that worries him one bit, you missed the memo on what he did in 2017. The murky...

Holley EFI Goes Big! Real Big! New Pro Series 12.3″ Digital Dashes Are Here And These Suckers Are Bad Ass!

Digital touch screen dashes come in everything known to man nowadays, and with companies like Holley EFI and Racepak providing a variety of options, it seemed like everyone could get something that...

This $1,000 Nissan Pulsar Seems Like A Barrel Of Fun In The Dirt – The Cure For The Quarter Million Deusey

Life is about balance and on a day when we showed you a $250,000 clone Deusenberg we felt that there needed to be an appropriately BangShift palate cleanse to follow it. This car stands as a perfect...

How Much Is Enough: This Duesenberg Clone Has An Asking Price Of $249,000 – Crazy or Not?

Clone cars are nothing new, there’s a booming market for them all over the place but some of them are certainly in a different league than others. That can be a good thing or a bad thing....

No, Really, It’s A Great Idea: Who Wants A 760 Horsepower AMC Gremlin?

It might be one of the most maligned American Motors products ever made, but the AMC Gremlin did fill a role that needed to be filled when it debuted for 1970. Effectively a Hornet that had a small...

Seems Legit: Watch This Wheel Horse With a CBR 1000 Motor Run 12s At Santa Pod

Now THIS is awesome. A a proud former Wheel Horse owner, I can tell you that they are great little tractors that can do a myriad of jobs around the house but I can also tell you that a fast walk is...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Is There Room For A Four-Door Ford Mustang Now?

(Lead Photo: X-Tomi Design) It seems like the concept of a four-door pony car won’t ever go away. Look to the past, look to the future, and you’ll see attempts to graft on two extra doors...

McLeod Has New Products, Expanded Offerings For 2019 – Shifters, Flywheels, Clutches, and Automatic Kits!

It is always great to stop by and see the people at McLeod Performance Engineered Driveline Solutions, especially at SEMA because as time has shown, these guys and girls are always working on...

Morning Symphony: One Beefy Biscayne – All Guts, Glory Comes Naturally

Have you ever looked at a car and without hearing it or seeing it in action, you simply know that you’re looking at something absolutely beastly? For some reason, the Chevrolets of the late...

2018 SEMA Show Coverage: The Endless Stream of Cars and Truck Just Keeps On Coming!

(Photos by the author) – We’re back with more cars and trucks from the 2018 SEMA show floor. This year’s show was packed full of the kind of excitement and anticipation that we...

Enough Delays: SEMA Is Threatening To Sue NHTSA Due To Inaction On The Low Volume Motor Vehicle Act

When the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Act of 2015 passed, there was a wave of celebration in the automotive aftermarket community. The basic rules were simple and easy to follow: 325 vehicles a year,...

2018 SEMA Show Cool Car: “Kaspar”, The Goolsby Customs 1974 Plymouth Duster

I first saw the car when I went in after-hours Monday night. A few guys were crawling all over the car with detail equipment, doing everything in their power to make sure that the 1974 Plymouth...

Watch The 1980 NHRA World Finals From Ontario Motor Speedway Right Here – Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock

The 1980 NHRA season was one for the books and the World Finals that year, held at the cavernous Ontario Motor Speedway was a real hum dinger of a drag race. Coming into the event the top fuel race...