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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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It’s Over: Elite Motorsports and Mopar Part Ways – Enders and Coughlin Expected To Be In Chevrolets

After two seasons of pro stock championship efforts, Elite Motorsports ventured into unfamiliar territory in 2016 and the results were not what they or their corporate partner Mopar wanted....

One Of The Coolest Jeep CJ-5 Renegades We’ve Seen Is Up For Sale! You Have To See This Thing!

A couple of years back, Jeep brought back the legendary nameplate Renegade to their lineup as an entry level vehicle to open the door to all things Jeep to a new generation of buyers. Many die hard...

One of Craig Breedlove’s Rocket Cars is Up for Sale on eBay

I won’t pretend to know much about this car, but most of you will know who Craig Breedlove is. One of the pioneers of rocket-powered cars in land-speed racing, Breedlove and his first pair of...

The Monaro From Hell: Watch As The FEAR Holden Monaro Turns Into A Sociopathic Flamethrower At Burnout Boss!

For many people, watching an Australian burnout contest elicits some rather disdainful thoughts: the waste of a perfectly good car, perfectly good tires, and perfectly good fuel all for what amounts...

Watching This 1980 AMC Eagle Play In The Snow Is The BangShift Way Of Reminding You Winter Is Almost Here!

It’s official: any vestige of summer is long gone. The leaves are coming down like rain around BangShift Mid-West, the weather has taken a turn for the cooler, the sunset can be seen at a...

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Big Mover: This 1978 Ford LTD II Is Encouraging Us In Bad Ways…

It’s a strange phenomenon: Whenever I see slot mags on a mid-1970s Ford, the inner stunt driver starts going psychotic. And what’s even stranger is that voice of reason, the one that...

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The Final Thrash: Time-Lapse Videos Of The Finishing Touches Of Finnegan’s Drag Boat!

Every year, when it’s getting close to the first week in November, you’ll start to hear a lot of talk about “the SEMA crunch”. What it means is that for the past year or so, a...

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Never Meet Your Heroes: Regular Car Reviews Gets To Drive The “Defiance” Dodge Charger!

The only reason I know of the video game “Defiance” or the television show that followed is this one car. It looks exactly as it’s supposed to: a post-apocalyptic monster of a...

Begging To Be Romped On: This Five-Speed, 5.4-Swapped Ford Crown Victoria Is The Barge Of Our Dreams!

The Ford Panther platform has been dead for five years now, and most people only acknowledge it’s loss when they realized that they needed to start memorizing another set of headlights to...

A 500 Horsepower, V8 Prius Might be the Only Acceptable Prius

The Toyota Prius draws the derision of racing and auto enthusiasts everywhere and the hybrid certainly has its share of stereotypes. However, there are at least a couple of Priuses (Prii?) that...

Fire Is No Joke: Gary Sheehan Recounts the Frightening Seconds During Which His Race Car Was On Fire

Fire. You’d be hard-pressed to find a word that frightens race car drivers more. United States Touring Car Championship competitor Gary Sheehan found that out November 12 during the final USTCC...

Morning Symphony: Leave It To An Australian To Out-Burnout An Australian

Some people like to rise gently with the sun, starting the day off calmly. Then there’s those who have their alarm set to the song of choice that kicks off like a bomb blast and greet the world...

Street Car Super Nats 2015 Highlight: Mustang Spins Three Times At SCSN And Doesn’t Hit ANYTHING!

Seeing cars spin, or crash, at a drag strip isn’t anything new. But what this Mustang does is beyond description. You have to watch this. Not only does this car pull the wheels at the hit, and...

Rough Start: This 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne Is The Cheapest Of The Cheap!

If you had the money and all the time in the world to go hunting for the perfect project car, something tells me that nearly ten out of ten times, you’d head straight for the Southwest....