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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Take A Look At What’s New At The National Corvette Museum: From New Cars On Display To New Exhibits!

As we continue through winter, we look forward to spring, when the weather finally starts to cooperate and people start getting out of the house for a while. Naturally, we’ve got a long list of...

Prolong Unveils Their Steve Strope Built 1955 Chevy 210 Wagon At Grand National Roadster Show

We’ve showed you the renderings now here’s the real thing. Prolong unveiled their 1955 Chevy 210 wagon at the 2016 Grand National Roadster Show and did so in fine fashion inside the Pure...

2016 Pittsburgh World of Wheels Coverage: Our Last Blast From The Show

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Hot rodding, like everything else has been indelibly changed by the internet. There was a time when it was very easy to tell what part of the country a car came from...

Wild Story: Former Up And Coming NASCAR Hopeful Accused Of Assaulting Mentor In Maine

The world of auto racing no matter the style of competition that it is, no matter the direction the cars travel, and no matter the speeds they do it at is one of the most harsh, unforgiving, and...

This 1964 Buick Riviera Is Unique In A Bunch Of Ways But The Engine Is A Topper

The Buick Riviera was one of the most important cars that GM dropped on the world in the 1960s. Released as a 1963 model year offering, the styling and attitude of the machine were more European...

NMCA Rumors: Brand New NMCA Pro NA Category To Be Unveiled This Week? 400ci Pro Stocks?

For about a week, our pals over at CompetitionPlus.com have been dropping some hints on what would be another new and potentially awesome NMCA category for the upcoming season. They are smarter and...

Unhinged: What The Military Needs To Replace The HMMWV With…Forget Bigger, Go Smaller For Once!

The HMMWV is in it’s sunset years…this we’ve known, and honestly, for the military, it’s a long time coming. I’ve blasted it before and I’ll blast it again:...

Now THIS Is A Pass! Skip Barber Competitor Uses Entire Track, Holy Spirit, To Overtake

(By Eric Rood) – Sebring International Raceway remains one of the most unique circuits in the world, having been built as a bomber base during World War II and then repurposed as a racetrack....

Question Of The Day: Why Isn’t Rally Racing Bigger In The United States?

Yes, the racing at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona was exciting and close, especially if you were watching the Corvettes duke it out in GTLM. But there was another race going on where the margin of...

Pontiac Drag Racing Legend, Speed Parts Manufacturer, and Straight Line Pioneer Jess Tyree Dies

The unrelenting march of time has called another drag racing great home. This time it is Pontiac racing legend and famed header manufacturer Jess Tyree. His drag racing story is one that rings...

Relive The NHRA Winternationals From 50 Years Ago With This Amazing Video

As you read this the majority of the top tier teams in the NHRA drag racing world are either at the track making test runs or they are on their way to the track to make their testing runs to close...

Cars, Trucks, Customs, And More From The Grand National Roadster Show 2016 In Pomona

You wanted photo coverage of the Grand National Roadster Show 2016 and we’re gonna give it to you. Here are a bunch more photos to go with the galleries we already posted this weekend....

FAST To Hold EFI Training Classes At California’s Westech Performance Group In February – Sign Up!

If you are someone who is looking to educate yourself in the world of electronic fuel injection, the guys at FAST have something right up your alley. In just a couple of weeks FAST will hold EFI...

Think The Radio Flyer Is Crazy? This Art Car Is A 1972 Cadillac Being Swallowed By A ’49 International Metro

  BangShift reader Kim Welch gets all the credit in the world for this find because it is so weird, so interesting, and so downright bizarre we never would have found it by ourselves. (Chad...