Hotchkis Autocross Takes Over At NMCA West Finals In Fontana
We got there at exactly the wrong time, as the lunch break was just about to start, but the Hotchkis Autocross was on like Donkey Kong this weekend in Fontana! While we were over running on the...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage: Big Dog $15K To Win At Piedmont Dragway!
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Once again, the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod organization was racing at Piedmont in North Carolina this mid October at the famous home of the Big Dog. This...
Holley Hydramat To Be Installed In Every Super Stadium Truck Immediately
We were literally the first outlet in the known universe to break the news about the Holley Hydrant and it happened at PRI last year. The unique fuel pickup system that lies on the bottom of a tank...
If Two Is Good, Four Should Be Great: Listen To This Mazda RX3 Tear The Air Apart On A Speed Run!
The only three and four-rotor Wankel engines ever created by Mazda were hustled into race cars. Period. Every street car, from the lowly front-wheel-drive Luce to the FD RX-7 made do with two rotors...
The Roughest Start Ever: One Part C4 Corvette, One Part Mooney Aircraft, And A Dash Of Dodge. Would You Dare Take It On?
As you know, the Rough Start budget is $5,000 unless I can find a way to argue my way around it. Normally I fudge the number a little for a car that is so close to the mark that a couple hundred...
eBay Find: This 1979 Dodge SE 300 Truck Is Mostly Stock With One Awesome Exception
There’s nothing overtly wrong with a bone stock 1979 Dodge SE 300 dually truck. They had great styling, they were tough as nails, they were rocking good axles, a Torqueflite transmission, and...
Cynthiana Rod Run 2015 Coverage: 1,500+ Cars and Almost Saw ‘Em All
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Fifteen hundred and thirty-three. 1,533 registered cars. More showed up after registration. By a large margin the 2015 edition of the relatively...
Jay Leno Gets The Rare Opportunity To Drive The Only Operable Mercedes C111 Sports Coupe
Question: What looks like the love child between the AMX/3 and the Maserati Bora, has come with diesel engines, V8s and Wankel rotaries, and has gullwing doors? Nope, not a Bricklin SV-1. Shame on...
Can Changing The Oil Be As Easy As Changing A Printer’s Ink Cartridge? With The Castrol Nexcel System, It Could Be! (VIDEO)
The oil change is that first maintenance step that most people deal with as a vehicle owner. Oil is the lifeblood of the engine, and has to be changed, and for decades that job fell to either a...
Sunday Nostalgia At Lancaster Dagway: Gas Attack! Check Out These Gasser Action Photos
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – I am of the (not too controversial) opinion that you can draw a theoretical dotted line from the gassers of the 1960s and early 1970s to the pro modified of today....
Unhinged: Two Wild Hours At The 2015 ADD Dragtoberfest Diesel Drags At US 60 Dragway
It’s been a busy few months at BangShift Mid-West. Ever since early August I’ve been splitting time between writing and playing Bob The Builder, fixing up the largest purchase I’ve...
Freaky Cool? Freaky Weird? You Decide What You Think About This 1965 C10 Cab Coupe
Here’s a build that will certainly polarize the audience! A hot rod shop took a 1965 Chevy C10 truck cab, gave it a severe chop, ditched all the sheetmetal ahead of the cowl, greatly narrowed...
Lancaster Dragway Sunday Nostalgia – More Photos From A Killer Even In NY
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more photos from Lancaster National Dragway’s Sunday Nostalgia meet which took place earlier in the summer. Why are we just running the...
This Mildly Hot Rodded 1934 Ford Truck Is As Class Act That We’d Love To Cruise
Is there anything neater than when someone takes a classic and iconic shape, tweaks stuff just a little and then “lets it breathe” like the builder of the 1934 Ford pickup did here? We...
