.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.
Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Will Ultra High Temps Cause Trouble For Competitiors?

There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas...

Read more

Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos Continue! Here’s Our First Day 2 Racing Gallery from Darana Dragway 42 in Ohio

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We’ve got Buckeye Skip’s drag and drive photos right here! We already shared photos from Day #1’s checkpoints and racing, but now it is time for Day #2...

Read more

The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! Swap Meet And Car Show Photos From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest...

Read more

More FJ40 Custom Fabrication! This Beast Gets An ECM Install, Branik Links, Custom Cooler Mounts, and A Stereo Install.

When you start making real headway on a project the jobs get smaller and smaller, but no less significant. Shannon and Jess are back at it on the cool FJ40 project and that means many small things...

Read more

This Is The Ultimate Call Out Challenge! We’re Talking 3,000 Horsepower Diesel Trucks Battling It Out For Bragging Rights And More!

The 2026 Ultimate Callout Challenge was epic. The meanest, nastiest, and most no-holds barred diesel trucks in the country  gathered in Indy to do battle on the dyno rollers, on the drag strip, and...

Read more

Video: The West Coast’s Largest All Ford Truck Show – The F100 Western Nationals 2026 Coverage Starts Here

We figured that if we were going to start sharing our Carlisle Ford Nationals photo coverage today, which is the largest all Ford show in the world, we might as well share the largest classic Ford...

Read more

 

Used Car Lot Find: This 1966 Pontiac Catalina Convertible Wound Up On A Ford Lot

It isn’t often that I stop in at a dealership’s lot for one specific car in the used lot. Normally I will just swing in and take a look around, annoy the sales staff, maybe even...

eBay Find: Would You Race This Old Ford Escort EXP Pro Mod After Clearing The Spider Webs?

Yes kids, there was a time when pro mods weren’t a bunch of old Camaros, Corvettes, and pro stock looking late models. In fact, there was a time when being different and weird was celebrated....

The 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Date Is Set!

With all motorsports series nearing the end of their 2015 season, some events are releasing partial schedules for the quickly approaching 2016 racing season.   Mark your 2016 calendars, now!...

Oak Tree Grand Prix Action Photos: TUDOR Series Cars Ripping Around The Classic Course

(Photos by David Whealon) – The yearly “Oak Tree Grand Prix” at Virginia International Raceway is a heck of an event. Our man David Whealon was there this year with his picture...

COMP Cams releases new 3-bolt Camshaft Race Retaining Plate For LS Engines

You really only want your cam doing one thing and that is rotating in your block to move the lifters and get the valves to doing their job, right? This, like everything else involving a race engine...

This 1955 Studebaker Ramp Truck Is Awesome And Needs And Old Stocker On Its Back

While you are reading this, Chad and I will be heading to LS Fest in Bowling Green, Kentucky for a couple days of announcing work and that’ll include stuff on the road course, the autocross,...

This 1969 COPO Camaro Clone May Not Be The Real Thing But It May Actually Be Better

(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – In April 2010, Chad Williams was driving his beloved ’69 Camaro when an older lady pulled out in front of him. He locked the brakes up and did his best...

This Video From The FIA Drag Racing Finals At Santa Pod Last Weekend Rules

While lots of US drag racing fans were getting their fill of the sport at one of the hundreds of strips across the country, the eyes of the European drag racing world were transfixed on Santa Pod...

Cruise Coverage: More Great Cars And Trucks From The Somernites Cruise

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The madness of uncategorized photos continues with this collection.  The photo with my car in the foreground was taken while we waited for the downtown...

2015 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion: More Coverage From The HUGE Event

(Photos by Rich Paisley) – We’re back today with a second and final look at the 2015 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion with the spectacular images taken by photographer Rich Paisley. This...

Good News For V8 Supercar Fans: A Final Gear Change Means That Racing At Mount Panorama Is Going To Be Even Crazier!

It’s been tough to find good news for Aussie racing when Australian manufacturers are packing up shop and switching over to importing vehicles instead, and no other motorsport has been hit like...

New National Record! Truck Driver Chokes On Dr. Pepper Mows Down 23 Cars At Dealership

You may be having a crummy day today and that stinks but since we’re nice guys and we’re always looking to help BangShifters keep their spirits high, we have found a story that makes your...

LS Fest 2015 Preview: A Collection Of Burnouts From Last Year!

We are only two days away from the kickoff of LS Fest in Bowling Green. One city, two tracks and thousands of gearheads will all come together to celebrate an engine. We will see Fords, Nissans,...

Crazy Find: 1982 Ford Mustang GT Enduro For Sale – One Of Three Ever Built

Maybe it is because I grew up in the 1980s and saw guys like Pete Hallsmer and Wally Dallenbach Jr driving IMSA GTO prepared Mustangs that I cannot look away from cars of that decade that have IMSA...