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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Watch In-Car Video of a Pinto Drag Car Pull a Vertical Wheelie and Taco the Front End

Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park (formerly Norwalk Raceway Park) in Ohio is one of the fastest, nicest, and hardest hooking drag strips in the country. We’ve been there back when it was...

This 1950 Power Wagon Will Kill The Purists But It Is One Capable And Gnarly Off Road Machine

This is one of those trucks that will have people cranked up pretty wildly in both directions. The purists will bemoan the chopping up and modifying of a sweet 1950 Dodge Power Wagon and the heathens...

Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst Excuse You’ve Ever Heard Anyone Give For Not Liking A Car?

The video of the guy from Vehicle Virgins who listed why he disliked the 2005-era Ford GT drew some sharp fire. While I wanted to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, the rest of you went straight...

Wild In Car Video Of What It Is Like To Make A Pass At The Merrill Ice Drags – Full Throttle On The Frozen Eighth Mile!

So just because the glaciers come in and swallow everything during the winters in Wisconsin doesn’t mean that hot rodding has to stop. Sure, if someone from California set foot on a frozen lake...

Strip Trip: A Peek Inside The Frozen Remains Of Pocono Drag Lodge – One Of The Best Known Lost Strips In The Country

So I am finally getting to this series of drag strip visit stories from our family road trip in December. I am going to run them mostly in the order that we visited but I may mess with that a little...

The Edelbrock Dual-Quad Hemi Manifold Blows The Competition Away And Looks Awesome Doing It

If we have a common failing here at BangShift it is the complete lack of hemi ownership in our past and present. That’s a sad deal that we need to get handled and we were reminded of our dearth...

2015 Pittsburgh World of Wheels Coverage: Hot Trucks, Hot Rods, Celebrities, Muscle Cars, More

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – With the new year already in full swing, it’s only fitting that the indoor car show season gets going too. While Chad and Brian were on the West Coast...

2015 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage: Cool Cars And At Least One You Wouldn’t Expect To See!

We have been systematically taking you around the 2015 Grand National Roadster show in fine style for the last several days and we’re not letting up be any stretch. In fact, we’re going...

Edmunds’ Road Test Of A 2015 Ford F-150 Starts Out With A Durability Test – With A BFH Straight To The Bed!

The idea of a long-term new vehicle test is simple: over the course of 12 months,  the vehicle gets subjected to real-world testing that covers everything from daily driving to random acts, like...

Classic YouTube: Tearing A Stuck Geo Storm A Brand New One

Nothing says “perfect winter car” quite like a Geo Storm. Light, front-wheel-drive, and if something should potentially happen to the little coupe, you’re only out about a couple...

Mark Rebilas Publishes His Best Crash And Burn Photos Of 2014 – Breathtaking Stuff From Multiple Forms Of Racing

Every driver in every photo featured below is having a bad day. They are either about to crash, crashing, engulfed in flames, dodging parts, or trying to keep a bad situation from getting worse....

This 1969 Oshkosh Plow Truck May Be The Only Thing That’ll Get Me Out Of My Driveway This Week

There’s an excellent chance that while you are reading this, I am hunkered down at the office with no power, a couple feet of snow, and sincere regret that I do not own a truck like the 1969...

Rough Start: The Dreaded One-Pic Ad – Is This 1975 Firebird Good Enough?

Gaaaah! If there’s one thing I hate when it comes to surfing Craigslist, it’s the one-picture ad. It’s one thing for AutoTrader and the local newspaper where you’re paying for...

High School Confidential: The Hilarious Story Of The Psuedosport Monte Carlo – Near Death Experiences And More

(Words by Tony Sestito/Photos Greg Stewart Collection) – Alright… story time. Back in High School, my friend Greg bought a 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo “Sport Coupe” from a...