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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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Unhinged: Always Just Out Of Reach

We all have that top-spot perfect project car. Very lucky few of us are lucky enough to get our hands on it and make something successful out of it. When you are able to get one, they are pure...

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B.J. Baldwin And Hoonigan Release “Recoil 2” Video: Flying A Truck In Ensenada, Mexico

Hoonigan and Monster Energy have been great about releasing racing videos that borderline on pure automotive porn for years. For rally racing, they have Ken Block’s Gymkhana series. Mike Ryan...

Craigslist Find: A Viper-engined Honda S2000, For The Deathwish You Never Knew You Had

The Honda S2000 is the least-annoying Honda made, if you want my honest opinion. It wasn’t a boring sedan that only just did it’s job, it wasn’t a pretentious hybrid, and it...

Craigslist Find: A Collection Of Potential Projects In Kansas Is Up For Sale

Got to thank BangShifter Ron Ward for turning me on to this sale going on out in Great Bend, Kansas. This is a potential treasure trove of cars and trucks that is up for sale. The vehicles run a...

Rough Start: A Cheap Way Into A 1964 Chevy

The 1964 Chevrolet full-size cars are an icon of sorts. They have classic good looks from the factory, the Impala SS cars were stout runners, and about every possible version of this car has been...

Auction News: Johnny Cash’s Rolls-Royce Is Headed To Barrett-Jackson

This black-and-chrome beauty of a 1970 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is heading to Barrett-Jackson, and much like the silver 1975 Pontiac Grand Safari that cleaned house at Mecum earlier this year,...

Action Gallery: Gravelrama 2014 – Competitors Attacking The Legendary Big Eliminator Hill! The Pea Gravel Mountain From Hell

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let me start by saying that though we don’t have a race track or offroad park next door to us, Central Kentucky is close to some many venues for so...

Ebay Find: This Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Is So Sweet It Hurts

Comfort, room and power: that’s the rule of thumb for hitting the highway. While the trend in America for the last 25 years has been to use an SUV, those who are at least thirty and older...

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Pure Auditory Perfection: Watch And Listen To Group B Rally Cars In Their Native Environment

We here at BangShift cannot say enough about how much we love Group B rally cars. They are the pinnacle of what could be done when rules were pretty much all but thrown out of the window, and...

Ever Wonder Why Turbo Drag Cars Take A While To Stage? This Drag Week Video Explains It With Great Clarity And Humor

One of the cool things that the Hot Rod staff did during Drag Week was attempt to answer some of the most common questions that came up in the chat room as we were doing the live video broadcast. As...

Behold, The First 3D-printed Car From Local Motors

Local Motors has no boundaries when it comes to vehicle design. Nothing but nothing will stop them from pursuing a goal. I’ve seen it for myself during their Open House events at the Chandler,...

Action Gallery: More Mud Flying, Wheelstanding, Barely In Control Action From the Brazoria County Mud Drags

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more cool photos from the recently held Brazoria County Mud drags. This MRA sanctioned event...

Regular Car Review: The 1988 Chrysler New Yorker

Do you remember the first time Dad came home with a brand new car when you were a kid? The paint was perfect, the interior…oh, that smell!…how it all was? For a lot of people, that was...

Drag Week 2014: Justin Oney’s Photo Diary – Day One On The Strip And On The Road

(Photos by Justin Oney) – Lots of us were wondering how on Earth, the Hot Rod Magazine people were going to stretch the drive into 1,000+ miles between the tracks wer were racing at. If you...