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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Ram Trucks Will Remain Steel Through 2020. Will This Help Or Hurt Them?

The truck wars are just as nasty as the power wars for the manufacturers right now. Either you can out-tow the other or you can be the most economical, either way you can win. Ford produced their...

Wheels In The Air: Watch This ProCharged BBC-Powered Dragster Reach For The Sky!

Glen Curtis’s big-block Chevrolet-powered American dragster might be hooking a tad too well, or making just a little too much horsepower right off the bat. We come to that conclusion after...

Unhinged: The Fiberglass Hornet’s Nest-My Time At The NCM 20th Anniversary and Track Opening

It’s difficult to put into words just what occurred here in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Yes, the National Corvette Museum celebrated their 20th anniversary, a milestone that should be celebrated....

It’s Official: Ford’s Next Hot Mustang Is “GT 350”. Thanks For The Name, But Can You Give Us Another Clue?

When comparing lists of what is/is not known about the Ford Mustang’s performance model that slots above the GT, the list of “known” is almost nil, while the “not known but...

Björn Waldegård, The First WRC Champion, Has Passed Away

Björn Waldegård, rally-racing royalty and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1979, has passed on at the age of 71. A rally racer for over thirty years, Waldegård was known for...

NCM Motorsports Park Grand Opening Celebration: Footage From The Track!

You trust us at BangShift to get you the best, highest-quality information and entertainment to you in a timely manner, and one way or the other, we will do it! The opening of the National Corvette...

Watch This Large Barge Of A 1973 Olds Rip Sweet Donuts On A Country Road – Sleeper City

Here’s a perfect video for a Saturday because it’ll make you smile and make you want to go out there and drive your hot rod. Why? Because this is pure fun in a big, cool car and because...

Who Wants An Off-Road-Capable Muscle Car? I Do! Check This Out!

When I owned my 2005 Mustang GT, I learned that VFN Fiberglass made an entire S197 Mustang body. Thoughts ran through my head of planting said body onto a Ranger frame, stuffing a high-revving V8...

Gallery: National Corvette Museum 20th Anniversary and Motorsports Complex Grand Opening: Thursday

You better believe that when there is an anniversary, and an event, as high-priority as the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the National Corvette Museum, and the grand opening of the NCM...

Gallery: Personalized Plates From The National Corvette Museum 20th Anniversary Celebration

Corvette owners aren’t a shy bunch by a long shot. They are expressive, proud of their rides and even if their ‘Vette has been restored to numbers-matching perfection, there is one thing...

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There Is Something About This Video About A Plymouth Satellite That Will Stir Your Inner Hot Rodder

The folks at Burlapen Films sent over this cool video about a 1967 Plymouth Satellite that we really dig. If you are looking for sexy, snappy, music video type of video, this isn’t it. If you...

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This Original SS396 Impala Wagon Rules, Is For Sale, And We Want It!

Since we are currently working on our own 1966 Chevrolet Station Wagon, although ours started life as a 283 and Powerglide equipped Bel Air model, we got super excited when we saw this rare SS396, 9...

Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Airs Tonight On MavTV From California Speedway

Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car is heading to California in this weekends episode, and that means hot and heavy racing action at Fontana’s Auto Club California Speedway, home...

This European Ford Granada Is One Of The Most Evil Sleepers We’ve Seen! 1700+ Horsepower!

Of all the things you could call the Ford Granada Mark II, “fast” isn’t a word that comes to mind first. When the hot button is a 160hp V6, things aren’t looking good. When...