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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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This Is Literally The Craziest Tractor Pulling Video We Have Ever Seen – Complete Destruction

This is an amazing piece of footage that appears to date from somewhere in the 1980s and it features the wildest pulling incident we have ever seen BY A LOT. What’s doubly weird is that this...

Pro Mod Action – Extreme Outlaw Pro Modifieds Take Over Virginia Motorsports Park!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Powerful weekend in Virginia at VA Motorsports Park for the first EOPM race of the year.  The event on Saturday April 12, was a special one as Stuart...

Registration Open For Eight Remaining USCA Events In 2014 – Race And Hobnob With BS Sponsors Like Lingenfelter, RideTech, and Jet Hot

Our friends over at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Association have dropped us a line, informing everyone that registration is now open for the final eight events of the 2014 USCA season at tracks...

Corey Michalek’s Top Alcohol Win At Charlotte Is The Coolest Thing I Have Ever Announced In Drag Racing

So as many of you know, I am on the announcing staff with the NHRA for about half the scheduled races during the 2014 season. I worked at the Gatornationals in March and just returned from my trip to...

Funny Video: This Three Wheeled Mustang Is Your Daily Moment Of Automotive Stupidity

There aren’t many youTube video titles that stop me dead in my tracks, but anything involving “Three wheel” and “Mustang” is sure to grab my attention. This is a short...

Pro Touring Power Gallery: The Coolest Corner Burning Muscle From Del Mar Goodguys

Goodguys listened to Bret Voelkel a number of years ago and added autocrosses to a smattering of their events across the country as a bit of a test for a larger program. Voelkel had been after them...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Full Frontal Assault By The Part Guy’s One Mortal Enemy

I have a general rule in my household for all creatures: If I have invited or brought you into my home, you are a welcomed guest. If you have barged your way in, you are as good as dead. I don’t...

This Video Shows How Ford Will Get A 2015 Mustang To The 86th Floor Of The Empire State Building Quickly

A couple weeks ago we told you the story of how Ford loaded a Mustang into an elevator at the Empire State Building in 1965 and displayed it on the 86th floor observatory of the building for a short...

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Show Coverage: The Eric “Crash” Layne Memorial Car Show – A Benefit for the ALS Association

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Part two of Tommy Lee Byrd’s car guy weekend involved a hometown car show in Dayton, Tennessee. The proximity of the event allowed the whole family to...

The 20th Orange Plaza Car Show – More SoCal Coolness – Muscle, Sporty Cars, Hot Rods

We’re back with a second collection of photos from the 20th Orange Plaza car show, which bought our some of the nicest iron in all of California’s famed Orange County into one place to...

This 1956 Powell Pickup Truck Is Insanely Rare And Built Off Of A 1941 Plymouth – Buy It!

We got tipped off to this Craigslist ad by our pal Brady who saw it an immediately forwarded it on to us like a good BangShifter would. See, when people see weird stuff on the internet, we have kind...

VIDEO: It’s the Mods vs. the Rockers in this awesome clip from Great Britain

We’re barely aware of the tension between two rival gangs of hoodlums in Great Britain in 1964, but it made for some awesome footage, and inspired a whole lot of cool music over the years. This...

SoCal Media Challenge At The Frank Hawley Drag Racing School – BS Contributor Takes It All!

NewsStand and Online editors and contributors meet for supremacy on the Fontana quarter-mile. Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne     In early April, a bunch of cocky media-types, both male...

This Turbocharged Small Block Powered Ferrari 250 GTO Goes 8s, Drives To Track, Rules All (Video)

The Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the world’s most famous, beautiful, and expensive cars. Real ones sell for between 20-30 million dollars at auction and at private sales between captains of...