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The Mickey Thompson Turn And Burn: 6 Second Passes, 200 mph Cars, And Plenty of Carnage Already.

Alex and Nick Taylor, along with a bunch of other sicko drag and drive folks, are in Norwalk Ohio of the Mickey Thompson Tires Turn and Burn. This is the inaugural event, and it is the kind of drag...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Our Final Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 5th, and final, gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them...

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We’ve Got NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: 4-Wide Drag Racing Is Right Here!

(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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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Friday $50,000 Big Money Race #1

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: Here’s Another Gallery from the 37th Annual Run to the Sun Car Show Custom Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More!

Here’s our 4th gallery from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them out too....

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FREE IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Spring Nationals LIVESTREAM – Pro Am Eliminations & Pro Mod And Top Fuel Qualifying From Darana National Trail Raceway

It’s time for more IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series racing action baby! They are back at it, coming to you from IHRA Darana Dragway National Trail in Ohio, where racers are going to be battling it out for...

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Watch Dennis Anderson Freestyle The King Sling On Three Wheels After One Falls Off – This Man Is Our Kind Of Lunatic

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina was never the same after Dennis Anderson showed up. The man who brought forth the Grave Digger monster truck into the world and then parlayed that into an...

Dodge and Mopar Coolness At The 2014 Detroit Auto Show — Also, Rumor Mill Has Chrysler HQ Leaving The USA?

We showed you some cool stuff from Chevrolet in the form of the 2105 Corvette Z06 yesterday and from Ford with the new F-150 and the 2015 Mustang so today we get to shine the light on the Chrysler...

2015 Mustang And 2015 F150 Are Ford’s Big Stories At Detroit Auto Show – Photos Here

Our photographer on the scene of the 2014 Detroit Auto show continues to send us dispatches from the bustling show floor as hordes of media swarm to whichever display is pouring the free drinks...

2015 Corvette Z06 – Our Photos From The Detroit Auto Show Unveil!

Just a couple hours ago the 2015 Corvette Z06 was unveiled for the assembled press in Detroit. The bad news is that we weren’t there first hand. The good news is that we had someone in the...

Gallery: The 2014 Austin AutoRama – A Huge Collection Of Awesome In Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was a busy weekend for BangShift’s Charles Wickam as he traveled to the wilds of Austin, Texas and covered two events in two days. We’re going to...

1000 Horsepower LS Turbo Getting The Headers Cherry Red. A Sneak Peek On Our LS 383 Turbo Project.

Last week we gave you Part 1 of our Cool G: 1000 Horsepower Turbo LS engine build and told you all about how the naturally aspirated combo went together. We’ll be showing you the completed 1000...

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Is This The Quickest Big Rig In The World? The Beast Goes 10-teens!

So this should rile the troops up because for the first time in your lives you’ll find yourselves embroiled in a debate about what a “real” big rig is. Like the never ending,...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Floor Comes Out And The Cage Starts Going In

With the holiday season behind us and arctic temps settling in around Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois, work has resumed at a feverish pace on Project Violent Valiant. In this update we’re...

There’s A Drag Strip In The Tiny Country Of Malta And They Run Top Fuel Cars There! (Video)

We mentioned that a BangShifter from Malta emailed us with a video tip earlier today. In his email he intimated that there were lots of cool cars on the tiny island nation and that the hot rodding...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Worst Used Parts Buying Experience?

As a gearhead, shopping for parts can be tough. Sure, in theory most projects should be relatively easy to shop for as, whether or not we’ve all realized it, this really is a Golden Age in regards...

Win Stuff: The RideTech, “Heading To Barrett Jackson” Contest IS ON! You Can Win By Commenting On This Blog Item!

As we told you earlier in the week, the famed “Grouchy” ’33 from RideTech that has carved up road courses and autocross events all across our great land s heading to be auctioned...

22 Photos From The KOI Cavalcade of Customs In Cincinnati – Lots of Vintage Drag Cars, Pro Street, Hot Rods

(Words and Photos by Chris Mohring) – One of the bad things about living in Ohio and being a gearhead is going through withdrawals for a few months of winter without any kind of car related...

LIVE STREAMING REVEAL OF 2015 CORVETTE Z06 HERE — WATCH!!!

At 9:30 AM Eastern today we’ll have live streaming video of the reveal of the 2015 Corvette Z06 AND the reveal of the C7.R racing Corvette. It should be really cool and there has been...

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BREAKING NEWS: THIS IS THE 2015 FORD F150

Minutes ago, Ford Motor Company released the first official photo of the 2015 Ford F150. This is going to be one of the biggest stories of the 2014 North American International Auto Show. The 2015...