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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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Mecum Classic Car Auction Indy Is LIVE Right Here! Watch All The Bidding Action On Your Favorites.

Classic car auctions, hell any car auction, is a good time. Auctions in general are a fun way to maybe get a deal and to have a better time doing it than just walking up and making a purchase. They...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Terrifying Wreck Video: Watch A ’33 Willys Outlaw Gasser Get Completely Annihilated At Ohio’s Dragway 42

Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian caught this horrifying video last weekend at the 2013 Rock and Race event held at Ohio’s historic Dragway 42 race track. The event featured all kinds of different stuff like...

Introducing The Wally’s World GTO: Dreams Becoming A Reality. Mullets, Muscle Cars, And More.

Wally Olczak is one of those dudes in the automotive aftermarket that you may not actually know, but you know everything he’s done. We’ll cover some of that later, but the truth is this...

2012 NHRA Champion Get’s His Own Day! The City Of Norco Will Proclaim August 10th “‘Fast Jack’ Beckman Day”.

We think this is awesome because we know that Jack will think they are crazy for doing this but also really really appreciate it. While a lot of professional drivers have moved off to be nearer to...

eBay Find: A Wild 1931 Chevy With A Wedge Chop, A Baby Hemi, One Door And A Flip Top

Maybe it was the gallons of margaritas I slugged down on vacation last week or some of the weird food I ate, but something has caused me to become transfixed on the car shown below. Part of me thinks...

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Cruise Gallery: Morgantown, PA Sonic Cruise -Traditional Hot Rods To Pro Street

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – In terms of pound for pound coolness, the cruise night that Joe Grippo has filed a few galleries from that’s held in the lot of a Sonic restaurant situated in...

BangShift Question of the Day: Screaming Small Blocks or Bellowing Big Big Blocks?

Here’s a debate that will rage for the eternity of BangShiftin’, the epic struggle between high revving small blocks and large big block engines. We love hearing V8 engines touching RPM...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Mustang Sally” The Los Lobos Version.

Since Ford is leaving NHRA Drag Racing, including John Force Racing, we figured we would throw up a Ford song for today’s BangShift Daily Tune Up. Since we’ve already has Mustang Sally as...

Donut Derelicts Car Cruise Gallery: Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Hot Rods, And BangShifters

Every Saturday morning around 9am 150-250 hot rods, muscle cars, street rods, trucks, and bike converge at the corner of Adams and Magnolia in Huntington Beach for a couple hours of hot rod heaven....

Video: Behind The Goodguys ’32 Ford Tribute Car. One ’32 Became A Logo, That Logo Became This ’32 Ford

If you haven’t seen the Goodguys ’32 Ford Giveaway car that was built by the guys at Kindig It Design, you are missing out. The car was designed to be a tribute to Goodguys founder Gary...

Ford Announces End Of All NHRA Professional Drag Racing Sponsorships At Close Of 2014 Season

Ford Racing has announced that the close of the 2014 season will mark the end of their sponsorship programs with NHRA racers like John Force (and his fleet of cars), Tim Wilkerson, Bob Tasca, and the...

Behind the Scenes Of Rhys Millen’s 2009 Trophy Truck Backflip

This is a great video. Really well done documentary style video that shows the practice, the fabrication, the frustration and more. It’s completely different than the type of backflips that...

Guinness World Record Donuts Video: 75 Cars Simultaneously Doing Donuts

We figured we would end our Sunday of stunts by giving you video of the Guinness World Record for the number of cars doing donuts all at the same time. The magic number is 75 and was done at Sonoma...

Rollover Contest Video With Super Slow Motion. Super Violent And Amazing

We love rollover contests, and have wanted to do one for a while, but after seeing this video that may not be a smart idea. In realtime this video is pretty awesome because the rollover is pretty...

Stunt Video Weirdness: The Bus Jumps The Motorcycles!

Isn’t the motorcycle supposed to jump buses? I don’t think it’s supposed to work the other way around. And who would choose a double decker bus if they were planning on being...