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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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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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New CDS Alternator and Accessory Drives From Chris Alston’s Chassisworks

Chassisworks Component Drive Systems (CDS) are the most bitchin way to drive your centrifugal supercharger. Their also able to drive your water pump, alternator, and more. In fact, the newest...

Video: Death Defying Tractor Tug Of War Gone So Wrong It’s Right!

Since the dawn of time men have played tug of war with anything available. Men, wagons, tractors, trucks, cars, and toys have all been used to determine who is the strongest. And for some reason,...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Funny Car Or Top Fuel? Which Would You Rather Drive?

With incredibly rare exception, every drag race fan on the planet has dreamed of driving a nitro powered machine. And we’ve all got ideas and reasons for wanting to drive a Funny Car or Top...

Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners Form Real Pro Mod Association (RPM)

In a move that gives NHRA Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners some power in numbers, they have formed Real Pro Mod, aka RPM, in an effort to preserve and promote the future of Pro Mod Racing. Despite...

Gallery: Batmobiles, General Lee, Starsky and Hutch, Famous Movie/TV Cars at The Dezer Collection

Miami, Florida’s Dezer Collection car museum has a massive grouping of famous movie and tv cars like one of the original Batmobiles (#3 made), a General Lee, the Monkeemobile, a Starsky and...

Buford T Justice 9C1 Caprice Update: Metal Fab,Head Work, A Good Surprise, An Awful One

As promised, we’re back with another update of Project Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice. In the last installment we took the car to the dyno and thrashed all day bolting on more than 20hp...

BangShift.com Daily Tune Up: “Little Deuce Coupe” By The Beach Boys

Between Jan and Dean, and the Beach Boys, they transported the ’60s surf music crowd into the street racing and hot rodding scene. Songs about the cars, the races, and the culture were king. No...

Ridetech Is Hiring! Have You Always Wanted A Gig With One Of The Aftermarket’s Best?

Ridetech, manufacturers of bitchin coil over and air ride suspension systems, is hiring! And if you have been looking for a new job in the aftermarket, or are looking to get into the the automotive...

Video: Fire, Fire, Fire! Fuel Line Failure At Motorvation 2013 Australian Supercruise

Dom O’Loughlin sent is this one yesterday, and it’s awesome in a bad way. While participating in the Motorvation 2013 Supercruise, where cars are going down the dragstrip and making laps...

Video: Watch A Nitrous Infected Small Block Ford Powered Geo Tracker Pull A Massive Power Wheelie At The Strip!

File this one under “so wrong it’s right”. We found video of a little Geo Tracker that has been muscled up by time with the addition of a small block Ford V8, a whole bunch of...

eBay Find: A 1968 Corvette With An Eckler’s Sport Wagon Conversion And Romping GM 572ci/720hp Crate Motor!

Well this one is certainly interesting. We found this 1968 Corvette when trolling the halls of eBay for big block ‘Vettes because that’s what kind of mood we were in this morning. This is...

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Video Highlights From The 2013 PRO Winter Warmup NHRA Top Fuel And Funny Car Test Session

If you missed BangShift.com’s exclusive LIVE broadcast from the 2013 PRO Winter Warmup Top Fuel and Funny Car test session, where all of NHRA’s top nitro teams made their first passes of...

Video: Courtney Force Runs “World’s Fastest”, 322.73 MPH Funny Car Run, At PRO Winter Warmup

When Ron Capps ran 3.964 at 320.89 miles per hour at Englishtown during the 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season, it knocked the world on it’s ear. Well that same scenario went down in West...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Animal On Brandon Bernstein’s Top Fuel Dragster?

Brandon Bernstein was one of the few racers at the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up to have their paint/wrap for the 2013 NHRA campaign already installed on their car for the weekend at PBIR. Bernstein, who...