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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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FREE LIVE VIDEO: The 5-Day Bracket Championships LIVE NOW From Palm Beach International Raceway

Mark Walter is once again on site bring you guys great drag racing, and this weekend it is the PBIR 5-Day Bracket Championships. One of the most revered races in the bracket racing world, it is also...

Epic Video: Les Mayhew’s 2012 California Hot Rod Reunion Video Right Here

While we are standing on the scaffolding bringing you all the live nostalgia drag racing coverage you have come to love here at BangShift.com, Les Mayhew is on the ground shooting his ass off getting...

Buy Now: Summit Racing Equipment Is Taking Orders For MSD Atomic LS EFI System

When MSD Announced the Atomic LS EFI System at SEMA a couple weeks ago, we told you it was going to be a big deal. And it is. Summit Racing Equipment knows it’s a big deal too, and has them up...

More Carnage Video: Watch A 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang Pull A Huge Wheelie and Then Crash Hard At Cecil County

We were tipped off to this video by BangShift reader Jack Stetson that shows a 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang factory drag car crashing hard at Cecil County Dragway in Maryland. The car launches hard and...

Carnage Video: Watch Outlaw 10.5 Racer Mike Kimmis Suffer A Huge Wreck and Explosion At Ozark Raceway Park

There’s lots of cool classes that make up the “small tire” drag racing world but for our bucks, the insanity that happens in the Outlaw 10.5 class totally takes the cake. With twin...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Inline Answer and the Toughest Challenge Yet!

Yersterday’s inline six was correctly guessed as a GM 4200 series engine. The 4.2L mill was installed in a variety of cars and trucks like the Trailblazer, Envoy, Buick Rainier and other GM...

Bonus Junkyard Gallery: Even More Coolness from Fleming’s Junkyard – Egg Harbor, NJ

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday, we brought you the first of two galleries from within the confines of Fleming’s Junkyard in Egg Harbor, NJ. Joe Grippo snuck off into the wilderness...

Awesome Find: A Wild 1931 Ford Designed As A Snow Fighting Montana Mail Delivery Vehicle – Grandfather of the TRAR!

BangShift reader Bill Gantner tipped us off to this magnificent creation that he first spotted on BringATrailer.com, which is a site you should also be reading every day. The BAT boys found this...

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Event Gallery: Fleming’s Pumpkin Run 2012 – Gallery Two – More Great Hot Rods, Muscle, and Unexpected Treasures!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the first gallery from Fleming’s Pumpkin Run gearhead gathering version 2012. Grippo shot so many great photos of so much great stuff we...

Video: A Tire Shredding, Donut Cutting, Turbo Tractor Defies Physics and Good Sense!

This video is absolutely, 100% BangShift approved! What you are going to see below is a guy driving a modified farm tractor powered by a turbobcharged Volvo engine. Built somewhere over in...

Barn Find Stash! We “Investigate” A Rumor And Find Super Cool Stuff We Want. Detective Work Starts Now.

After a buddy of ours told us that there was a barn full of “Fairlanes, and Cadillacs, and a Vette, and all kinds of stuff”, we just had to check it out since we were somewhat close. Of...

Event Photos: Goodguys Autumn Get-Together in Pleasanton, The Home Of Goodguys

While announcing the autocross at the 23rd Goodguys Autumn Get-Together in Pleasanton, we grabbed some photos for you to enjoy. Hot rods, street rods, pro touring Camaros, Pro Street, and more were...

Junkyard Gallery: Fleming’s Junkyard – Egg Harbor, New Jersey – Lots Of Neat Rusting Stuff!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Earlier today we showed you a great gallery from the famed, and yearly Pumpkin Run at Fleming’s Junkyard in Egg Harbor, New Jersey. In that gallery we showed you...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer And Today’s Inliner Challenge!

Last Friday we threw a photo out for the rabid BangShift readership to identify. We may as well have thrown some rare steaks into the lion pen at the zoo. You all knocked the snot out of that one and...