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The Last of our Lost Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive Photos! Our Final Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our last gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link to...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: PDRA Testing For This Weekend’s Maryland International Raceway Event! Live Testing Action.

We’ve got some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams are on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they get ready for this...

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Robin Shutes Onboard Video Pikes Peak 2026. 2nd Overall, 1st in Super Unlimited, and Sets the All Time Rear Wheel Drive Record!

If you are like me you are going to watch this video and think how much fun it seems it would be to be driving, and also that this dude could have been going even faster. Yeah, that’s not a...

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They Built a BANNED F1 Car From the 70’s! Well Kinda, And It’s Awesome! Who Wants To Build One Of These?

I know I’m not alone in saying that the Tyrrell P34 is one of the coolest looking F1 cars ever produced, not only because the lines are good on it, but also because it’s a freak show with...

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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

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 this video...

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RacingJunk Find The Mother Load of 1930s Vintage Chevy/GM Steel – Traditional Rodder’s Dream World

If you own a hot rod shop that specializes in old school builds, do we have a deal for you! There is a guy in Billings, Montana selling the most amazing collection of stock, rusty, patina ridden,...

Question of the Day: What is the Weirdest Automotive Subculture?

The loose definition of “car guy” fits everyone from the dude swapping a blower onto his Chevelle to the kid putting spinner hubcaps onto his Honda. We’re all part of the car...

Craigslist Find: A Horrendous Nova “Shortie” Convertible

Not that there is any such thing as a “good” shortie style car, but for some reason we hate this one more than most, probably because we had the hots so badly for the L79 barn find car we...

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Bonneville Speed Week Day Five: Big Records, A 21 Year Spin-Free Streak Is Broken, and More!

Our coverage of day 5 of the 2012 Bonneville Speed Week wouldn’t be complete without a little ribbing, more photos, and records dropping like flies. We’ve got 80 photos for you to check...

Question of the Day: What Is The Most Dangerous Factory Built Car In History?

This question came to me a while back when I was pulling the front end of the Buford T Justice Caprice project apart. Pulling is probably far too strong a word, because it basically fell apart. I had...

Car Show Gallery: The 5th Annual Johnny Mac Backyard Classic

(Photos by Donna Green) – The coolest car show I attended in 2011 was the Johnny Mac Backyard Classic. Unfortunately, my announcing schedule didn’t allow me to attend this year, but...

Flying Streamliners, Spinning Roadsters, and More at Bonneville Speed Week 2012

Holy Crap! Today was nuts. Seriously nuts. By shear dumb luck and determination we happened to be at the perfect spot to catch some real pucker factor “stuff” going down at the top end of...

Bonneville Speed Week 2012 Day Four: More Records, Sicilio Runs 208, and We Fix Stuff

Wow!!! We have had a hell of a day here on the salt for day four of Bonneville Speed Week 2012. We slept very little again last night, and then overslept slightly this morning, but still made it out...

Question of the Day: Do You Prefer Sleepers or In Your Face, High Zoot Cars?

With that hella cool L79 Nova eBay find we showed you earlier in the day came some thoughts about sleepers versus stuff like gasser look cars and pro street machines. While we like all three of those...

Driveway Tech: Engine Compartment Detailing, BangShift Style

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – There are three things gearheads and even people with a mild interest in cars look at. The paint, the interior, and under the hood. The paint is obvious....

Event Gallery: The Brockway Trucks 100 Year Anniversary Celebration – Courtland, New York

(Photos by Jeremy George) – The Brockway Truck Company was in business from 1912 to 1977. The trucks were used all over the country and the world, by the US military, and nearly every industry...

eBay Find (That You Can’t Buy): A Perfectly Patina’d and Well Used 1966 L79 Nova – Factory Built Non-SS Sleeper!

This is the first time we have ever run an eBay Find on BangShift after the auction closed up, but gee whiz this car is worth it. Sold for the princely sum of $35,100, this 1966 Nova, which is a...

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Monday Evening Bonneville Report: We Talk To Jason Line, Almost Blow Away, And Watch Sicilio Run

Racing ended a little early on Monday thanks to some pretty nasty winds, but not matter what the weather, a Monday at Bonneville is way better than a Monday at work. We’ve got another batch of...

Bonneville Speed Week 2012: Jason Line Joins The 200mph Club, Speed Demon In Impound!

It’s been a crazy Monday here at Bonneville Speed Week 2012, and it’s only halfway over! We’ve got 100 more photos for you to check out, including photos of Jason Line who ran a...