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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Cool News: Summit Will Now Same Day Ship All Orders Placed by 10PM Eastern Time Mon-Friday!

This is news that will appeal to people who thrash on their junk at the last minute all the time. Yes, that does mean all of us! Summit Racing Equipment announced earlier today that every order...

March Meet Fever is Growing By the Day – Remember it Will All Be LIVE Right here at BangShift.com!

We’re one week away from the start of the legendary March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California! If you are within driving distance of the track and you are not going to...

Driveway Tech: Battling the Oil Burning Monte Carlo – Part 3- Death Match!

(Words, Photos, Bleeding and Struggle by Scott Liggett) – As we continued to fight this darn car’s oil burning 350 we transitioned from frustration to inspiration, back to frustration,...

Racing Junk Find: A Super Rare Original AMX Flopper With Killer Drag History

Today’s world of blobby funny cars is the result of the march of technology and competition over the decades. It is almost impossible for the casual drag racing fan to believe that there were...

Carb Tech Video: Holley Shows You How to Choose the Right Power Valve For Your Application

While EFI is on the end of everyone’s tongue these days, there is still a booming marketplace for carbs and for guys and girls who like to tinker, tune, and experiment, they are devilish fun....

Florida Man Crashes His Mustang Into a Neighboring House…For the Second Time

83 year-old Bob Johnson was on the other side of his house when he felt a quake, heard some items fall down and wondered what the heck had just happened. The WWII vet shrugged it off and went back to...

Sold Out! ECTA’s Ohio Mile April Event Reaches 175-Car Limit

We thought that the ECTA’s move to Wilmington, Ohio would increase their car counts and popularity. It looks like we were right because the ECTA’s Tonya Turk announced on Facebook...

Watch a Merlin Tank Engine Powered Street Rod Tool Around!

Since I am hung up on engines today, here’s a video highlighting a street rod project that is using a massive Merlin tank engine for power.The build, as you would expect, seems  to be totally...

Question of the Day: What is the Ugliest Engine Ever?

Engines are typically judged on their efficiency, their power ratings, and their ability to make noise and thrust a hot rod down the road. That being said, there is a definite aesthetic appeal to...

MSD Launches AtomicEFI.com – The Go to Spot For All Atomic EFI Info

MSD has had a great response since launching their revolutionary Atomic EFI system at the 2011 SEMA show. In their on-going quest to provide as much information about the system as possible and...

ADRL Releases the Rules to the New Supercar Showdown Class! Read them HERE!

When the ADRL announced the creation of their new Supercar Showdown class we were excited and more than a little interested to read the rules. As of today, our interest has been satisfied because the...

This is the Most Insane Race Car Fire Video We Have Ever Seen

We have seen and featured hundreds, perhaps thousands of crash videos here on BangShift over the years, but we’ve never seen anything like this. Aussie V8 Supercar racer David Besnard suffered...

More Charges Levied Against Jeremy Mayfield

The hits just keep on coming for Jeremy Mayfield. He has now been charged with possession of stolen property and a fourth count of obtaining property by false pretense. These charges are in...

Wild Barn Find: One of the Only Tucker Car Engines Left in the World

We all know the basic story of the Tucker car company, right? They produced 51 cars in 1948 before folding up and liquidating. The cars happened to be miles ahead of anything else on the road during...