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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Tuesday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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IHRA Acquires Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, Preserving a Legendary Legacy While Expanding the Future of Driver Development

FAIRFIELD, OH — March 31, 2026 — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) today announced the acquisition of Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, one of the most respected and influential...

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Where’s Larry? Exploring Late Night Car Culture in Tokyo with The Nissan Party at 7 Eleven

The Nissan Party at 7/11 kind of reminds me of our meetups at Taco Bell or Circle K back in my street racing days, but when you first hear it you certainly don’t think this is a MUST STOP place...

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Daily Junkyard Crawl With Steve Magnante: A Real Deal 1970 Boss 302 Mustang! Trans Am Racing Greatness Right Here!

The Boss 302 Mustangs and Z28 Camaros, battled it out on road courses all over in the late 1960s and put on a hell of a show while doing it. With seriously under rated 302 cubic inch V8 engines,...

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EFI Tech: Here’s How To Use Holley’s Built In Output Testing Feature For Terminator X, HP, Dominator ECUs

Unless you are a professional EFI tuner, you probably don’t know all the features that are included in one of the new ECUs that are available today. Hell, even if you are a professional you...

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Restore & Protect vs Deposits (500,000 Mile Engine Tear Down Reveals All) Does This Oil Really Work?

If Lake says it’s good, I believe him. I just wanted to start off with that. Lake Speed Jr. is one of the smartest folks in the automotive aftermarket, is a real life oil analyst and engineer,...

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Grassroots Drag Racing Scores Another Win in Canada – Local Gov’t Approves Airport Event in 2012

Earlier this month the Municipal Council of Wawa, Ontario, Canada approved a plan to hold a drag racing event at the Wawa Airport in 2012. This is a great thing for drag racers and hot rodders in the...

Killer Car: A Road Race Spec 1955 Chevy

We’ve seen old school stock car 1955 Chevys. We’ve seen drag race 1955 Chevys. What we have not seen is a full-on, tube chassis, modern spec road race 1955 Chevy, that is until now. We...

Worst of SEMA: A Preemptive Strike

So each year that we cover the SEMA show, we compile a “worst of” list to go along with all the awesome stuff that we see. Hey, in the gazillion square foot Las Vegas Convention Center,...

Racing Junk Find: Billy Moffitt’s Bottoms Up Wheelstander

My unnatural love for exhibition drag racing machinery means that I immediately dream and salivate over the possibility of owning something as cool as Billy Moffitt’s “Bottoms Up”...

Show Gallery: The Pomona Swap Meet – October 2011

And the hits just keep on coming! Bob Chiluk didn’t sleep all that much on his California adventure and here’s more proof. He was up before dawn yet again to shoot this gallery of photos...

Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Road Kings Car Club Show

The Road Kings Car Club of Burbank, California has a long and storied history. Started in 1952 as a drag racing club, the group had members like Tommy Ivo, Don Prudhomme, Bob Muravez, Tony Nancy, and...

eBay Find: A Crazy 20-Foot, Two Man Battleship With 120-Horse!

Yes, we know that this is not a car or a truck, but this mini-battleship, designed to carry two people is so wild, we had to share it. For sale on eBay for the princely sum of $80,000, it is a hand...

Car Show Gallery: Jalopyrama – Annapolis, Maryland

There’s nothing like an old school car show at an old school location. During the formative years of the hot rod crazy, National Guard Armory buildings proved to be among the most popular...

Car Show Gallery: 2011 Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling

The Chrysler Performance West Car Club puts on two big Mopar shows every year. Their Spring and Fall Fling events draw people from all over the USA, Canada, and points even farther off than that. The...

Mud Slingin’ Video: Bad Ass Mud Bog Action From 1987

The mud boggin’ scene in the 1980s was pretty wild. Horsepower was becoming easier and easier to find, trucks were getting larger, faster, and more capable and the Budweiser bowtie logo was...

Cruise Gallery: Donut Derelicts – Huntington Beach, California

Bob Chiluk’s California automotive adventure tour galleries continue today with a nice one from the vaunted Donut Derelicts weekly get together in Huntington Beach, California. This early...

Rumor Confirmed: Drag Package Camaro to Debut at SEMA – Count on It

BangShift has learned, through a trusted source that the rumored Chevrolet Camaro Drag Package car is a reality and will make a debut at the 2011 SEMA show next week. The car is the third such...

Car Show Gallery: The Mass Cruisers Bass Pro Shop Cruise – October 2011

The cherry was effectively placed on the top of the cruising season in New England last week with the last running of the Mass. Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise. This is the largest cruise...

Road Trippin’ With Scott: Racking up 1200 Miles in a Recently Freshened 1973 Monte Carlo

I’m surprised to hear how few people will actually get in their old project ride and just hit the road. Sure, thousands cruise Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour, but that number pales in...