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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(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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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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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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Video: BangShiftChad’s Dad Dynos his Real, One Owner, 1968 Z28 Camaro

Anyone who has been on Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week in the last few years, and most all BangShifters, know that my Dad Walt has a 1968 Z28 Camaro that he bought brand new. They also know that...

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Video: US Radiator teaches us about cooling systems.

We recently had a chance to hang out with Shawn and Don Armstrong from US Radiator, and were completely blown away by the way they do business. Not only did they jump on board for the 48 Hour Camaro...

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BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Motor?

With the greatness of that Miller engine we wrote about earlier today still swimming in our heads, we need to do something to get that lump of iron off out mind. While the Miller 91 isn’t our...

Cool Gallery: Pace Cars at the AACA Museum – Hershey, PA

The pace car, or as they call them in Europe, the “safety car” is a pretty important part of the road racing and circle track racing equation. There is a huge glory factor involved as...

Authentic Supercharged Miller 91ci Engine to be Auctioned at Mecum Milwaukee Event

One of the truly great engines of all time, a supercharged Miller 91 will hit the auction block in Milwaukee next month as part of the Mecum auction happening in conjunction with the Millers at...

NHRR Gallery: A Few Quick Shots from the Pits and Car Show at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion

As we said in our gallery late last week, our photo taking abilities were hampered this year because we were working the live streaming video from the event, not allowing us a lot of time to rome....

Butt Pucker Video: Tanner Foust Nearly Bites it During Truck Jump Test

Tanner Foust’s captain insano jump at the Indy 500 came off without a hitch. The truck flew to a new world record and the crowd went nuts. After watching the jump it is easy to think that...

Roadside Find: You’re Doing It Wrong – V8 S10 Truck

We spotted this gem on the side of the road in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was parked in front of the drug store, appropriately enough. We had never really considered the fact that someone could do a...

Racing Junk Find: The World’s Wildest Gremlin!

During our time at the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, Chad and I freaked out like women on an Oprah giveaway show when we saw an awesome little Gremlin yanking the tires and running into the 10s....

Cool Video: Freiburger and Nick Licata Thrash the Hot Rod E-Rod Camaro

We’re not sure how we missed this cool video when it first hit the web, but we’re glad we found it now. The three minute clip features David Freiburger and Camaro Performers Nick Licata...

Car Show Gallery: The 2011 AACA Car Show – Conklin, NY

Another great Father’s Day Car Show gallery from another great BangShift reader! Jeremy George took in the 46th AACA Car Show, Cruise and Swap Meet last Sunday and shot more than 150 photos of...

BangShift Question of the Day: Seen a Good Personalized License Plate Lately?

While we were driving to the hospital on Friday, during the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, Chad and I spotted a 1980s Oldsmobile hearse (since it was white, maybe it was a morgue mobile?) sitting...

Car Show Gallery: The Batavia, Illinois VFW Car Show

While we were taking the slow boat home from Bowling Green on Sunday, intrepid BangShift contributing photographer Greg Rourke was pounding the pavement with his lens at the ready. Greg hung out at...

Haggard Looking Evan Knoll Has Court Date, Taken Into Fed Custody For Psych Evaluation

Evan Knoll, the Michigan man accused by the federal government of illegally and improperly collecting more than $80-million in fuel tax rebates appeared in court for the first time last Thursday. The...