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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Tuesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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SEMA Sneak Peek: Ford brings Mustangs…and More

Ford Motor Company is planning on making a big splash at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas November 2-5th by piling up a diverse line-up of Mustangs. Fords pony car is no stranger to the SEMA Show...

Cool Promo Video: Jon Lundberg Introduces Project 1320

Project 1320 is a bold effort to record the entire history of the sport of drag racing in serial documentary form, like Ken Burn’s Jazz or Baseball works. The work is being backed and supported...

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Action Sequence of a Dragster Crashing and a Camera Getting Creamed

Every time we go to a big race at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield we remember to check the blog page of Mark Rebilas a few days later. The guy is an amazing photographer and always comes home with...

Nelson Racing unveils 2000 Horsepower Twin Turbo Supercar #004

If 572 cubic inches of twin-turbo Big Block Chevrolet making 2000 horsepower doesn’t excite you, you should be checked for a pulse. And if having all that power stuffed into a sinister black...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

The Nitrous Express Duramax Diesel Mustang Goes 205 at the Texas Mile!

The Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week class winning, Nitrous Express DuraMax Diesel powered SN95 Mustang ran 205 miles per hour this past weekend at the Texas Mile Land Speed Event to become the National...

SEMA Sneak Peek Video of GM’s SEMA 2010 Display Vehicles

GM has let us have a sneak peek at some of the cars and trucks debuting at SEMA 2010 in Las Vegas next week, and lucky for us it’s on video. BangShift.com will be at SEMA all week to bring you...

Detroit Speed Open House this Weekend: Plus their Chevy II Test Car Video

If you are going to be in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area this weekend, you are going to want to keep your Friday night open for the Detroit Speed Open House and BBQ. Just a hop, skip, and a jump...

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eBay Find: A Real Deal Steel 1948 Austin Gasser

If you’re in the market for a gasser project, we’ve found the perfect starting place for you. This 1948 Austin is a legit gasser built in the 1960s by a group of buddies in California and...

The Antique Automobile Club of America Museum

Joe Grippo’s photo galleries from Hershey, Pennsylvania, have covered every facet of the automotive hobby, and we are blown away by the shear number of cars that were on hand at the famed...

Event Coverage: Lehigh Valley Regional Shelby American Automobile Club

The Shelby American Automobile Club holds shows all over the country and the world, but when they decided to hold a “Mini Meet” at the site of the 2010 AACA Hershey Show, Joe Grippo...

SEMA 2010 Sneak Peek: Mopar brings the heat

Chrysler announced today that they are bringing horsepower, and plenty of it, to SEMA 2010 in Las Vegas next week. Were you expecting Fiats with little engines? It wouldn’t have surprised us...

Auto Trader Classics Find: A Super Cool 1958 Chevy Apache Kustom

Kustoms tend to split people right down the middle of love and hate. We’re not particularly cultured in the tastes and trends of todays kustom realm, but this truck really turns our crank. Done...

Shop Tour: We visit with Ridetech in Jasper Indiana

Everybody knows the name Ridetech, manufacturers of some of the finest suspension systems on the market, but most of you have never gotten the chance to visit them at their headquarters and...

Don “The Snake” Prudhomme vs. Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen. It’s Match Race Madness

Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen have one of the fiercest and well publicized rivalries in racing history. And while Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, and...