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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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Crazy Truck Video: Massive 8×8 Trials Competition From Czechoslovakia

Who knew such craziness existed in the Czech Republic? This video of giant trucks battling in an extreme off road competition is great. Seeing what an 8×8 truck powered by a big turbo-diesel...

Craigslist Find: A Snotty, Ratty VW Bug

Nothing inspires buyer confidence like poorly lit nighttime shots of a black car. By our estimation this VW Bug is one ugly son of a gun, but by the list of mechanical parts that appear to make up...

It’s Over: Judge Drops Jeremy Mayfield’s Case Against NASCAR

Jeremy Mayfield’s case against NASCAR was dealt a potential death blow on May 18, when US District Judge Graham Mullen dismissed all claims against NASCAR brought on by Mayfield stemming from...

Fantastic Vintage Drag Video: Garlits, The Greek, The Snake, Muldowney, Trophy Girls and Nitro

This video carries the ambitious title, “The History of Drag Racing.” At only three and a half minutes, the history is a bit truncated, but the footage used in the film is some of the...

Is the AHRA Dead (Again)?

It seems that the strange and bumpy road the American Hot Rod Association revival has been on may have led off a cliff. The first race of the season, held at Desert Thunder Raceway in Midland, Texas,...

Boss 302 Mustang Confirmed, Could Be a 2011 or 2012 Model

Rumors of a street-legal Boss 302 Mustang have been circulating for months and they really kicked into high gear when GM made the announcement that a Camaro Z28 is in the pipeline. Details are still...

eBay Find: A Killer 1948 Ford COE Pickup

We’ve been hung up on cool cab over engine trucks lately. Most of them seem to be converted into low bed hauler trucks, but this bad ass 1948 Ford COE was turned into a pickup. It’s...

STOLEN: Josh Klugger’s Drag Radial Mustang

Josh Klugger’s 6-Second Drag Radial car has been stolen. Thieves broke into the trailer it was stored in at an Ocala, Florida, self storage yard sometime Saturday, May 15th. They used a stolen...

ProCharger Announces the Hemi Supercharger Giveaway

roCharger is at it again with the announcement of its ProCharger Hemi Supercharger Giveaway. By getting out to the events that serious late-model Hemi owners will be at and giving everyone a shot at...

Insane Project Video: Tom Cotterill’s Rocket II — A Blown Hemi Custom Trike

Some vehicles totally defy description. Artist Tim Cotterill’s “Rocket II” trike is one of them. It’s a freaking trike powered by a blown Hemi. See, we told you. Words do it...

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Craigslist Find: Heck of a Deal on a 1970 GTO Judge Ram Air III

We’re telling you the truth when we say that the lead photo came from the Craigslist ad touting a 1970 GTO Judge Ram Air III for 700 bucks. It’s right there in the ad…next to the...

Event Coverage: Pinks All Out — Maple Grove Raceway

Ace BangShift.com photo contributor Joe Grippo recently attended the filming of Pinks All Out held May 14-15 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania. Joe was there as a racer in his kick ass...

Crazy Wreckage Sequence: A Top Sportsman Wreck from Castrol Raceway

Castrol Raceway is an IHRA national event track located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We got tipped off to some crazy photos of a racer wrecking there in what looks to be a Top Sportsman entry in a...

Auto Trader Classics Find: The 1961 Hoyt Special

While small European companies were cranking out sports cars from crusty old factories in the 1950s and early 1960s, American gearheads were fashioning their own and mixing it up on road courses...