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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Laris Motorsports Insurance $75K Livestream Starts With The THURSDAY WARM-UP

It’s time for more LIVE drag racing, and this time it is from the big money bracket races at Darana Raceway National Trail in Hebron Ohio as they Laris Motorsports Insurance $75,000 To Win race...

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Free Livestream: Check Out Big And Small Tire Testing At US131 As The Mid West Drag Racing Series And Radial Outlaws Prepare For The Weekend!

US 131 has been open for testing the past two days as both the Mid West Drag Racing Series and Radial Outlaws Racing Series prepare to take over the famed US 131 Motorsports Park. I’ve raced...

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Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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It’s Got 1 Cylinder and 13 Horsepower! Is It Actually The Best City Car Out There? Here’s Why Jay Leno Thinks So!

If you are under the age of 20, you might not recognize this car, but otherwise you’ve probably seen a BMW Isseta before. Made famous again by the lovable and weird Steve Urkel character on...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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Historic Drag Video: Mickey Thompson and Danny Ongais On Nitro in 1969

This is one of the coolest drag racing videos we’ve ever found. It features Mickey Thompson and Danny “On the Gas” Ongais during the 1969 season, racing the funny car that Thompson...

Good GM News: The Next Generation of Small Block V8s is in the Works

The Chevy small block isn’t dead. In fact, GM just announced that it will be putting more than $890 million into developing the engine and the facilities that will be producing it. Engine...

British Virgin Islands Government Considers Building a Drag Strip to Encourage Tourism

Drag racing has been on a global tear over the last few years. With the major infusion of cash from the middle east and the recent announcement of the NHRA Worldwide Network, this international...

Craigslist Find: A Bad Ass Canadian 1970 ‘Cuda

We decided to take a trip north this week and search Craigslist in Canada for a cool rig to show off on the blog. We hit a home run with this kick ass 1970 ‘Cuda that stopped us dead in our...

Just a Good Ol’ Boy: JC France Skates on Charges, Allowed to Race Again

JC France, the grandson of “Big” Bill France Sr., Grand-Am racer, and guy who was busted street racing while in possession of cocaine, has escaped the jaws of the legal system and has had...

Crazy Carnage Photos: Fiery Wreckage From the ADRL Race in Valdosta, GA

We finally got around to checking out the ADRL homepage for coverage of the Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI, which was held last weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Georgia. In...

Screamin’ Six Dyno Video: A 266ci V6 at 9,800 RPM

We were browsing dyno videos as we often do and came across this gem featuring a bad ass, 266ci six-cylinder race engine on the pump. We don’t know what form of racing would be home for this...

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Killer Show Coverage: The 24th Mooneyes Street Car Nationals from Tokyo, Japan

When we think of Japanese car show photos, the last things on our mind are hot rods, street machines, and muscle cars. Images of small cars that have been oddly modified usually fill our head. Thanks...

Event Gallery: The Spring 2010 Madison Classics Car Show and Swap Meet

Another BangShift.com field photo agent, Greg Rourke, has come through with a killer dispatch from his home state of Wisconsin. Greg recently attended the Spring Madison Classics Car Show and Swap...

Cruise Gallery: Tons of Cool Iron at a Local Sonic in Pennsylvania

Cruise season is on and we want your photos! Joe Grippo’s photographic prowess is once again on display today as he shared with us a load of snaps from a cruise night at his local Sonic...

Awesome Ad: A 1965 Mopar Spot Featuring the Little Red Wagon

Before the famous “Little Red Wagon” was constructed the world had never seen a wheelstander. However, the Wagon was not intended to be an exhibition vehicle when it was first constructed...

eBay Find: A Raggedly Cool 1941 Dodge COE Truck

We were tipped off to the eBay auction of this ratty, and totally awesome 1941 Dodge COE truck by BangShift.com reader Phil Cooper. The world is totally batty (and had been for more than a couple...

Event Gallery: Spring Carlisle 2010

Joe Grippo, our rogue BangShift field photo agent, attended the Spring Carlisle swap meet April 21-25 and offered us up a big batch of photos from the show/swap. The stories of these events are...

Smart People, Awful Idea: Germans Invent System That Steers Car With Eye Movement

The man in the photo is not Rick Moranis from “Honey I Shrunk the Kids.” He’s a German engineer who is working on a system called “eyeDriver” which uses the movements of...