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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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1320 Video Decided to Throw a Parking Lot Party and 1,000 Cars Showed Up! Check Out The Video from Omaha!

1320 Video is back at it, this time with new video from their parking lot party car show. We’re used to having big spaces here in the States, but in many big cities in the rest of the world...

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A Weekend At The Drags with Joe Grippo: Racing, Photos, And Fun From Darana Raceway Park Maple Grove in Pennsylvania.

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Arguably the biggest bombshell news story that came out of last year’s PRI show was the legendary Pennsylvania drag strip Maple Grove Raceway being acquired by the...

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Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event Is The Father’s Day Car Show! We’ve Got Photos Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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PDRA Drag Racing Video: Pro Nitrous and Pro Boost Round 1 North vs South Shootout Qualifying from Maryland International Raceway

We’ve shared some live track testing going on at Maryland International Raceway where PDRA’s top teams were on hand to see what kind of improvements they can make as they got ready for this past...

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Crazy Flaming Carnage Video: 18-Wheeler T-Bones Dump Truck

We’ll start with the punchline. According to the Associated Press, neither driver in this massive collision was hurt. We cannot fathom how that is possible because the impact looks like someone...

Interesting Read: A Profile of Top Fuel Racer Antron Brown

For better or for worse, drag racing is the most accessible motorsport in the world. Anything with wheels can run down the strip for glory. While it’s true that top-level competitors need to be...

eBay Gurney-Driven Trans Am Mustang: Not All It Seems? Here’s The Rest of the Story

While all the automotive internet has been aflutter with the announcement of a restored “Dan Gurney” 1969 Mustang Trans-Am racer for sale on eBay, we’ve been scratching our heads a...

Pebble Beach Concours 2010 to Feature Hot Rod Lakesters and Historic Bonneville Racers

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is probably the stuffiest car show in North America. A few years ago the organizers created a class for vintage hot rods and this year it has been announced...

AutoTrader Classics Find: A 1952 Dodge Power Wagon

There are few vehicles more ironic than the mighty Dodge Power Wagon. When we saw this awesome 1952 model for sale on AutoTraderClassics.com, we instantly fell in love. Not counting the original...

Event Coverage: MSD Ignition’s 6th Annual Company Car Show and Picnic

MSD Ignition hosted their 6th annual Company Car Show and Picnic and our company insider Todd Ryden sent us photos. The car count was great, and MSD staffers brought out everything you can imagine...

Indy Gallery: A BangShifter’s Guide To the 2010 Indy 500 Practice

The 2010 Indy 500 is slated to be run this weekend, and while we’re not exactly die hard Indy Car fans, we dig the hell out of cool racing photos. BangShift.com forum member IndyShiftMan (Jeff)...

BangShift.com’s exclusive Hot Rod Power Tour 2010 Coverage presented by Ridetech

We’re going on Hot Rod’s Power Tour 2010! And as you would expect, we are going to be bringing you the latest news, photos, and dirt bigger, faster, and cooler than anyone else on the...

BangShift and Ridetech present BBQ Bash 2010 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on June 8, 2010

We are proud to announce that Ridetech, in addition to being the presenting sponsor of BangShift.com’s 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour coverage, will be partnering with us to bring BBQ to the Bowling...

Power Tour Prep: The Definitive Road Trip Kit

With the Hot Rod Power Tour looming just around the corner and a bunch of dedicated BangShift.com readers and forum members preparing their junk for the long haul, we thought now would be the perfect...

Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s K&K Insurance 1971 Daytona Clone Flying at Maxton

Bobby Issac and Harry Hyde famously bombarded the Bonneville Salt Flats with a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona stock car in September of 1971. Chrysler had chopped its racing budget and the wing car was...

LIFE Gallery: Bizarro Automotive Concepts From the Past

People have been trying, since the inception of the automobile, to design a better automobile. Since we’re all still pretty much rolling around in glorified versions of the Model T, most of the...

The World’s Fastest Motorcycle is For Sale

The BUB Seven Streamliner is the world’s fastest motorcycle. It gained that title by hauling nearly 400 mph of ass at Bonneville in 2009 during a FIM and AMA sanctioned motorcycle land speed...

Event Gallery: Eagle Field Fresno Dragways Reunion

We missed a truly kick-ass event last weekend at Eagle Field in Firebaugh, California. Luckily, BangShift.com reader Jim Becker was on hand and brought his camera. He took some great shots of the...