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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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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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RacingJunk Find: A Massive Pro Street 1967 Ford LTD

We love Pro Street cars. It’s not something we’re planning on apologizing for any time soon. This 1967 Ford LTD that we found on RacingJunk.com hits our personal perfect formula right...

Event Coverage: Show and Cruise photos from the 9th Lonestar Roundup

Spring in Austin Texas means it’s Lonestar Roundup time, and BangShift.com members Charles Wickam, BOOGHAR on the BangShift forums, and Chris Maynard, R&D guru at MSD Ignition, are making...

Event Coverage: Hundreds of Photos from the 2010 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals

It’s summer show season, and we’ve got Goodguys show coverage from the 10th Del Mar Nationals in Del Mar California. For all of you who are sitting in snow or rain covered areas of the...

Dyno Video: A Turbocharged 1938 Harley LSR Bike on the Chassis Dyno

Land Speed Racing is undoubtedly the last bastion of pure mechanical expression. Weird, arcane engine combinations are used without apology to set records and do things they were never originally...

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Spectre Performance Announces Cool Top Speed Prize at Pro Touring Events

Our pals and sponsors at Spectre Performance have come up with a kick ass Top Speed prize that they will award to the competitors who achieve the highest speed (as measured by a radar gun at a...

Neato Video: A Stock 1929 Model A Flat Towing a 1930 Model A

There’s a fine line between genius and lunatic in the gearhead world, and the dude in this video is totally walking it. Flat towing another car with a stock (and we mean like 40hp engine,...

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Caption This Photo: The Latest Creation From Barris Kustoms

Maybe that title was unfair. Then again, maybe it’s true, you decide. Anyway, we need your snappiest and most brilliant caption for this photo that we zapped during our town’s St....

Craigslist Find: A Bad Ass 1978 Dodge Muscle Truck, with Video

Many times our Craigslist picks highlight some godawful wrecks or lampoon some big pile of mechanical grossness, but this week that is not the case. We found a totally awesome Dodge truck for sale in...

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Classic Ad Video: The 1967 Pontiac GTO

We took a little heat yesterday for admitting that we thought Chrysler’s “Man’s Last Stand” television commercial for the Charger was kind of neat. We’ve found a classic...

Barris Kustoms Releases a Custom 2010 Camaro, We Release Our Lunch

Some truly whacked stuff has left the doors of Barris Kustoms in recent years. There was a Prius for starters, but this 2010 Camaro “Spirit” beats them all by a country mile. A...

You’re Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Unload an Excavator

There are lots of videos on the Internet of guys doing crazy impressive stuff with heavy equipment. This is not one of them. Luckily, according to the YouTube caption anyway, no one was hurt and the...

Crazy Photo Sequence: Racer Highsides a Motorcycle, Impersonates Superman

There are a multitude of reasons that we don’t ride motorcycles. Reason number one is that we’re slightly less coordinated than a drunk roller skating on a ice rink covered in marbles. We...

Dumbass: Guy Robs Store, Uses Stretch H2 Limo as Getaway Car

You have to be dumb to rob a gas station. You have to be fourteen levels deeper than dumb to do it and use a stretched H2 limo as the escape vehicle. A 24-year-old Kansas man, Eric Henson, did just...

Doorslammer Drag Video: Pro Mod Action From the 1990 IHRA Fall Nationals

Since we’re on an obvious door slammer kick these last few days, the natural progression leads up to some awesome vintage Pro Mod footage from the first season that the class existed. In 1990,...