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The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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The Last LIL GANGSTA standing get’s $30,000 Cash! – Biggest Payout EVER! Here Is Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway

Lil Gangstas just keeps on keeping on, and at Street Car Bragging Rights at Rockingham Dragway they not only put on a hell of a show, but also put up the biggest payout in LG history at $30,000 for...

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Here are 16 of the COOLEST GASSER Combinations from the Southeast Gassers Association. It’s the 1960s All Over Again!

Every Southeast Gassers Association race is a flashback to the 1960’s, which is why everyone loves going to their races so much. These races are all about the showmanship and the fun and...

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Can You Really Paint A Car For Less Than $250 And Make It Look Halfway Decent? Tony Says, Yes… Err Maybe. Watch.

Cheap car and truck paint jobs have always been popular, whether in DIY stories in magazines, on the internet, or with companies like Earl Sheib and Maaco. Hell, Earl Sheib would paint any car for...

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Finnegan’s Drag and Drive Cadillac Project Continues: Fabricating Custom Floors In Preparation For Custom Interior.

Mike and Joe are back at it, working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. There is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the video below it’s time for the floors to...

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More Killer Stunt Video: 1956 Chevy Promo Film Featuring the Joie Chitwood Stunt Drivers

We were a little harsh on the Joie Chitwood stunt show earlier, relaying our last memory of the program as relating only to the fact that they were driving Toyota Camrys. It wasn’t always like...

New Product: Annular Nitrous Nozzles From Induction Solutions

With the explosion of small-tire drag racing, Top Sportsman, and Pro Modified, nitrous oxide research and development has never been pushed as hard as it has been in recent years. Steve...

Cool Old Video: The Marathon Oil Hurricane Hell Drivers

Stunt and precision driving shows ain’t what they used to be. Scratch that, they are exactly what they used to be, except now they don’t do the truly death defying stuff like jumping cars...

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...