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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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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...

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...