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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Tuesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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ebay Find: Super Rare ’66 Crew Cab Chevy Pickup

While patrolling eBay for truck parts that we can use on our project truck Goliath, we happened upon a very neat and ultra rare Chevy truck that we wish we could afford. It’s a 1966 crew cab...

Patrick Signs Indy Deal; Says NASCAR is Still on the Table

Public opinion lightning rod Danica Patrick has signed a two-year contract with Andretti Autosport. More interesting is that she formally stated her interest to drive in NASCAR as well. Apparently...

The Story of the Grave Digger Monster Truck

The story of Dennis Anderson and his old Chevy panel truck named Grave Digger is pretty cool. The truck is probably as well known as Bigfoot is and even moreso with younger generations of kids....

Former IHRA Star Terry McMillen To Run Entire NHRA Top Fuel Tour in 2010

Terry McMillen, with the backing of the Amalie Oil Company, will run the entire 2010 NHRA tour in his Top Fuel Dragster. McMillen is a long time IHRA stalwart in the Alcohol Funny Car category and a...

Jersey Guy Sells Jeep on Craigslist; Gets Screwed

Like most of you, we practically live on Craigslist. We’re buying and selling stuff left and right, but we adhere to one golden rule. That rule? Cash is king. A guy from New Jersey who recently...

Updated: Shocker! GM Chief Resigns At Behest of Board

GM CEO Fritz Henderson, after only eight months on the job leading the giant automaker, has resigned, effective immediately, after being asked to leave his job by the board of directors. This was...

Details on the MSD 40th Anniversary 6AL Ignition

In the BangShift.com SEMA coverage we showed you the new 40th Anniversary 6AL box from our sponsor MSD, but now there’s a page on the MSD site that tells more. Basically, it’s a 6AL box...

New Helmet Removal System Mandated for NHRA Pro Classes in 2010

An interesting new piece of safety equipment will be mandatory for NHRA competitors in the sanction’s quickest and fastest classes for the 2010 season. The Eject helmet removal system is being...

Pinks All Out Announces 2010 Schedule: Large Venues Abound

Pinks All Out has been a smashing success for the SPEED Network over the last few seasons. The show, which grew out of the original Pinks series, takes 400 racers at each track and boils them down to...

Carnage Video: Un-F’ing-Believable In-Car View of a Massive Clutch Explosion

This one will blow your mind, and driver Tony Defelices is lucky that nothing else got blown off during this massive clutch explosion in his PSI-blown 1967 Camaro. Though the car is left-hand drive,...

Video and Tech: We Fix the Brakes and Drive Goliath, Our Project C50 Truck

We recently made some progress wrenching on our big 1964 Chevy C50 that we’ve named Goliath. We repaired the rear brakes and got the truck functional enough to actually attempt driving it on...

Video: Even More SEMA and Street Car Invitational Coverage From Ridetech.com

The 2009 SEMA Show is a memory by now, but you can relive it with the most recent coverage posted by BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech. The company introduced a bunch of new products at the show,...

Weirdo: The 1969/2010 Camaro SS Concept by Danz Custom

Our friends over at Autoblog unearthed photos of this strange Camaro built by a shop in Wisconsin called Danz Custom. Autoblog totally panned the car. We’re not too hot on the way it looks,...

Abandoned Drag Strip History: Dover Drag Strip in Wingdale, New York, With Video

Dover Drag Strip operated in Wingdale, New York, from 1961-1976, and is now a ghost track with nothing but the return road still in place. The track is still remembered with a web site operated by...