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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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Big Savings on Jesel Valvetrain Components

If you’re like us, you wish you had the coin to have a motor that really deserved parts as cool as the stuff you can get from Jesel Valvetrain Innovation. Now maybe you can, because Jesel is...

The General Lee Charger Trar

Here’s another entry for our continuing fascination with trars: the 4×4 General Lee! This looks like something from a very special episode of Dukes, but it’s real life for a guy...

Daytona International Speedway Trades Seats for Ferris Wheel?

In a telling move, Daytona International Speedway is removing a section of grandstands at the track to build an “interactive fan area” that includes stuff like a Ferris wheel and...

Event Galleries: Joe Grippo Does the 2009 Pennsylvania Dutch Classic

Joe Grippo is at it again! We have two fantasic galleries of his photos from the 2009 Pennsylvania Dutch Classic, held at Maple Grove Raceway, October 23-25. This is one of the premier sportsman drag...

Video: Dare to be Different, Turbo-Yoda Powered BMW Makes Big Power and Burns Tires

When BangShift.com member Scott Clark (dieselgeek on the forums) tipped us off to this great piece of video by Kyle (the lead photo is Kyle’s shot as well) at 1320video.com of a turbocharged,...

Project Sick Seconds Coming Along; Will Miss SEMA for 2009

We had heard that the guys at Pro Rides were thrashing hard on project Sick Seconds, the sledgehammer of a 1969 Camaro that is being built to run consistent 6-second laps on Hot Rod Magazine Drag...

Speedzzter Says: Carnage or Classic, Does Hollywood Mistreat Muscle Cars?

The local video store finally cut the price so low on “Fast and Furious” that I rented it, despite my reservations. I may have been the last Bangshifter in America to have seen the fake...

Drunk-Driven Motorized Recliner to be Auctioned Off By Police

If you fell in love with the motorized recliner built, driven, and crashed by Minnesota’s Dennis LeRoy, you’re going to have a shot at owning it. After LeRoy plead guilty to the drunk...

Book Review: Snake Vs. Mongoose – How a Rivalry Changed Drag Racing Forever by Tom Madigan

Of all the historical drag racing stories that needed to be told in depth, the saga of the fabled rivalry between Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen and Don “The Snake” Prudhomme...

Ford Announces the 2010 Mustangs of the SEMA Show

As we gear up for a week of BangShift.com coverage of the 2009 SEMA Show, companies are starting to leak information on the cars that will be unveiled at the landmark event. Here’s the latest...

Barnstormin’: I’m A Liker, Not a Lover

Breaking the news to the little guy was going to be the hardest part of sending my old Worthington tractor to its new home in Rhode Island. In preparation of the moment, I printed off some photos of...

1967 Buick Funny Car Returns Home

A member called musclecarjohn over at Pro-Touring.com has posted a thread describing the bad ass and very unusual Buick Funny Car that his dad ran in 1967. What’s really odd is that the car was...

Video: One Bad Mother Hill Climber

We need to get ourselves to a hill climb some time soon. We don’t mean the European style, winding road up a hill, hill climb. Nope, we mean haul ass up a sand or dirt hill with a blown big...

Guzzler Sales Soar; Kelly Blue Book is “Embarrassed for the American Buying Public”

A story on MSNBC.com, via Forbes, reports that sales of poor-gas-mileage cars have risen in past months, mostly thanks to gas prices that are lower than they were at this time last year. Big news...