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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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More Photos From The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! We’ve Still Got Carlisle All Ford Nationals Photos To Share!

Here’s our fiftfh gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. Joe Grippo was on hand like every year, capturing amazing finds...

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RAT RODS CAR SHOW!!! The Rusty Eyeball Car Show 2026! Insane Rat Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More!

2026 marked the 19th year for the Rusty Eyeball Car Show and it was bigger and better than ever. This show features tons of variety, and unlike many other shows they also encourage you to bring your...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 6 and they are back at Yellowstone Dragstrip in Montana!

This is it, the final video from Bangshift Billy’s Big Sky Race Week 2026 coverage. This is Day 6 video from Yellowstone Dragstrip.  Can Bill hang on and win the Stick Shift class even though...

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More Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos! Here’s Our First Day 3 Racing Gallery from Kuhnle!

We’ve got more racing action from Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive! This is Day 3, the final day, and features plenty of shot from the checkpoint at Summit and racing at Kuhnle. (Photos by Neal Sabo)...

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eBay Pick of the Week: Big Block ’69 Corvette SCCA Racer

Road Racing Corvettes have a special place in our gear-oil-pumping hearts. Especially those of the big-block variety. This car has a competition history and was recently restored by its owner who...

West Virginia Airport Drags Explode in Popularity

With lots of communities trying to figure out what to do with a street racing problem, it is cool to see a town that has the sense to back a good program to combat it, and even cooler to see that...

Cool Original Owner AMX Road Racer Put Back on the Track

Some cars seem to be destined to lead charmed lives. Take this neat 1968 AMX that was bought new, street driven for four years and then turned into a road racing machine. After sitting for 20 years,...

Monday Time Killer: Oddrods.com

B.K. Taylor started sending drawings of his odd, hot rod loving monsters out to publishers and other outlets while still in school back in 1969. According to the history on the Oddrods.com site, the...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Even Newsweek Thinks That Cash For Clunkers Sucks

Many times we’re frustrated by the way business is conducted by the government. The recently passed Cash for Clunkers program seems to have broken in the car enthusiast’s favor though,...

Craigslist Pick of the Week: Tiny Drag Racing Van

We consider ourselves pretty well tuned in to the drag racing world. The fact that we knew nothing of the existence of this tiny little drag racing van makes us question everything about ourselves. I...

Totally Cool 2/3 Scale 1957 Chevy to be Auctioned by RM

To answer your first question, this car does run and drive. It actually sits two people, in theory anyway. This 2/3 scale 1957 Chevy was designed by Dave Deal and built for the Revell model company...

Roadside Find: 1950 Plymouth Business Coupe

BangShift.com forum member Tony (Caveman) spotted this hella cool 1950 Plymouth business coupe while visiting a local motorcycle dealer. It took him all of thirty seconds to forget about the...

Video of the Week: In-Car Camera of an Evil Rollover at Willow Springs

Running around a road course is fickle business. One second you’re feeling like Fangio and the next you are feeling like one of the flying Walendas as your race car hurtles through the air....

Great Gearhead Story: Torture with a Slant Six Intake Swap

If you are regular readers of the CarDomain blog like we are, you are undoubtedly familiar with the exploits of David Belau, the guy who has been doing some really neat stuff to his Dodge Dart....

NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise Coverage 7/2009

The first Wednesday of every month between April and December means Twilight Cruise Night at the NHRA Motorsports Museum. We were there to check out all the action, and to bring you a photo gallery...

A Note From Andy Granatelli

 Andy Granatelli’s bust will be carved into the Mt. Rushmore of speed when it’s all said and done. The guy is a living legend. Anyone who dominated the the Indy 500 so hard that he...

Camaro Outsells Mustang in June

It is being widely reported that the Camaro has outsold the Mustang for the first time since 1993. It was a volume difference of just 2,000 cars, but it shows that the Camaro, despite the horrible...

NASCAR Says: Mayfield Tested Positive for Meth

The announcement from NASCAR that Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for meth use came on the court house steps in Charlotte, North Carolina. Spokesman Ramsey Poston said, “We will prove beyond a...