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Bonus Event Coverage: Hundreds Of Dragstalgia 2012 Photos From Santa Pod. Wrong Side Drive Drag Racing!

The Aussie’s and Brits always throw us for a loop with all the wrong side driving they do. The U.K. has some very good drag racing thanks to the famed Santa Pod Raceway where the 2nd Annual...

Event Coverage: HAMB Drags Wheelstands, Tire Smoke, and Wrenching Photos Thanks To Max Cackle

Check it out! Chris and Tera over at Max Cackle Photography were at this weekend’s H.A.M.B. Drags and sent over some photos for you to enjoy. If you haven’t been to the H.A.M.B. drags...

UPDATE: Lee Sicilio’s 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Runs 283 MPH, Gets The Record, But No 300 YET

Update Friday: Well it’s all over for Speed Week 2012, and Team Sicilio should be ultra proud of themselves. They came out with a brand new car and in less than a half dozen runs set a record...

Watch Larry Flynt’s Attorney Paul Cambria Run 8.88 In A Brand New COPO Camaro

Due to our Bonneville fixation this week we’re late on the trigger with this one. Paul Cambria may be the finest First Amendment lawyer in the United States, having argued several cases in...

Question of the Day: What is the Weirdest Automotive Subculture?

The loose definition of “car guy” fits everyone from the dude swapping a blower onto his Chevelle to the kid putting spinner hubcaps onto his Honda. We’re all part of the car...

eBay Find: A Super Clean and Totally Awesome 1974 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty

As the domestic high performance car was all but dead on the operating table after a gas crisis and draconian legislation in the early 1970s, one small glimmer of light managed to escape the clutches...

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Watch an Awesome Video of Danny Thompson Narrating the Amazing Career and Life of His Dad Mickey Thompson

In terms of singular people, few have had more of an effect on the American high performance and racing scene than Mickey Thompson. He was a man of high goals, nearly unending energy, and a drive...

Buford T Justice Update: It Lives Again Thanks to a Down and Dirty Driveway Thrash and Junkyard Parts

Back in May, as I am sure you remember, Buford T Justice spit the bit during dyno session hi-jinx. The car spit the drive shaft out violently, busted the hell out of the 700R4 transmission, and was...

Question of the Day: What’s the #1 Thing On Your Automotive Bucket List?

A couple years back, I wrote a story in Hot Rod Magazine that was essentially the ultimate gearhead bucket list. A few of us threw ideas at the list and I glued the whole thing together for the...

Hellacious Dyno Video: Watch Lee Sicilio’s Turbo Barton Hemi Powered Beast Spin the Rollers!

Our pal Scott Clark is an EFI tuner that lays his hands and lap top on lots of different cars across the country. There are high performance street cars, drag cars, and land speed cars as well. The...

The Answer to Yesterday’s Mystery Flathead Photos!

Yesterday we showed you several photos of a totally awesome inline flathead engine that combined both modern supercharging and EFI technology with architecture of what is essentially an old tractor...

Name This Motor – Could This Be The Coolest Flathead of Them All?

We’ve been rolling down Bitchin’ Flathead Ave for the last week or so in the BangShift blog-mobile. From the blown Ardun to the wicked blown Caddy flattie on John Beck’s dyno, the...

Watch an Ancient, Blown Cadillac Flathead Snarl Out 500hp on John Beck’s Dyno!

It seems as though we touched off a flathead horsepower war! Yesterday we ran video of a blown, Ardun headed Ford flattie making about 450hp on a dyno and then we got tipped off to a video from John...

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Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Art Arfons

Let’s get one thing straight before we go any further: Art Arfons was a genuine American hero, and not just in the theater of speed. Arfons was a WWII vet and saw combat during the invasion of...