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Boat Carnage Compilation: This Collection Of Racing Boat Crashes Is Completely Bonkers

Well, if you have ever contemplated boat racing this video may cure you of that desire. This collection of racing boat crashes is completely bonkers. Right off the bat you will see one that’ll...

Monday Shopper: This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Brougham Is The Right Car For The Right Ford Enthusiast

In the many cars that came through the yard when I was a kid, only a few really jumped out at me as being “good”. One of them was a gold 1972 Ford Gran Torino, the one with the formal...

Historic Video: Watch The Public Debut And First Run Of Art Arfons’ Cyclops In 1961

Some racers are defined by their creations, some are defined by their success, others are defined by their ability to come up with new ideas and employ them in ways that others haven’t been...

Hitting The Lottery: What Would You Do If You Found A Treasure Trove Of Trucks?

We’ve all dreamed of that mythical barn find at some point or another, where you find some building that hasn’t had a visitor since the day disco music died that was hiding the kind of...

Hot Saw Action! Watch Chainsaws Powered By V8s, Four Bangers, and More In Competition

It’s the part of any lumberjack competition that gearheads love. Its’s a place where creativity and wackiness being supreme, and it is a place where the objective is like any other drag...

So, So Close To Right: A RWD-Converted, Cosworth-Powered Mercury Lynx SCCA Pro Rally Factory Machine!

The Ford Escort name is tied hard to rally racing, thanks to Europeans who learned that the little Ford that was cranked out of the European arm made for a wicked little screamer when properly tuned...

The End of Big Muskie: Watch The Largest Piece Of Earth Moving Equipment Ever Get Blown Apart

53,000hp, a bucket that could move 220 cubic yards of material at a time, and a career that saw a singular machine move more Earth than was moved during the entire construction of the Panama Canal....

Hoonitruck Test Footage: The Twin-Turbo V6 Screamer Was Wild From The Start!

Without question, there is plenty of hyping up going on involving the Hoonitruck and the upcoming Gymkhana X video. Without a doubt, some of you might already be rolling your eyes at the thought of...

1980s Video Goodness: Battle Of The Monster Tanks – Loads Of Tracked Monsters We Never Knew About!

Some people may scoff at hardcore monster truck fans but we don’t. While we love looking back at the history of these trucks we don’t have the knowledge and wherewithal to build kick ass...

Rough Start: A Pontiac Fiero That Is Still A Pontiac Fiero!

Fierce. Proud. Intimidating. Vicious. Those are some of the ways that the Italian word “fiero” can be used. But the car that Pontiac debuted for the 1984 model year didn’t exactly...

Question of the Day: What is the First Thing You Can Remember Driving?

Recently we got to thinking about the first thing we can remember driving. For us it was the uber-cool Bigfoot Power Wheels. We patrolled the front and back yard in that thing to no end, wiping out...

Watch The 1980 Drag Racing Documentary Life In The Quick Lane Right Here

We love old drag racing films around here and we know you love them too so that’s why when we found this three part film called “Life in the Quick Lane”  which was made in 1980 on...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Old Is New Again? What Will Be The Next Re-Visited Trend?

Prior to the Tesla Roadster’s breakthrough, electric vehicles fit one of three niches: golf carts, bumper cars and turn-of-the-century horseless carriages that nobody seemed to have anymore....

Rivan: The Electric Truck and SUV Startup That Caught Everyone’s Attention At The L.A. Auto Show

At the 2018 L.A. Auto Show, one truck and one SUV made waves, both made by a manufacturer that nobody had seemingly heard of: Rivan. The two concepts, the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV, are...