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How Dangerous Is A 10hp Belt Grinder? The Fireball Tools 5HP Go Kart Belt Sander Is A Scary Machine Now!

The Fireball tools go-kart belt sander is something special, that’s for sure, and with 5 horsepower you’d think that it could hog away any material needed. And it does. But more power is...

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Painting Raised Letter Valve Covers Can Be A Pain, But When Done Right The Results Are Worth The Steps Taken

We’ve all owned a set of valve covers or a timing cover or some other automotive part that has raised letters on them. And sometimes they have a different color of paint on those raised...

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Nitro Video: FUEL ALTERED QUALIFYING FROM THE 2026 IHRA SEASON OPENER AT DARANA MOTORSPORTS PARK

We shared Funny Car action from the IHRA Season Opener at Darana Motorsports Park, formerly GALOT, yesterday and loved the IHRA Nitro action. Fuel Altereds are part of the Nitro show as well, along...

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TX2K26 Day 4 From The Texas Motorplex: The FASTEST Drag Pass in TX2K History & Leroy goes #1

Here’s the Day 4 video from The Texas Motorplex and TX2K26! If you missed any of the previous videos, just click the link below to check them out too. With the sale of Houston Raceway Park three...

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Pavement Pounder Events Announces “Motor City to Wheel Hub Live” 2026 Road Trip And We’re Excited To Be Their Official Media Partner!

Pavement Pounder Events is back in 2026 in a HUGE way, with an incredibly exciting road trip event that will be starting in the Motor City and heading to Wheel Hub Live! That’s right, you get...

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Cordless Ratchet Testing And Review: The New DeWALT XR And New Milwaukee Ratchets Face Off

It’s time for some more tool testing and this time it is one of my favorite cordless tools, even though it took forever for me to start using one. I, like many of you out there, seem to reach for...

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Someone In Your Life Love Big Oly? This Forthcoming Acme Die Cast Replica Would Do Them Good!

Normally we like vouching for stuff that we have personal experience with here. Parts that either we or our friends have used. Brands that have been accepted as quality and continue to carry that...

This 1969 COPO Chevelle Is An Understated Badass! 427, Four-Speed, 4.10s Out Back!

Part of the beauty of the 1964-74 Musclecar Era was that manufacturers had started to embrace the idea that the buyer needed to be the one dictating options, not the factory. The first-generation...

Holley LS Fest 2018: The Crowds Never Noticed The Clouds Approaching!

Just about every one of the galleries from the 2018 Holley LS Fest have a mention about the weather, and for good cause…days before the show started the weather reports basically said,...

The Final Fox: Take A Look Back At The SVT “Terminator” Mustang Courtesy Of Motorweek!

In 1999, Ford found they had a two-sided problem: on one hand were the 320 horsepower Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport and Pontiac Trans Am WS6, two cars that were potent, faster than they had yet been,...

Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night Of Fire: The Storm Before The Storm

If you tried tuning in to our live coverage for Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night of Fire event, then let me be the first to apologize…again. After attempt after attempt at getting the...

An Aussie View Of Drag Week From Bristol – Get The Insight That They Had

With the allure of driving highly modified cars that haul the mail by the ton across the countryside with no hassle from the cops (so long as you don’t do stupid things along the way),...

Watch the Most Hellaciously Bad Ass Brake Test on Earth – Incredible Forces at Work

We saw lots of hot brakes and clamping forces at work during Hot Rod Drag Week, LS Fest, and the NHRA Dodge Nationals, but even the big binders on the pro touring and drag cars have nothing on the...

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Rough Start: This 1966 Mercury Comet Needs Some Road Time!

Did any of you have that one car in the neighborhood that was the coolest thing you’d ever seen, looked the part, but you grew up never seeing the car move so much as an inch? The tires would...

Footloose And Fancy-Free: Watch Bartosz Ostałowski Whip His Skyline Around Like Fred Astaire!

A Fred Astaire reference on BangShift…wow, that’s a reach. Or is it? You see, Astaire’s most well-remembered feature wasn’t his singing or his acting, but it was the way in...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Memory From A Track That’s Now Gone?

As I type this, I’m still coming to terms with the final blowout that I got to witness at Rocky Mountain Raceway as part of the Night of Fire weekend. I can’t explain just how pissed-off...

Rocky Mountain Raceway’s Night Of Fire 2018: A Photographic View Of A Final Bash

The sad truth is that the Night of Fire event at Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah is that it’s a farewell blowout. After the 2018 season ends, so does Rocky Mountain Raceways. A...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Running From Diesels And Random Acts Of Airbags

Ok, you want the truth? I’ve been awake long enough to see double, after watching what I can only describe as the mother of all going-away parties went down in a location that is at least 50%...

This Diesel Is Amazing! This Might Be One Of Most Evil Diesel Drag Racers We’ve Ever Seen.

The guys at 1320 Video are amazing at catching all the fun stuff that goes down the dragstrip, but this one is a little bit unique compared to their norm. This crazy Wagler Duramax powered truck runs...

This Billet Aluminum Vent Canister System From Chassisworks Is Just What You Need!

Chris Alston’s Chassisworks has all kinds of cool products to help you build and maintain your hot rod, race car, or pro touring machine. One of the often overlooked areas of a build are proper...