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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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Under The California Sun: More 2018 Grand Nationals Roadster Show Photo Coverage From Pomona

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Perhaps the most interesting thing about hot rodding is how it morphs and changes over time. Most hot rodders could not give a rip about the fashion of the clothes...

Chopped, Channeled, Decked, Frenched, and Fun: 2018 Grand Nationals Roadster Show Photo Coverage

(Photos by Wes Allison) – In this latest edition of our non-stop, wall to wall coverage of the 2018 Grand National Roadster show, we’re chopped, channeled, decked, and frenched!...

Spin Cycle: This FSM Niki Is All Motor And All Anger!

Meet the FSM Niki. Another continuation of the Fiat 126 program, the Niki was built by Fabryka Samochodów Malolitrazowych (FSM) in Poland and was exported to Australia from 1989 to 1992. Keep in...

Snow-Roaming In Style: This 1964 Ford Falcon Club Wagon Mounted On A Snowcat Is Awesome!

It’s never a good sign when you check the weather reports to see what you’re in for and the weatherman simply shrugs. That’s kind of what’s going on in my neck of the woods at...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Easiest Fix To A Serious Problem You’ve Encountered?

For a little over a week now, the Cadillac limo has been sitting in my driveway, occasionally moving here or there or making a quick trip in on the rural roads where nobody bothers to go. It’s...

The Coolest Buick On Earth Is For Sale: 1965 Buick Wildcat – Dual Quad 425 Nailhead, Four Speed, Convertible!

Just when you think it is safe to go outside, killer muscle cars that you never knew existed pop out of the woodwork. In this case it just happens to be the coolest Buick on Earth, a 1965 Buick...

Outdoorsy Types: More Great Car Photos Under The California Sun At The 2018 Grand National Roadster Show

(Photos by Wes Allison) – It is interesting how so many people have so many different aspirations in the automotive world. Some guys just want to get their heap running and out of the...

Icon For Sale: The Late Ken Nelson’s Cool Bus Fun System Wheelstander Is For Sale – Whole Operation

One of the greatest drag racing exhibition vehicles of all time is for sale along with all the stuff you need to operate it. The late Ken Nelson’s Cool Bus Fun System wheelstander has been seen...

Um…No, You Go First: Would You Strap Into This Fireblade-Powered Go Kart?

From the moment you were strapped into a tube frame with a 3.5 horsepower lawnmower engine making power, chances are good that if you’re here reading this, that you love go-karts and everything...

2018 Cavalcade of Customs Cincinnati Photo Coverage: The Cars and Trucks YOU Want To See!

(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – Cars on carpet does not necessarily mean they are never driven or beat on, but typically if they are it is very lightly.  Most in elaborate displays...

Searing Red: This 1972 Mercury Montego GT Cannot Be Missed Or Mistaken!

It can be seen from space, day or night…that is the most eye-blistering shade or bright red I’ve seen on a car in just about ever. And that’s only one point of many that makes this...

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Release The Kraken: Wach The 2019 Corvette ZR1 Set The Lap Record At VIR – Ford GT Leveled

This is war. Just days after Ford released a video showing the GT setting the lap record at Virginia International Raceway, the internet is dropping headlines like 2019 Corvette ZR1 Sets Lap Record...

Work Van Banger Racing! Watch Every Manner Of Van Kick The $#!* Out Of Each Other!

Holy mother…I’ve done demolition derby before, and anybody else who has can willfully attest that “gentle” isn’t in the program by a wide margin. But if you...

Watch The Final Rounds Of The 1971 NHRA Winternationals – The Late Keith Jackson On The Call

This is just simply fantastic albeit fantastic with a tinge of bittersweet sadness as many of the people featured in this video are no longer with us. For starters you are going to be watching the...