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OLD SCHOOL Dodge 1 TON TOW TRUCK Gets Repairs and Paint Work! A Vice Grip Garage Roadworthy Rescue Christmas Bonus Episode Not To Be Missed.

In honor of the Christmas holiday, Derek has been putting out a few extra Vice Grip Garage videos the past week and we dig them. Some of them are a bit of Behind the Scenes coverage, some combine a...

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Swapping SRT4 TURBO POWER Into A MINT 1985 Dodge Minivan!! Building an EPIC Family Hauler With A Crusty SRT4.

This one here is something special. Sure, there have been plenty of turbo 4 cylinder Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers over the years, but this van is so mint that it defies description. Just wait...

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2025’s Wildest World Rally Championship Stages: Dirt, Tarmac, Rain, Snow, And More! It Was An Exciting Year Of Racing!

The 2025 World Rally Championship season was something special and like any good WRC event, the drama and action were plentiful. We’re excited to see the season ending highlights that all the...

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IHRA Acquires Historic Memphis Motorsports Park In Millington Tennessee. Big Race Weekend’s Planned For 2026!

Well folks, the rumors that someone is buying Memphis are finally true! For the last 15 years I’ve heard rumor after rumor that someone was coming in to buy the race track formerly known as...

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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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DID SANTA FAIL YOU? DON’T WORRY, THE BACONSHIFT SALE IS ON!!! FREE BACON, Plus $250 Discounts! It’s The BACONSHIFT Sale At American Powertrain And It Ends January 9th!

One of the most exciting times of year is when the BACONSHIFT SALE starts at American Powertrain! With $250 in savings on your favorite 5 and 6-speed kits, there is no doubt this is the perfect...

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Rumor Mill: The Buick Avista Concept Is Responsible For A Lot Of Bad Feelings Within GM Design

Early this year, Buick debuted the Avista concept coupe, a car based upon Alpha underpinnings that I would’ve happily sold body parts off for scientific use for to own. A twin-turbocharged V6...

Fastest rally, giant air: Watch Citroen smash a record and leap to the moon in Finland

Lots of rally fans love those old Group B monsters from the 1980’s and with good reason: They all had far more horsepower than the chassis technology was capable of managing at the time, making...

Drag Racer Craig Owen Passes After Horrifying Crash At Ware Shoals Dragway – Fans Injured

Last weekend Ware Shoals Dragway in South Carolina was the scene of a horrible crash that took the life of racer Craig Owen and wounded at least one spectator. Owen was traveling down the track at a...

Trans Am Challenge: This Eight Minute Video Is A Stunning Look Into The 1971 Trans-Am Season

The duo of Roger Penske and Mark Donohue pretty much stands alone on a pedestal away from every other driver/owner tandem in the history of American racing. Never was a pair of people so suited to...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: Saturday Shots From The Battle In Illinois!

We are live right now from Route 66 Raceway! As the cars are running down the track, Lohnes is hanging out in the announcer’s booth working his magic on the mic, Chad is working the camera for...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: More Action From Route 66 Raceway!

We are on the ground and in full-on work mode at Route 66 Raceway in Illinois for the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl. While the surprisingly sizable audience was listening to the dulcet tones of Brian...

New Hose End Expanders From Fragola Performance Systems Mean That Adapters Are A Thing Of The Past!

Like we talked about during our  tour of the Fragola Performance Systems factory the Connecticut company is always working on something. Their line of hose end expanders which completely eliminate...

2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl: Friday Action From Route 66 Raceway!

How big of a deal is the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl event here at Route 66 Raceway here in Northern Illinois? Not only do we have Lohnes on the mic announcing the action, we have Chad working the live...

Five-Wide Reverse Drag Racing Makes Figure-Eight Racing Look Like a Sunday Drive

The wide world of motorsports has a bit to offer for just about every car enthusiasts’ tastes, but sometimes you just need a healthy dose of entertainment for everyone. This is the realm of school...

We double dare you to find a better sleeper than this clapped-out, nitrous-huffing ice cream drag van

Sleepers are a wonderful thing in drag race. Street Outlaws’ Farm Truck is maybe the best-known and there are certainly plenty of other greats like the 700-horsepower Toyota Camry that looks like...

Watch a driver-extraction exercise from an all-electric racing series’ safety team

Motorsports safety has come a long way from the days, not so long ago, when drivers would pull themselves out of a wrecked race and walk across a hot track to a place where maybe there might be...

Watch The Saddest Camaro Burnout Ever End With An Even Sadder Impact – How Does This Happen?

While no one will be calling the Lohnes residence and offering me a ride in a Formula One car tomorow, I feel as though I am fully functional behind the wheel. I am not going to out duel Jimmy...

Big Changes At Jamco Parts! New Product Lines, New Focus, Same Great Quality and Service

The name Jamco Parts has been synonymous with shoebox Ford and Mercury suspension systems since the middle part of the 1980s. Well the company has recently announced a significant expansion of its...

Street Car Shootout At Brainerd Optimist Dragway – Coverage Of The Strip And The Cruise

(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Tommy Lee Byrd has been killing it lately with tons of great photos from places like Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip in Georgia. His latest dispatch came to us in the...