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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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This Mid-Engined Hyundai Veloster Smacks Of Group B Rally Cars In All Of The Right Ways

Take one funky but boring hatchback, ditch the back seats, shove the engine where the back seat should be, wick up the engine nicely, make sure there’s enough air and radiator coverage to keep...

Truck Feature: This Hot Rodded Cummins Powered Lil’ Red Express Rips Low 10-Second Quarter Mile Times With 100psi Of Boost!

(Words and photos be Jacob Marshall) – When I first saw Max Kirtley’s Little Red Express truck it was buried in the staging lanes of Royal Purple Raceway surrounded by numerous Nissan...

This 401-powered Gremlin Needs A New Home – Just Pretty Enough To Be Nice, Just Dirty Enough To Be Fun

There is a fine line between show car and beater, and it varies a little from person to person, but it goes like this: is it too nice to take out into the rain? It’s a show car. Is it so...

Watch This Screw Blown, LS Powered Factory Five Type 65 Coupe Roar Out 650hp At The Tires On The Dyno!

We are gearing up to do some really cool stuff with our friend Fred Simmons at SMG Motoring in the coming weeks. You’ll remember SMG as the shop we last dyno tested Buford T Justice before...

Bernie Ecclestone Wants A Separate Formula 1 Series For Women…Cue The Backlash

In 2005, while discussing Danica Patrick’s successes in the Indy Racing League, made one of the most infamous quips ever: “You know I’ve got one of those wonderful...

Father And Son English Drag Racers Sentenced To Decades In Prison For Leading Drug Smuggling Operation

This is the second time that Graham Ellis’s name has appeared on the front page of BangShift and sadly, neither time has it been in celebration of good news. The first time was due to a massive...

Drifting Paralyzed: The Story Of Rob “Chairslayer” Parsons And His Determination To Drive

Look at your legs for a second. For the majority of us, they are there, have been there, and function as expected. What would you do if you lost them? How would you cope if you got into an accident...

Unveiled: The Lincoln Continental Concept – There Might Be A Pulse Left At Lincoln After All

(Photos: Ford Motor Company) Ford’s got this “hide the concept until the last freaking minute” thing down pat. First was the Ford GT, and now this, the Lincoln Continental concept...

Freak For Sale: Cummins 4BT Powered 1970 Nova Dually – Eight Lug Wheels And The Soul Of A Big Rig?

For the pure freak factory, this could be the weirdest single car I have ever posted on BangShift. Not weird in the sense that it is horribly ugly or looks like it was victimized by a bad plastic...

Watch This Crazy Diesel Drag Truck From Thailand Make A Dyno Pull And Belch Soot Like Crazy

We have showed you more than a couple videos from Asia that illustrate how hardcore the drag racing/hot rodding scene is in places like Thailand. In fact, this video below comes from Thailand and in...

Corner Burning Photos From The Hotchkis Autocross At NMCA West Fontana – Late Model And Pro Touring Muscle

It was a great weekend of action at the NMCA west event which was held on the grounds of Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California. We were there blasting photos of the drag racing as well as the...

Pit Thrash Photos From The PDRA Season Opener In Texas – Door Slammers In The Mist!

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – While wheelies, burnouts, and nitrous purges are part of the glamour and allure of Drag racing, some of the best glances into what racing is really like...

Watch Jason Michalak Run 3.97/194 On Drag Radials, In Memphis, Between Snowflakes – Quickest Radial Pass Ever In Competition

While we were shaking off the cold and enjoying the sunshine in Charlotte, North Carolina at the NHRA race, small tire and drag radial fanatics were packed into Memphis International Raceway to take...

This Smokey Yunick Built L88 427 Chevrolet Prototype Could Be Yours…If You Have The Scratch!

Lots of times when we see an eBay listing for something like this Smokey Yunick built L88 427 Chevrolet big block prototype there are clouds of mystery surrounding the thing. Was it really something...