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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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This Homebuilt, STEEL BODIED, Mustang Funny Car Is The Coolest Drag Relic We Have Ever Found On eBay

So often we hear about those heady days of yore in drag racing where a guy could just build something and go race it. Well, here is the physical embodiment of that time period in the form of a...

Gallery: The 25th Texas Joy Ride Rod Run – Spring Has Sprung In The Lone Star State

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – This is a neat event, especially this year. For starters, the Texas Joy Ride Rod Run has been going on for the better part of 25 years as of 2014 but potentially...

In 1965 Ford Put A Mustang On Top Of The Empire State Building And They Are Getting Ready To Do It Again

(Photo Credit: Ford Motor Company) – It was a publicity stunt that worked beyond anyone’s imagination. The owners of the Empire State Building, looking to build more traffic to their...

One Of The Wildest CL Finds Ever – An Original Batmobile Body On A Lincoln Mk V Chassis…Or Is It?

Sure, we normally find things of a weird of dubious nature on Craigslist to share with you but this time, thanks to reader Dave Smithson, we have something that seems to be 100% legit and totally...

Bitchin’ Video: Multiple X275 Passes In A Trick Flow Headed, Turbocharged, Wheelstanding Fox Body

This video from Shawn Ayers is totally awesome as it is completely devoid of crappy downtime, idling around the pits, and all of that junk. The video captures a day of racing from the driver’s...

The Horrible Welding Continues! This is An Epidemic! More Globs Of Fail Inside

Yesterday, after running the blog item about the horrid welding job on the gas tank the guys at RideTech spotted, we sent our an APB asking for your photos of horrid welding jobs. The first guy to...

Huge Upcoming Oklahoma Auction Has Hundreds Of Old American Cars – Hot Rod Project Galore

Chuy Nava from MSD Performance tipped us off about this amazing auction that is set to take place in Oklahoma come early June (the 7th to be exact). The auction is not filled with pristine, ready to...

Painfully Stupid Video: Watch An Amazing Towing Failure From (We Think) Russia

Cue the music and bring in the clowns because this video is as close to a circus as anything you’ll see today. We think it was filmed in Russia but perhaps we are wrong and if we are, by all...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Is Your Project Ready To Go For Cruising Season?

Tomorrow I will get you back up to speed on Project Buford T Justice and his long winter nap as we got repeatedly smashed in the face by mother nature to the point that the car was under a frozen...

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series – Crazy Photos And Full Results From Wild Horse Pass!

(Photos credit: Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series) – The second race of the early Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series season was held at Wild Horse Pass Raceway in Arizona last weekend and we have...

BangShift Approved Video? This Blown V8 Powered M3 Makes Some Big Suds At The Wheels And Hits The Strip

First things first. There is not an LS engine in this M3. This is a factory V8 powered M3 that has been warmed up with a centrifugal blower bolted to the front of the engine and it sounds pretty...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Assault And Battery (Acid)

Batteries are big right now because of the cold, or depending on the day, because it’s starting to look like the first breaths of Spring and people are getting their projects out and are starting...

BOOM VIDEO: Watch This Very Fast Pickup Literally Launch Its Driveshaft – No Loop Here!

There are certain rules that lots of racers like to scoff at. Replacing belts every couple years is one of many that annoy people and make them believe that there’s some sort of conspiracy out...

Event Gallery: The 2014 Motor City Hot Rod And Racing Expo – First Time Show And We Were There!

(Dave Nutting photos) – This week, we’ll be telling you all about our adventurous road trip to visit the fine folks at Trick Flow, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, and the...