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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Tuesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Ridetech’s Barrett Jackson Week Is Over: Both Cars Sold And Fun Was Had By All

Last week, and through the weekend, the guys from Ridetech were at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale Arizona. We were completely jealous because of all the cool stuff they got...

An Awesome Henry J Gasser Project We Found On Craigslist And Want Bad!

Gassers are cool. And Henry J’s are cool as gassers, so when we found this one on Craigslist here in Southern California we started drooling immediately. It’s got some cool patina to it...

Gallery: We Drop In On Redline Motorsports – A High Performance Powerhouse In Florida!

When I arrived in Florida last week, Chad was still several hours behind me as his flight was still making its way toward the Sunshine State. With time to kill and a camera to use I headed down to...

This High Speed On-Truck Video From Ford’s Dakar Effort Is Screaming V8 Goodness

While the Ford V8 powered Ranger completed the 2014 Dakar Rally and landed in 22nd place and fought through some troubles along the way, we’d call the effort somewhat of a success. First off,...

BangShift Becomes Official Media Partner Of ChumpCar World Series! Your Home For All Things Chump Is Right Here!

We’ve never argued the fact that Chad and I are a couple of chumps, but we have now made it 100% official! We’re beyond proud to announce that BangShift.com is now the official media...

Two Time AHRA Pro Stock Champion Ken Dondero Has Died – Noted Driver For Grumpy Jenkins

UPDATE: Our friend Dave Wallace Jr. knew Ken Dondero, and sent out an email to all of his friends that included Ken’s obituary and words written by Dave himself. After reading the words written...

Webster Race Engineering In England Is Building An Awesome Bentley Drag Car

…and now for something completely different. How awesome is this build coming from the shop of Webster Race Engineering who are the crew responsible for brining other notable cars like Andy...

Action Video: Watch Jimmie Lynch Torture A 1936 Plymouth!

When it comes to “Best job to talk about at a party”, stunt driver must rank pretty far up the list. Sure, being an astronaut would take the cake and being a doctor isn’t shabby by any means,...

eBay Find: In 1987 This Very Trick And Largely Stock 1973 Blazer Won Its Class At The Baja 1000

Some of you will immediately jump ugly at the prospect of calling a 1973 Blazer with a 500ci Cadillac engine and other modifications “largely stock” but let’s really be honest here....

A Peek Behind The Curtain At DMC Racing – Cool Builds In Progress!

Last week we stopped into DMC Racing in Halifx, Massachusetts to hang out and see what was new and exciting at the shop. We were not let down by what we found, which was a veritable raft of...

2014 PRO Winter Warm Up – All Of Our Photos – Pits, Flaming Nitro Action!

Nitro teams were attacking the famed quarter mile at Palm Beach International Raceway in West Palm Beach, Florida with zeal on Thursday as the week long NHRA nitro pre season testing session moved...

Bitchin’ Video: Watch a Seriously Bad Ass 1973 Camaro Attack the Autocross

So in this video we have a hood view of Brian Hobaugh’s gnarly sounding 1973 Camaro attacking the autocross. Brian’s orange screamer is well known and has gotten lots of ink in magazines...

Great Gasser And Funny Car Race Jim “Fireball” Shores Has Died At 86 Years Old

A tough weekend for drag racing legends for sure as Ken Dondero passed away and now news comes in that gasser and funny car great Jim Shores has died. Shores was the wrenching half of the famed...

Motorized Freak of the Week: The World War 1 Russian Lebedenko Tank

This thing is by far the weirdest and possibly most massive self-propelled land vehicle we’ve ever heard of. Built by a Russian engineer as the ultimate weapon for use in WWI, it ended up as a...