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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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Great Read: Hot Rod Magazine Tracks Down An Elusive (And All Original) Dodge Dart In The Middle Of NYC And Comes Away With An Awesome Story

Last week, Elana Scherr from Hot Rod Magazine hung out in New York with all different kinds of car guys and girls. We’re sure that there will be lots of video and cool magazine stories coming...

Cruise Night Photos: So Cal’s Cruise Scene Is Alive And Well At Ruby’s Diner In Whittier

Those of us that live in Southern California really are spoiled when it comes to cruise nights. Each and every week from Spring through Fall we have multiple cruise nights and car shows to attend....

Jet Hot’s Awesome 1967 Nova Is Back In Action With Kurt Urban LS Power And Vastly Upgraded Suspension!

If you have attended any of the major pro touring autocross events across the country this season, no doubt that you’ve seen some of the fleet of “Jet Hot Test Cars” tearing around...

Hemi Powered Pro Street Perfection On eBay – This 1969 GTX Makes 1,200hp and Looks The Business As Well!

In the BangShift universe, we are fully behind the “go big or go home” philosophy and the dude who built this amazingly bad ass 1969 Plymouth GTX is on board with that as well. How do we...

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Ed Moore, Driver Of The Famed MOB Fuel Altered And Longtime Fuel Racer Passes – One Of The Great AA/FA Pilots In Drag Racing History

Ed Moore, the man who made so many runs between the pipes of the famous, “The MOB” AA/FA has passed on to the big strip in the sky. Not only was it one of the coolest named AA/FAs of the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Did You Take Your Driver’s License Test In?

No matter how long ago it happened we all remember taking our license exam, passing, and then driving off on our own for the first time. It is one of the monumental days in the life of every gearhead...

More Dirt Track Action From Battleground Speedway! Wrecks, Passes, Flying Muck!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with a second and final installment of photos from Charles Wickam’s recent visit to Battleground Speedway in Texas. Other than having the...

COMP Performance Group Announces A Raft Of New Hardcore Products To Debut At SEMA 2013

Yesterday we told you that the SEMA 2013 news would be coming hot and very heavy this week and we weren’t kidding. Hot on the heels of Hedman announcing that they would be rolling some 350 new...

Pro Mod Racer Dennis Radford Crashes Scooter, Can’t Race Sunday In Vegas!

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) Oregon Pro Mod racer Dennis Radford’s return to the NHRA Pro Mod wars after taking a one-year hiatus proved to be a successful, but took a bad turn Saturday...

Action Gallery: Bodacious Racing Action From Battleground Speedway in Texas!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It has been a while since Wickam attended a dirt circle track event and picked dirt out of his teeth after a night shooting cool cars sliding around on the slick...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Do You Want To See Us Do With The ZL1 Camaro?

When the guys from GM called and said that a new ZL1 Camaro was on it’s way to my house last week, it was a surprise. We didn’t have anything planned, and we didn’t know what the...

Caption This Photo: Yeah, I’m Just Going To Leave This Right Here…

(Photo by Charles Wickam) – During Charles Wickam’s weekend of photo blasting at the Houston ADR event, he captured the aftermath of a pretty gnarly nitrous explosion out of what looks to...

Drag Photos: Wheels Up Gassers And Nostalgia Door Cars Invade New London Dragstrip

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) BangShift Photo Contributor Benoit “The Frenchman” Pigeon made a trip over to New London Dragstrip this weekend to snap some photos of Gassers and old school...

Craigslist Find: A Scooby Van With An Epic Description Of It’s “Smuggling Potential” Must Read

When we come across these funny Craigslist Ads that have very colorful descriptions, we try to share them whenever possible as Craigslist Finds here on BangShift. We’re going to be honest with...