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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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BangShift Test Drive: The 2013 Ford Raptor – We Drag It, ‘Wheel It, and Jump It!

(Photos by Tom Phair, Kerri Lohnes, and the author) –  The most commonly asked question we had during our time with the 2013 Ford SVT Raptor was, “Is that thing fun to drive?” The...

Car Guy Toys: RC Pulling Tractors Video! Brian Is Going To Lose His Mind!

As our regular readers well know, Brian is a complete freak for trucks and tractors, and I’ve been to truck and tractor pulls a few times. And as any gearhead knows, those machines are setup...

Caption This Photo: How To Use A Racepak On Your Weber!

Tim Anderson, the dude who runs Racepak, has become a pretty good friend of ours around here and is a diehard BangShifter. On occasion he sends pictures, a cool video or whatever and yesterday he...

Rocket Racing Wheels On The Cover Of Overkill Magazine

Rocket Racing Wheels is in the news again! This time it’s on the cover of Overkill Magazine’s Nashty Habit cover car. Featuring Rocket Launcher and Rocket Strike wheels front and rear...

Best of BangShift 2012: The1967 Shelby GT500 Barn Find – Found in Death Valley California

When we got the call from our pal Jon at Tube Chassis Designz that we needed to get down to his shop to see something cool, we jumped in the car and went. We were greeted with one of the coolest...

New Car Tech: We Drive The 2013 Ford Fusion Equipped With Lane Keeping Technology

The 2013 Ford Fusion has been met with a warm reception from both the automotive press and the driving public. The styling has been talked about extensively, the small displacement turbocharged...

$1500 From Racepak! End Of The World Deal ENDS TODAY LIVE. BangShift Picks The Winner!

MAKE YOUR $3500 PURCHASE BY 12 NOON PACIFIC TIME TODAY AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED IN THE DRAWING FOR $1500 OFF. WE ARE DRAWING THE NAME LIVE RIGHT HERE AT NOON AND WILL ALSO BE GIVING AWAY OTHER SCHWAG!...

eBay Find: “She Looks Like 200 MPH But She’s Not” – A Rolling Disaster Area Kit Car

Another day, another complete disaster of a kit car for sale online. If you happen to be drunk at this early hour of the day, your eyes may be telling you that we’re bagging on a Ferrari...

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Gallery: Fresh Photos From the 2012 Rodders Journal Vintage Speed and Custom Revival

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – The 2012 Rodders Journal Vintage Speed and Custom Revival held at the famed Pimlico horse racing track was the most talked about car show of 2012. This event brought...

REPLAY: PowerShift With Chad and Brian… End Of The World Edition! At 6 pm

Dudes, tomorrow is the end of the world according to all the crack pot jack holes, so tonight’s episode of Power Shift should be relatively interesting since we have nothing to lose and can say...

BangShift/Comp Cams Question Of The Day: Is Your Hot Rod Ready For The Cold Weather?

When we saw this question on Comp Cam’s Facebook page this morning we laughed. I mean out loud, because of the photos attached to it. They have some of the best photos and one liners on there...

Bonus CraigsList Find: Gabby Bleeker’s Famous AA/FA (Kinda Sorta) For Sale!

We’ve got to thank our own Greg Rourke for the tip on this one. He must have been fuel altered shopping on Craigslist and came across this ad featuring the famed AA/FA of Gabby Bleeker listed...

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Gallery: More Great Photos From the Belair Plaza Outlaw Car Show at The 2012 Daytona Turkey Run

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Yesterday we dropped a load of about 100 photos on your from the Belair Plaza “outlaw” car show that breaks out at the Daytona Turkey Run event every...

Sea Of Cones: The Coolest Intro To Autocrossing Film We’ve Seen – Why You Need To Do This Stuff!

There’s not doubt about the fact that autocross competitions involving cars that were not traditionally part of the autocross world have been growing at an explosive level over the last couple...