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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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Wednesday Moment of Zen: The Most Insane Towing Setup Ever – No Camera Tricks – This is Real

One of the reasons that we love the companies who support us here at BangShift is because they are filled with guys and girls just like us, gearheads who are quick on the draw with their camera...

Chad’s On SHRA Radio Tonight — Like Now — Click Here to Listen!

Chad’s appearing on the Southern Hot Rod Association Online Radio Show tonight, and you NEED to listen! He’ll be talking all things BangShift, the Street Car Super Nationals, and whatever...

Event Gallery: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2012 – Hot Rods, Vintage Drag Iron, and Coolness Galore!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Pennsylvania’s Bruce Larson is one of the most accomplished Funny Car racers in the history of drag racing. He was a hitter from the earliest days of the class with...

Freaking Awesome Video: A Roots Blown Dragster That Uses a V-Twin Engine to Power the Blower!

This is 100% BangShift approved mechanical madness. The videos you’ll see after the jump feature a dragster in British Columbia, Canada running a roots blown small block Chevy engine. The catch...

The Houston Autorama Is This Weekend: We’ll Be There – You Should Too! Photo Galleries Inside!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The season of indoor car shows kicks off with a bang this coming weekend in Houston, Texas as the Houston Autorama marks the first stop on the 15 city tour of major...

Wreckage Video: In Car Footage Of A Cobra Jet Mustang’s Huge Wheelie And Heavy Impact At Cecil County

Last week we bought you video of a new Cobra Jet Mustang launching off the starting line at Cecil County, pulling a bumper dragging wheelstand, and then crashing hard into both walls at the track....

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer And Today’s Impossible Challenge!

We’re in catch up mode after the weekend’s wild live broadcast of the PSCA Street Car Supernationals so forgive us for being a day late on testing your gearhead knowledge! Anyway, the...

Car Show Gallery: Jalopyrama 9 – Hot Rods, Customs, Traditional Rods, Old Race Cars and More!

(Photos by Dan Grippo) – Frequent BangShift contributor Joe Grippo has a brother named Dan. Joe insists that they aren’t twins and that he’s better looking than Dan. Frankly, we...

Evan Knoll’s Attorney Asks For Leniency – Massive Prison Sentence Expected To Be Handed Down On Wednesday

The speculation of exactly how harsh the government will punish Evan Knoll shall end on Wednesday when he is officially sentenced after pleading guilty to all of the charges levied against him. The...

Gallery: The Goodguys 15th Annual Southwest Nationals – Scottsdale, Arizona

(Photos by Justin Oney) – The Goodguys season is coming to an end for 2012 with one fine show this weekend in Del Mar California. Last weekend the tour visited Scottsdale, Artizona and...

eBay Find: A Boeing Gas Turbine Powered Go Kart – BS Approved Levels of Insanity!

We have to thank BangShift reader Andrew Lenthe for the tip on this amazing turbine powered go kart that is currently for sale on eBay. Looking all the world like a well constructed but bat shit...

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Video: Watch The Hypermax Dragster Make The Quickest Diesel Pass Of All Time (We Think)

We’ve been following the exploits of the Illinois-based Hypermax Engineering team and their diesel powered dragster for the better part of a year now. The last time we showed you video of the...

Galleries:Our Photos From the PSCA’s Street Car Supernationals VIII – Door Slammer Action!

(Photos by Rob Kinnan) – If you missed our live streaming broadcast of the 2012 PSCA Street Car Supernationals you failed to see one of the great door slammer drag races of all time. ET records...

Video Replay: The 2012 Street Car Super Nationals

That’s right folks, it’s time for the biggest battle of East vs. West in Pro Street, Outlaw 10.5, Drag Radial and more, and we’ll have it all live from Las Vegas where Street Car...