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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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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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Did Project Farm Really Improve Gas Mileage by 22.4%! Don’t Get Scammed and Do What Works!

With average gas prices in the country in the $4.50 range today, it’s no wonder folks are trying to get better gas mileage right now. For many of the drivers across the country it is going to...

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FIA World Endurance Championships Highlights From TotalEnergies 6 Hours of SPA – Wheel To Wheel Racing Action

Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championships was held at SPA, aka Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and did not disappoint. This is an epic race track, and the action here is always great,...

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Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: First Cameras Allowed in Toyota’s GR Factory: Minimal robots & More Humans

This is a cool episode of Capturing Car Culture if you are like us and love to see factory and how its made videos. I’ve been on several automotive assembly plant tours and can tell you that...

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RacingJunk Find: The Late Ron Hammel’s 8,000hp Capable Dyno – One Bad Ass Piece of Living Hot Rodding History!

Ron Hammel of 10,000RPM Dyno fame passed away in 2012. Hammel was a pioneer in the hot rod and drag racing world. His 10,oooRPM Speed Equipment company was the first outfit to sell nitrous kits to...

EFI Conversions and Engine Swaps Just Got Easier: The Easiest Fuel System You’ll Ever Install. REALLY! LOOK AT IT!

Aeromotive Fuel Systems has just come out with what we believe is the most revolutionary fuel system ever. The Phantom Fuel System can be installed AT HOME, BY ANY CAR JUNKIE, in ANY fuel tank...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Is This The Coolest Automotive Desk Ever?

We dig automotive furniture, artwork, etc., but when Scott from Route2Media sent us this picture of an almost completely intact Mini Cooper built into a desk we were blown away. Of course we had to...

Event Coverage: More Than 100 Photos Of SCTA Racing At El Mirage, Where Dirt Is King…

Zane McNary shot a bunch of great photos from the dirt at El Mirage this past Sunday, after shooting drag racing photos for us on Friday and Saturday from the California Hot Rod Reuninon. Since he...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Today’s Challenge (With a Twist!) and Yesterday’s Freak Identified!

Once again, the BS readership has made me proud. I posted the photos of an odd looking inline four cylinder engine yesterday and it was the very first comment from Speedy that nailed it right out of...

eBay Find: An Ultra Rare 1957 Mack B-21 Fire Truck – One of Two Ever Made – 935ci Engine!

My wife often accuses me of being a child. Unfortunately when she catches me slobbering over big red fire trucks on eBay, I can’t mount that credible a defense. Accusations aside, this 1957...

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NHRA Museum Announces Dates For First Ever New England NHRA Hot Rod Reunion!

In news that is being heralded by drag racing fans around the entire Northeastern United States, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum has announced the dates of the first ever New England NHRA...

Buford Update: We Flog The Suspension, Unveil a Mountain of Speed Parts, Spill Our Wild Drag Strip Plan

(Photos by Dave Nutting and the author) – So last we left you, Buford T Justice had quit running on us twice during some mundane cruising action around town. The first time the car shut down we...

Video: Watch Kevin Fiscus Make A Full Eighth Mile Drag Radial With The Pass With the Front Wheels In The Air!

Kevin Fiscus has long been known as one of the hardest running drag radial tire racers in the country. It was a couple of years ago that he became the first guy to run back to back 6-second/200mph...

Tune In: Live Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod This Weekend – Watch the End Of The English Drag Racing Season LIVE and FREE!

(Words by Andy Rogers – Photos by Julian Hunt) –  Santa Pod Raceway’s 2012 racing season ends with Saturday’s Flame and Thunder Show and Eurodragster.com will be webcasting...

Video: Watch A Truck Tug Of War Come To a Flaming Halt In Florida

Like the rock buggy we showed you earlier, tug of war competitions starring giant trucks are a southern creation. These events happen with regularity in central and southern Florida, often times in...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Answer Plus Today’s Challenge and It Is A Tough One!

Once again, the BangShift readership knocked it out of the park with yesterday’s identification challenge. The engine in question was in fact a Studebaker R4, which is one of less than 10 known...

Cruise Gallery: The Otto’s BBQ Cruise – Houston, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Otto’s BBQ is a Houston landmark. Opened in 1951, the place has been feeding the area some of the best Texas-style BBQ for more than 60-years. Charles Wickam...

NEWS: Chevy Unveils Next Generation Small Block – Dubbed LT1 – Cam in Block – 450hp – 6.2L

Literally as we type this, Chevrolet is rolling out the newest version of the venerable small block. Dubbed the LT1, this engine displaces 6.2L, will make 450hp in the Corvette, has the cam in the...