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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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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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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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Video: Danica Patrick Suffers Hellacious Wreck at Daytona and Walks Away

Danica Patrick suffered a massive crash in today’s first Gatorade Duel at Daytona International Speedway. She walked away from the scary crash with no apparent injuries. This was a wild one...

Cool News: Summit Will Now Same Day Ship All Orders Placed by 10PM Eastern Time Mon-Friday!

This is news that will appeal to people who thrash on their junk at the last minute all the time. Yes, that does mean all of us! Summit Racing Equipment announced earlier today that every order...

March Meet Fever is Growing By the Day – Remember it Will All Be LIVE Right here at BangShift.com!

We’re one week away from the start of the legendary March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California! If you are within driving distance of the track and you are not going to...

Driveway Tech: Battling the Oil Burning Monte Carlo – Part 3- Death Match!

(Words, Photos, Bleeding and Struggle by Scott Liggett) – As we continued to fight this darn car’s oil burning 350 we transitioned from frustration to inspiration, back to frustration,...

Racing Junk Find: A Super Rare Original AMX Flopper With Killer Drag History

Today’s world of blobby funny cars is the result of the march of technology and competition over the decades. It is almost impossible for the casual drag racing fan to believe that there were...

Carb Tech Video: Holley Shows You How to Choose the Right Power Valve For Your Application

While EFI is on the end of everyone’s tongue these days, there is still a booming marketplace for carbs and for guys and girls who like to tinker, tune, and experiment, they are devilish fun....

Florida Man Crashes His Mustang Into a Neighboring House…For the Second Time

83 year-old Bob Johnson was on the other side of his house when he felt a quake, heard some items fall down and wondered what the heck had just happened. The WWII vet shrugged it off and went back to...

Sold Out! ECTA’s Ohio Mile April Event Reaches 175-Car Limit

We thought that the ECTA’s move to Wilmington, Ohio would increase their car counts and popularity. It looks like we were right because the ECTA’s Tonya Turk announced on Facebook...

Watch a Merlin Tank Engine Powered Street Rod Tool Around!

Since I am hung up on engines today, here’s a video highlighting a street rod project that is using a massive Merlin tank engine for power.The build, as you would expect, seems  to be totally...

Question of the Day: What is the Ugliest Engine Ever?

Engines are typically judged on their efficiency, their power ratings, and their ability to make noise and thrust a hot rod down the road. That being said, there is a definite aesthetic appeal to...

MSD Launches AtomicEFI.com – The Go to Spot For All Atomic EFI Info

MSD has had a great response since launching their revolutionary Atomic EFI system at the 2011 SEMA show. In their on-going quest to provide as much information about the system as possible and...

ADRL Releases the Rules to the New Supercar Showdown Class! Read them HERE!

When the ADRL announced the creation of their new Supercar Showdown class we were excited and more than a little interested to read the rules. As of today, our interest has been satisfied because the...

This is the Most Insane Race Car Fire Video We Have Ever Seen

We have seen and featured hundreds, perhaps thousands of crash videos here on BangShift over the years, but we’ve never seen anything like this. Aussie V8 Supercar racer David Besnard suffered...

More Charges Levied Against Jeremy Mayfield

The hits just keep on coming for Jeremy Mayfield. He has now been charged with possession of stolen property and a fourth count of obtaining property by false pretense. These charges are in...