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Is This 1,400 horsepower Toyota, The Fastest Land Speed Racing Mini-Truck In The World? Larry Chen Check Out This Bonneville Speed Week Machine!

I’ve loved this truck since I first saw it on the salt at Bonneville a few years ago, and it continues to impress me every time I see it. It’s not just that it is fast, because it’s...

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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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BangShift Replay: Is Your Local Strip Safe or Just Pretending to Be?

(Editor’s note: This story ran at the tail end of 2011 but since tracks across the country are opening again we thought we would run this piece a secnd time) – While there is still a fair...

Maryland’s Capitol Raceway Closed Over Apparent Land/Lease Dispute

The drag strip operated by NHRA Pro Stock team owner Jim Cunningham, Capitol Raceway is currently closed. The reasons for this closure appear to stem from a dispute over the lease on the track. The...

Watch a Big Rig and a Huge Tow Truck Fall 200 Feet Over an Icy Cliff

This video has been on the web for a day or two, so we’re late to the party, but it is amazing to watch. Apparently filmed in Norway, the video shows a big rig being towed up a mountain road....

Caption This Photo: What’s Everyone Lookin’ For?

(Photo by Charles Wickam) – It takes a veritable village to run a high power drag car like one of the entries in the ADRL’s Pro Extreme or Pro Nitrous class. Those 2,000+hp beasts...

Watch Bob Riggle Take the Hemi Under Glass Wheelstander Up the Hill at Goodwood Circa 2007

When I ran the video of Ron Hope’s crash in the Rat Trap AA/FA at a road course type event in New Zealand the other day, I knew that the video was going to get picked up and run everywhere. I...

Gallery: Hotckis Suspension and Hotckis H-Team Track Day

(Photos by Khan Media) – One of the coolest aspects of working for a company that designs and builds high performance suspension systems is the fact that those components need to be tested and...

Junkyard Stagger: We Hit Another Yard and Find More Cool Old Junk, Plus Parts for Buford t Justice

We once again went junkyard hunting for Caprice parts and while at the yard, some cool stuff jumped up and caught our eye. While there are not any true gems like we found during our last scavenging...

Amazing Find Gallery: Abandoned Trucks and Cars in the Pennsylvania Woods!

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – One of the reasons that we love our nationwide network of photo contributors as much as we do is because they are all as tapped as Chad and I are. Take Doug...

ADRL Houston 2012 – Eliminations Galleries and Race Results HERE!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was a wild weekend in Baytown, Texas last weekend at the ADRL’s CarSafe Dragpalooza VIII run on the strip at Royal Purple Raceway. Charles Wickam was there...

Drag Gallery: Opening Day at New England Dragway 2012

Hot rodders from around New England converged on the small town of Epping, NH yesterday as New England Dragway threw the gates open for the first time in 2012 to kick off the racing season and we...

BangShift’s ADRL Houston 2012 Coverage: Tons of Killer Photos and Results!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The ADRL season kicked off in fine fashion yesterday at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Our man Charles Wickam was on the wall for the whole day shooting...

Win the Lottery and Buy the Friggin’ A-Team Van!

We remember Mike Meyers for his funny TV characters, being the voice of Shrek, starring in such cinematic hits as, So I Married an Ax Murderer, and generally being as funny as a Canadian can be....

Chevrolet Ends Freeze on ZL1 Camaro – Sales, Production and Deliveries Begin Again

The mysterious “quality assessment” of 2012 Camaro ZL1s has come to a close and GM has announced that production, deliveries, and new orders are being processed for the 580hp Camaros....

Live Drag Racing This Weekend: DragStory.com to Webcast the 17th Annual Holcomb Civil Wars on MotorManiaTV.com

Our pal and fellow live streaming comrade Mark Walters will be on the scene at Rockingham Dragway this weekend to broadcast the 17th annual Holcomb Civil Wars event on his site, MotormaniaTV.com. The...