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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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GM Brass Challenges Ford To A Diesel Truck Tug of War, Literally

This would be certainly be cool to see. GM’s Tom Stephens, the company’s vice chairman in charge of global product operations, recently said in an interview with Pickuptrucks.com that he...

ProCharger Releases the Mother of All Blowers, Behold the F4

When photos began to surface of the ProCharger F4 at the PRI show, people around the web were quick to dismiss the apparent size and scope of the unit as trick photography. In order to completely...

Site of the Week: YouDriveWhat.com

YouDriveWhat.com is a brutally simple website that contains photos of odd, exotic, bizarre, awful, weird, and unique cars. It is essentially a large photo gallery of snapshots featuring completely...

Photo Gallery: 100 Chevy Novas and Chevy IIs

OK, here it is, the next big gallery in our upcoming series of model-specific photo blowouts. Last time we brought you a bunch of Chevelles, this time its Novas and Chevy IIs. We’ve got every...

RacingJunk Find: Wild Rear Engine El Camino Mud Bogger

This mud bogging El Camino is completely BangShift.com approved! Sporting four-wheel drive, a 408ci small-block mounted in the bed, a nitrous bottle located next to the shifter, and 35-inch Boggers...

Ridetech President in Stable Condition after fall

BangShift.com sponsor and friend Bret Voelkel, President of Ridetech, was hospitalized Jan 20th, 2010 after suffering a head injury due to a fall. Voelkel was seen running from the Ridetech...

Weld Racing’s most bitchin wheel yet

When Kyle Fickler, Scott Rider, and the Granite Creek investment group bought Weld Racing from American Racing Wheels in November of 2008, the industry knew good things were in store for Weld. Kyle...

NASCAR Drivers Test New Spoiler, Cars Still Look Dumb

The lame ass wing that has adorned the rear of NASCAR’s spec “Car of Tomorrow” since 2007 is one step closer to the scrap heap today, after several drivers ran in a tire test...

MPMC Product Spotlight: Smittybuilt Black Box and Budget XRC 3 Winch

We spent some time with the guys from Smittybuilt and learned of a couple cool products that they have brought to market. Since Goliath, our 1966 C50 project truck, is a working brute, and...

Great Rant: Peter DeLorenzo Fires a Salvo at Shelby

Peter DeLorenzo’s Autoextremist.com is a neat place to stop every week for auto industry information and normally some scathing opinion pieces. This week was no exception, as Carroll Shelby and...

MPMC Product Spotlight: Coil Over Shock Package For Classic Mustangs From Speed Direct

There are some upgrades you can make to your car that just make sense. This cool Vector Series coil over shock kit for ’65-’70 Mustangs from Speed Direct is one of those upgrades. Using...

MPMC Product Spotlight: Quick Fuel’s 1450-CFM QFX Carb

This is a serious carb for serious motors and it moves a serious amount of air! This 1450 CFM monster from Quick Fuel Technology is being heralded as one of the biggest things to hit the ranks of Pro...

Good News: Supporters of Social Circle, Georgia, Drag Strip Form Group to Fight Opposition

Here’s some good news on the on-going saga over the proposed racing complex in Social Circle, Georgia. To this point all of our reportage has been centered around the group formed to sink the...

MPMC Product Spotlight: Hotchkis Suspensions For Late Model and Classic Camaros

As we continue to meet with a host of manufacturers at this year’s SEMA MPMC conference, the cool news on new parts and components keeps on coming. Hotchkis Sport Suspension has some great...