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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Laris Motorsports Insurance $75K Livestream Starts With The THURSDAY WARM-UP

It’s time for more LIVE drag racing, and this time it is from the big money bracket races at Darana Raceway National Trail in Hebron Ohio as they Laris Motorsports Insurance $75,000 To Win race...

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Free Livestream: Check Out Big And Small Tire Testing At US131 As The Mid West Drag Racing Series And Radial Outlaws Prepare For The Weekend!

US 131 has been open for testing the past two days as both the Mid West Drag Racing Series and Radial Outlaws Racing Series prepare to take over the famed US 131 Motorsports Park. I’ve raced...

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Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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It’s Got 1 Cylinder and 13 Horsepower! Is It Actually The Best City Car Out There? Here’s Why Jay Leno Thinks So!

If you are under the age of 20, you might not recognize this car, but otherwise you’ve probably seen a BMW Isseta before. Made famous again by the lovable and weird Steve Urkel character on...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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Video: Dump Truck Rams and Destroys a Pedestrian Bridge in Turkey

The best thing about this video is that news reports say that none of the pedestrians were seriously hurt in what appears to be a horrific accident as the dump bed of a truck raises while being...

Craigslist Find: BMW, The Ultimate Wheeling Machine

This trar is officially BangShift.com approved. Anyone who has synapses misfiring badly enough that they were driven to mount a 1981 BMW 320I body on a 1979 Chevy Blazer frame is a-ok in our book....

War on Racetracks: Battle Over Proposed Social Circle, GA, Drag Strip Rages On

Both sides of the Social Circle, Georgia, drag strip debate met on January 26, 2010, for a so-called “work session” with the Planning and Zoning board. According to news reports, not much...

Caption This Photo: Chad Wears a ProCharger

Chad Reynolds is one half of the dynamic duo that brings you BangShift.com each and every day. Recently, Chad was out at the MPMC media trade show in Los Angeles. If you are a regular reader,...

Vintage Drag Video: The Coolest Jungle Jim Tribute Video We Have Ever Seen

One of the great games that fans of vintage drag racing play is “what if.” If history could be rewritten and events were to happen in a different way, how would things be different? One...

Cool Show Coverage From Down Under: The 44th Victorian Hot Rod Show

The guys over at CarDomain posted some show coverage from the 44th Victorian Hot Rod show held in Melbourne, Australia. This is one of the longest running shows in Oz and therefore draws lots of the...

No Winches on Mars: Spirit Rover Stuck For Nearly a Year, Probably Forever

The Mars rover Spirit is currently stuck in a sand pit and has been for nearly a year. NASA engineers are working hard to figure a way to get the robotic machine out of its quagmire because it...

Tough Times: W.J and K.J to Start 2010 NHRA Season Without Primary Sponsors

In a true sign of the financial times, both Warren Johnson and his son Kurt will begin the 2010 NHRA season without primary sponsorship and may only compete at a handful of races through the year....

Toyota Crisis Worsens, Cars Pulled From Rental Fleets, A Million More Cars Recalled

In what is quickly turning into one of the great automotive company catastrophies of all time, Toyota has recalled an addditional 1.1 million vehicles due to the potential for them to unintentionally...

GM’s New Chief Whitacre Isn’t a Car Guy, Columnnist Thinks That May Not Be a Problem

With Ed Whitacre essentially choosing himself to serve as the new CEO at General Motors, pundits and columnists are beginning to share their opinions on the man who publicly admitted that he...

Video: Chrysler Begins Airing New Charger Ads

Starting last weekend, Chrysler began airing a new series of ads for the Dodge Charger. They are focusing on the “manly” attributes of the sedan and eschewing stuff like the cupholder...

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Video Bonanza: Idiots Jumping Cars and Trucks

This set of videos, featuring amateurs jumping their cars and trucks will make you laugh, cringe, and deflect your eyes from the screen. A couple of the jumps are really funny and others absolutely...

This Could Be the Craziest Cylinder Head Ever

For those of you not familiar with Sonny Leonard, he is a legendary southern engine builder who is well known for his big-cubic-inch nitrous and naturally aspirated engines. When we say big cubic...

eBay Find: Uber Rare Smokey Ram Intake Manifold

We probably should be callous to this stuff by now, but we’re not. We shouldn’t be shocked, or even mildly surprised when unicorn-esque speed parts show up on eBay, but we turn into giddy...