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Massive 1200+hp Turbo-Diesel powered Race TRUCKS attack the Goodwood Festival of Speed!

It’s amazing what you can do with a really big truck. After highlighting one of the world’s fastest mini trucks in a video today, now we are highlighting absolutely huge trucks, doing...

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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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Video Bonanza: Wheelies

The wheelie. It is many things to many people. To some it is a badge of credibility. Owning a piece of iron that can stand up on its hind legs is something to brag about. To others they are a bane, a...

New Product: Ultra-Torque Assembly Lube From ARP

Bolting motors together correctly is precision work. Lots of that attention to detail goes into the fasteners used and their installation. Making sure that proper torque specs are met can mean the...

Photo Tour: AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania

The Antique Automobile Club of America is one of the outfits known for the massive car swap meets held in Hershey, Pennsylvania (yes, home of the chocolate company), and the AACA also has a huge...

Event Coverage: Open House at Posies Rods and Customs

Posies Rods and Customs is a shop in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, run by a Ken “Posies” Fenical. They say the shop builds “statements,” not just cars. You can see some of those...

New Parts: Billet Oil Pans From Aviaid

Aviaid has been in the business of improving the oiling systems on cars for decades and recently introduced a new billet oil pan that is designed to be used with the company’s Z06 retrofit...

eBay Find: Yet Another WTF-amino

Just in case you thought we were going all straight and narrow on you with our wall to wall coverage of the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show, we’re kicking things off today with this most...

Photos: Saturday at the Grand National Roadster Show, With Pinup Girls

If we spent any more time at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, the fairgrounds would start charging us rent. On Friday we gave you 570-plus photos (links below), and now...

1,100-Plus Photos of the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show

Talk about some massive coverage! We have more than 570 photos from Thursday and Friday at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, and there are more to come. The show was...

The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Airs on Speed TV This Weekend! See the Teaser Video Here

I was there announcing the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational after SEMA 2009, and again at the big premiere of the TV show on Hollywood Blvd. earlier this week. Now you can see what it was all...

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New Web Site Features on BangShift.com, Plus More to Come

Go right up there to the top of the page, in the red bar below the BangShift.com logo, and you’ll see that we’ve done some moving around of the navigation tabs. There are also some new...

Killer Gallery: The 2009 ADRL Season in Photos

If you’re going to have a conversation about professional drag racing these days, it damn well better include the ADRL. As the fastest growing and (in our opinion) most exciting drag racing...

Amazing Video: CNC Machine Carves a Helmet From Billet Aluminum

This video, which we believe was shot at a German machine shop, is proof positive that, one day, machines will enslave humans and rule the Earth. Just watching this CNC machine take a square block of...

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Angelelli Takes Pole For This Weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona

The first major motorsport event in America for 2010 goes down this weekend. The 48th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona will happen on January 30-31 and the action can be followed on SPEED....

Craigslist Find: 1949 Willys Overland Station Wagon

We found this kick ass 1949 Willy Overland station wagon listed down in Ft. Worth, Texas. It is a two-door wagon that, according to the seller, is a one owner vehicle. From the pictures attached to...