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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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Hayward, California, Tightens Up Street Racing Ordinance

It just got really expensive to get caught at a street race in Hayward, California. A loophole has been closed in an ordinance passed in May, so police now have the ability to levy large fines to...

Book Review: Legendary Race Cars by Basem Wasef

Legendary Race Cars by Basem Wasef is an interesting read that profiles 25 significant race cars. Wasef covers all the bases; Everything from the Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster to the old Auto Union...

Ridetech Shop Tour Video

If you have not had a chance to see what it’s like at work with the crazies from Ridetech (formerly Air Ride), then you really have to see this video at Ridetech.com. It’s an installment...

Winner! Highest Volume of Bolt-On Accessories on a Jeep

It’s probably best to let the pictures do the talking here. If you find yourself unable to resist, you can actually own this Jeep Wrangler for $6,500. That’s got to be a deal. You...

2009 Bonneville World Finals Results Are In

We really wanted to be at Bonneville on October 8-11 for the World Finals race, but we just could not get everything done in time. Other racers did, though, but it was much smaller than Speed Week in...

Barn Find Muscle Cars Rescued

One of the most depressing yet entertaining web sites on the Internet is CarsInBarns.com. As the title suggests, the place is loaded with photos of old cars found in compromising positions, and most...

Video: Vintage AMC Javelin TV Commercials

A while back we posted a number of Chevy Camaro TV commercials from various model years. But, since it’s an AMC Javelin we have in our own driveway, we thought we should give some love to the...

eBay Pick of the Week Bonus: 1964 Ford N750 Wrecker

Oh man, this one hurts. Located only about 30 miles from the East Coast BangShift.com headquarters is this killer 1964 Ford N750 tow truck. This baby was high class back in the day with its Holmes...

Even More Collateral Damage From Cash for Clunkers: State Revenues Drop

Is anyone keeping score on the pros and cons of the recent Cash for Clunkers program? If so, slide another bead across the abacus. We can’t tell you exactly which way to slide it, though....

Ebay Pick of the Week: Pro Street 1979 Plymouth Duster

The title is not a typo. There was actually a Plymouth Duster made in 1979. It was really just an option package on a Volare, but the name and logo went on the car all the same. It would have had...

Speeding Tickets Actually Suck Worse in Some Other Countries

Speeding tickets suck no matter which way you cut it. Thanks to a tip from BangShift.com forum member TheSilverBuick, we now know that they suck far worse in some other countries than they do here....

Coming This Weekend: The Bangshift.com East Feast: Come on Down (or up)

It’s coming this weekend! The first annual BangShift.com East Feast is a get together for readers, forum members, friends, and hell, maybe even a couple haters, at beautiful and historic Beaver...

Event Gallery: Sidney, New York, Airport Car Show

BangShift.com Forum Member Mustang13 (Jeremy George) attended the Sidney, New York Airport Car Show and filed an awesome gallery of nearly 130 photos. This show has a little of everything, and...

Monday Time Killer: The Mexican Shelby Mustangs

We have to thank BangShift.com forum member Joes66Fury2 for the great tip on the DarkHorseRacing website telling the story of the Shelby Mustangs from South of the Border built from 1967 to 1972....