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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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Propaganda Machine? NASCAR.com Tells Mayfield to Pack It In

Of all the opinion columns we have read over the Mayfield mess this one, from NASCAR.com has the most blatant message of “Surrender Now!” that we have seen. We shouldn’t be suprised...

Chevy Tells NASCAR it will not run the Camaro in the Nationwide Series

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that GM, when spproached by NASCAR about running the Camaro in the Nationwide series against the Mustang said no. It appears that there was actual thought put into...

It Came From the Fab Shop: Snatching Victory From the Jaws of Defeat With a Lathe

(By Loren Krussow) – With only a few days to go before Bonneville Speed Week 2009, my buddy Jake’s flathead-powered 1953 Ford “Mainliner” sits spread out around the garage.  The...

Great Car Show Gallery from the Iowahawk Blog

We love a good car show gallery and this one from the Iowahawk blog delivers the goods. The show, called the “Turn Back Time” car show in Sycamore, Ill embodies everything that a good old...

Large Woody Collection to be Auctioned on August 13th; That Came Out Wrong

Oh get your heads out of the gutter. We’re talking cars people! One of the nation’s best and largest collection of “Woodies” will be sold by RM Auctions on August 13th, 2009...

It Came From the Forums: Vote on Your Favorite Cash For Clunkers Cartoon

One of our BangShift.com Forum members, Steve Cole found a bunch of great political cartoons about the maush despised Cash for Clunkers the government is in the process of feeding billions of dollars...

Video of the Week: 10 Minutes in Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Heaven

Larry Pfister has been operating HorsepowerHeaven.com for some years now. He is in the business of making killer drag racing videos and the one he has posted from the recently completed NHRA...

Event Coverage: Loring Timing Association 2009 Meet

Land Speed Racing officially exists in Maine with the successful completion of the Loring Timing Association’s inaugural 2009 event. Held on a 2.5 mile runway formerly used to launch and...

Hennessey Performance Expands Operation, Brings on New Partner

Hennessey Performance Engineering, the tuner/supercar builder from Sealy, Texas, has announced that the company is expanding its business and bringin in another parter. This positive news flies in...

Kansas State Fair Featured Combine Demo Derby; How the Hell Did We Miss Out On This?!

Once we heard that there was a combine demo derby at the Central Kansas Free State Fair we were immediately disappointed we weren’t there to see it. Bus demo derbies we have seen, standard...

Daily Dose of Mayfield: A Hilarious Timeline of the Whole Saga

This is far and away the funniest thing we have read on the Jeremy Mayfield versus NASCAR situation. ThatsRacin.com’s Larry Woody penned a timeline of all the “events” that have...

New York Times Embeds Reporter at Woodward Dream Cruise; We’re Bringing the Thunder Too

With the sorry state of the newspaper business these days we were surprised to read that the New York Times will be providing lots of coverage from the Detroit area’s Woodward Dream Cruise from...

Site of the Week: All about Burt Munro

With Bonneville Speed Week 2009 set to begin in mere hours, we thought it would be appropriate to look back at one of the legends of the salt. New Zealander Burt Munro is one of the most...

Here Come Da Judge: New GT2 Corvette Released for Public Viewing

Yesterday the much talked about Corvette C6.R GT2 road racing Corvettes were revealed to the world. These pieces, the follow up to the much heralded GT1 Corvettes, are set to begin hand-to-hand...