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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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Will This Cordless Die Grinder Beat Milwaukee’s M12? Ryobi & Harbor Freight Chief Hit The Dyno To Find Out If Batteries Can Beat Air.

With more and more tools becoming available in cordless, battery operated, versions it is truly amazing how much you can do with what used to require an air compressor and supply lines in your...

Kearney Cruise Night 2022 – Our Final Gallery Of Awesome From This Bitchin Event

Here’s our final gallery from the event! Scott Liggett is always contributing cool things to BANGshift and we love him for it, so when he sent me an email right before the new year and said he...

Dragfest Photos: Bitchin Race Cars And Hot Rods On Full Display!

Here’s gallery #3! If you missed our previous photos, click the link below to check them out too! (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The holidays are over, it is the middle of winter and the...

The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild Continues! Once This Thing Is Clipped, Swapped, And Ready It Will Drive 5000 Miles To Canada

This project is way bigger than you might think, as the Deboss Garage gang scores a support rig from the Dirt Cinema guys and then buys this 1955 Chevy from Stanceworks before taking over his shop to...

Dakar Rally Stage 14 Video Coverage: The Desert Fights Back Some More, But Winners Are Crowned After The Final Stage Of Dakar 2023!

That’s it, Dakar 2023 is in the books! There are a lot of racers and crew who should be very proud of what they have accomplished because this is one hell of an event to finish regardless of...

Kearney Cruise Night 2022 – Look At All These Photos We’ve Shared So Far, Plus The Latest Gallery Of Hot Rods!

Here’s our 6th gallery from the event! Scott Liggett is always contributing cool things to BANGshift and we love him for it, so when he sent me an email right before the new year and said he...

Holley Announces Dates For SIX Events In 2023! LSFests, Moparty, Fordfest, Brother’s Truck Show, And More!

Holley is proud to announce the dates for their 2023 events right here! We’re talking about three LSFest events, the OG Bowling Green event, LSFest West in Las Vegas, and LSFest Texas in Fort...

ABANDONED Bricklin SV1 – Will it RUN AND DRIVE 700 miles? Tavarish and Vice Grip Garage Are About To Find Out

You know the drill, Derek finds some car that he just has to own and then flys in to see if he can make it run and drive well enough to get it back home. Of course these are usually not 20 or 50 or...

Dakar Rally Stage 13 Video Coverage: This Race Is Nearing The End, But Only Getting Tougher Each Day! Carnage, Injuries, And More

Stage 13 Extended Highlights are below! Hours of great DAKAR 2023 coverage! Dakar 2023 is on and man is it already living up to its reputation of being one of the toughest races in the world. Famous...

2023 Kentucky Invitational Finals Truck And Tractor Pulling: Super Modified 4wd Truck Qualifying

The Kentucky Invitational TNT Finals action started with 2wd Super Modifieds, but now we’ve got the 4wd rigs as well! This Van is so damn awesome that it really does it for me. Check out the...

Legion Racing Fastest Mopars On Earth LIVEstream From Houston Raceway Park

This one is going to be something special. Why? Well, it isn’t a race in the traditional sense, but it is going to be fun to watch. This special event is going to feature the baddest of the bad...

BangShift Question of the Day: What is The Single Most Influential Automotive Design Ever?

In the history of the automobile there have been thousands of different designs, maybe tens of thousands. Select few of those have been truly influential. While having a discussion about my childhood...

Cool Old Press Photos: The 1957 Nash Metropolitans

If all the smarmy jerks that drive around in their Smart cars knew that they were sitting in an idea that was more than 50 years old they may not be so smug. In fact, we think it would be awesome to...

Trash Or Treasure? This Crusty Corvair Corsa Is The Latest Hot Rod Hoarder Find

Sometimes you find a project car that grabs your attention and might make you get a bit excited but that isn’t a good choice to actually save. Having just come from a big auction of Tri-Five...