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REPLAY: Mid-West Pro Mods On BANGshift From The Texas Motorplex – Watch Here!

That’s right folks, the 2018 Season Opener for the Mid-West Pro Mods is coming to the Texas Motorplex in Ennis and their famed concrete surface promises record performances for the MWPM...

Lonestar Throwdown Was One Of The Baddest Truck Shows We’ll See All Year

If you haven’t been to a Lonestar Throwdown truck show, then you are missing out. We believe it is one of the best all year, they claim it to be the best in the world. We aren’t going to...

When A Cherry Picker Just Isn’t Enough For You, Build A Gantry Crane Like This!

After all, who can’t use the ability to lift jillions of pounds? Well the real truth is most people can’t. But, most people also don’t like a normal cherry picker or engine hoist....

What Could Possible Entice You To Build Something This Weird?

Putting two or more cars together to build one ultra cool hot rod is nothing new. Chassis swaps, engine and trans swaps, and the mixing and matching of body parts from several models or makes it...

This One’s A Doozy! Jet Powered Pinto Wagon Anyone?

Does it make me a really sick bastard because there is a part of me that would love to own a jet powered Pinto wagon? I thought so too. But you do have to cut me some slack. I mean come on! Have you...

Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals Are Next Weekend At Texas Motor Speedway!

That’s right folks, the Lone Star State’s famed Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals is coming to Texas Motor Speedway next weekend! In a state that has a lot of great car, truck, and...

A Jillion Spikes, A 5.3 LS Swap, Nitrous, And A Yugo Body Makes This Ice Racing Greatness

The Merrill Ice Drags are hilarious because while a bunch of the cars racing look like normal drag cars with spiked tires, some are built by folks that march to the beat of a different drummer. Such...

Breaking News – 2018 Detroit AutoRama Great 8 Riddler Finalists!

(Words by John Drummond and Eric Geisert. Photos by Eric Geisert) Craving information on this year’s Pirelli Great 8 Ridler award finalists from the Detroit AutoRama? Our friends at Fuel Curve...

Burnout Video: The Gnarly Hot Rod Freightliner I Rode In Boils The Hides – 903ci Diesel V8 Sounds Amazing

In a couple of weeks I will be headed down to Charlotte to announce at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals and that got me thinking about one of the most fun days I have ever had, which came a couple years ago...

Watch This Ferrari 458 Racer Survive A Crash That Would Have Killed Him 15 Years Ago – Major Violence!

Sometimes, you get away with one. And sometimes, you don’t as you French driver Sacha Bottemanne learned last weekend during a French GT Tour race at Nogaro. While racing his Ferrari 458 GT3, he...

Morning Symphony: A Snowy, Sloppy Classic Car Rally In Belgium

Do you hate seeing old racing cars retired to pretty lawn shows? I do. I get that part of what I am seeing accounts to a form of hero worship…the car ran it’s races, earned it’s...

FYI: BangShift.com Is Not Broadcasting The March Meet This Year

Just a note for those of you who have been looking for BangShift’s streaming coverage of the 2018 March Meet. The track has taken the production in house and is streaming it on a pay per view...

Rough Start: This 1973 Gold Duster Might Be The Most Sure Bet We’ve Found Yet – Everything’s On The Internet!

The problem with hunting Craigslist or eBay is that you’re gambling a little bit every time. Photographs can lie…trust me, every photo of the Imperial looks pretty decent, but in person...

This Quarter Scale Grave Digger Powered By A Tiny, Supercharged Conley Stinger V8 Engine Is Sweet

The world of remote controlled vehicles is pretty insane when you get to the upper end of the scale. Most of us probably had some remote control toys as kids and those were either pieces that came...