DIY Tech: Custom Cables and Ends from Scratch or Fix Your Broken Cables – Throttle, Brake, Clutch, Choke, Whatever!

How many times have you been working on your mini bike, go cart, motorcycle, or whatever and you find that you have a broken cable end. You know, the kind of cable that actuates the clutch, choke, or...

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EFI Conversion Explained: Everything You Need to Know In Order To Decide Whether An EFI Swap Is Right For You And Your Ride

With electronic fuel injection becoming so readily available, more and more hot rodders are asking themselves whether or not an EFI conversion is right for their hot rod, muscle car, or classic...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Kansas City Cash Days Video: Street Racing In Kansas City Mexico with an EPIC Final Race! Big Matchups And Some Serious Side By Side Racing.

Boy oh boy were the Kansas City Cash Days something to see! Street racing in Kansas has always been strong, I mean we’re talking for decades, but it has been a while since the guys at 1320...

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2018 NHRA Fitzgerald USA Thunder Valley Nationals: Pro Category Action Photos – Header Flames and More!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with more killer Benoit Pigeon images from the 2018 NHRA Fitzgerald USA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. The track at Bristol reached...

Rocky Mountain Race Week Road Tripping Continues: Ozarks To Oklahoma

(Photos by Cole Reynolds and Dominick Domato/DRD Photos) Rocky Mountain Race Week Hump Day was spent driving from Ozark Raceway Park to Thunder Valley in Noble Oklahoma and we had an awesome time...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018 Gallery: CACKLEFEST! What Better Way To Close Out The Show Than Nitro?

We’ve come to the end of the line for the 2018 Holley Hot Rod Reunion coverage, and as I promised, there is Cacklefest footage. I love seeing show cars, I love watching the racing go down, and...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride In A Violent, 9,000 RPM, Gear Jamming Nova

Now THIS is some awesome video. The run you are about to watch clocked in at 9.96 seconds and 135mph during a time trial at an Ozark Mountain Super Shifters event. The car is a little Chevy Nova...

Current Standings And Tons Of Photos From Ozark Raceway On Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018

Yesterday we were driving across Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma on our way from Ozark Raceway in Rogersville, Missouri to Noble Oklahoma’s Thunder Valley. Thunder Valley has been around for a...

Father’s Day on Fuel: Tii Tharp’s Career Season In NHRA Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley Continues With Romp In Bristol

(Photo and video by Tim Hailey) – If you love the NHRA’s Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley Davidson class you certainly know the name Tii Tharp. This is a guy who has been soaked in nitro...

2018 NHRA Fitzgerald USA Thunder Valley Nationals Pro Mod Action Photos – Doorslammers On Parade!

(Photos be Benoit Pigeon) – It is the NHRA’s largest heads-up category. The E3 Spark Plugs pro mod series presented by J&A Services with a weekend race sponsor of Elite Motorsports...

Day Three At Rocky Mountain Race Week Was Full Of Action And Adventure

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) We were trying to post this up last night but things were crazy on the road, we’ll be catching you all up today though so that you are ready for this mornings racing...

A Day Two Olds Cutlass For You! This T-Topped Beauty Is A Score And A Half!

I’m wondering if I should be grateful that I get sent links to cars as beautiful and excellent as this 1980 Olds Cutlass, or if I’m being tormented by “friends” who revel in...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018 Gallery: The Show Car Picks And A Tribute To A Legend

As the sun started to set and the temperatures started to mercifully drop in Bowling Green, as the last of the semi-final rounds in racing were wrapped up, the last bit of daylight was used to bring...

Rocky Mountain Race Week Is In Full Swing, And Here Are Action, Pit, And People Shots From Topeka

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018 has been an emotional, but fun, event for us. Being Daphne’s favorite event ever, we knew we had to bring her wagon Ethyl out for one...

Cool Racer Fixes: Here’s The Next 1320 Video Episode From Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018

You never know what you are going to find on a road trip like this, and it seems that our racers are going to all new lengths in the creativity department for Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018....

This 1950s Dragster Chassis For Sale On eBay Needs To Be Saved And Brought Back To Life

The 1950s were drag racing’s great years of growth and expansion. Fledgling organizations like the NHRA, AHRA, and the largest of all ATAA were growing the sport and its participant levels at...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Have The Stones To Race Your Significant Other?

In the confines of BangShift Mid-West, my wife and I have peace: she does laundry, I do dishes. She keeps the house picked up, I mow that jungle of a yard every now and then. Life is good. She works...