FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s Time For The Twin 50’s Big Money Bracket Races In St. Louis! Wednesday 64 Car Shootout

It’s time for some more big money bracket racing and that means not one, but TWO $50,000 races going on this weekend in St. Louis! Racers across the mid west get ready, it’s time for another...

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Drill Press Meets Fab Table: Jason From Fireball Tools Built the Drill Press He’s Always Wanted!

Have you ever walked into someone’s shop or garage and seen a tool that got you excited because you realized it is something someone customized? I’ve done it too many times to count, and...

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Free Drag Racing Livestream: Wednesday Testing from the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Nationals at Darana Raceway in Hebron Ohio

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The first two events of the year have been awesome, and this weekend is going to be race #3 from Darana Raceway...

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Chassis, Suspension And Rocker Work On The Martin Lundqvist Racing Fabrication Swedish Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project!

Project 508 is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple videos to share below and will be bringing you more in the coming weeks...

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RebelDryver Got A New Project Car! This 1977 Chevy Monza Is Going To Become A Drag And Drive Machine!

Our boy Scott Liggett is back with a new drag and drive project! After buying a 1950 Chevy coupe a year or two ago, and realizing it would be more work than he was really wanting to tackle, he sold...

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Our Final Gallery of 2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos! Pro Mods, Dragsters, Door Cars, And So Much More!

Here’s gallery #4, our final gallery of PDRA East Coast Nationals action, and if you missed the photos we already posted, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by David Whealon) The...

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Best of 2016: Watch The Engine In The Murder Nova Go Back Together In The Pits At Lights Out 7

Shawn Ellington’s week and weekend at SGMP for Lights Out 7 got off to a harder start than he had wanted after wounding the engine of his famous Murder Nova in pre-event testing. The bad part...

Large Barge: This 1959 Ford Wagon Has A Twin Turbo 557ci Big Block Ford And Big Meats Out Back

Well this thing is really something. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to own something big and bad, you may want to take care of that a little early and get your fists on this 1959 Ford...

Benoit Pigeon 2016 Photo Highlight Reel: His Favorite Images From The Year That Was

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Our man Benoit Pigeon has had one hell of a 2016. The guys attended events all over the place, shot zillions of photos, and even launched his own publication which...

Best of 2016: Watch The First Side By Side Three Second Pass On Drag Radials – M/T Tires Of Course!

Let the great big book of drag racing history show that the first two guys ever to turn side by side three second elapsed times on drag radials were Dwayne Mills and Scott King. Mills was driving his...

We Want This Rare Opel Kadett Wagon So Bad We Almost Didn’t Share It

After drooling over the Famoso Speed Shop Opel Kadett last week, you can imagine our excitement when we say the wagon version for sale on our local Craigslist, especially given our infatuation with...

Roadkill! It’s The Roadkill Boys and the Mighty Car Mods Dudes Together At Last!

Here’s an episode that many Roadkill and Mighty Car Mods fans have been waiting for. For the first time we see two of the internet’s most popular automotive tandems together and having...

Best of 2016: 3-53 Detroit Diesel Powered 1970 Road Runner: Driving Video Of The Wackiest Swap Ever

We were tipped off to this video of a 3-53 Detroit Diesel Powered 1970 Road Runner by longtime BangShifter Erich Von Dussen who forwarded us the link. What you are about to see is a walk around and...

This Barn Find Barracuda Will Be Epic On The Strip Again

When you see an ad for a car like this Barn Find 1966 Barracuda, it makes the hair on your neck stand up. And when you read the ad, look at the photos, and realize what’s been done to this...

This 1973 Mercury Comet Is Stupid Clean And Would Great With The Front Wheels Up

As in wheelstands baby! Can’t you see this thing on an Outlaw 8.5 or MX 235 tire with the wheels in the air huffing nitrous or taking all the boost you could give it? Some would say that is a...

Holy Crap We Want This 7.50 Cert 1969 Toyota Corolla Drag Car! $9999!

We’re sure the Hemi headed 4 banger with the giant Precision Turbo on it is a great thing, but we’re glad this sucker is being sold as a rolller. We’d do something different. But...

Customs and Hot Rods of Andice Is Building An Insane, Steel, 1950 Mercury Coupe For Drag Week!

(Photos John Jackson/Good-guys.com) – In the realm of “HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME”, the 1950 Mercury coupe that Customs and Hot Rods of Andice is building for Hot Rod Magazine Drag...

Brighten Up Your Man Cave With One Of These ‘Legends Of Nitro’ 2017 Calendars!

Every year our friends at Stith Printing and Legends of Nitro compile some of the best photography available to create real, old school, wall-hanging printed calendars. In previous years, owner Kevin...

Minitruck Monday: This 1977 King Cab Datsun Is Street Machine Ready!

This is just one of three Minitrucks that we’ll be drooling over this Monday morning. We’ve decided that we’ll pick three from Craigslist, and spotlight it for one of three uses,...

Merry Christmas Done Right! The Guys From Joe Dart Racing Fry The Hides With A Tree On The Roof

Brandan Gant and his Dart may be familiar to BangShift readers as Gant is a multi-time participant in Hot Rod Magazine Drag Weekend and in 2015 Gant won the end of event bracket race in the very Dart...