1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT Keep Coming!

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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Hot Rod Hoarder Feature: Finding the History of this Forgotten Slingshot Dragster Is Harder Than You Might Think!

Forgotten hot rods and race cars all have a story, and some of them are more interesting than others. But regardless of the story, it takes some home work and a lot of research to be able to find the...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million! Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – $30,000 Saturday!

It’s time to finish off the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, after one heck of a Million Dollar Friday!!!! It’s that time of year folks, when the country’s big dollar bracket racers head...

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Cool Video: Watch The Trailer To THREE MILE A New Brian Darwas Film That Follows The Rolling Bones To Bonneville

Filmmaker Brian Darwas has really built a nice resume for himself with movies that are really based around the hot rodding culture. They are not real films that gearheads can appreciate for the cars,...

Doesn’t This Wheelstanding Capri From Australia Make You Want To Build A Little Car?

That’s exactly what seeing this little Capri standing on the bumper does for us. We want one now! The guys racing in the APSA Series there at Sydney are putting on a great show and we always...

This Big Block Chevrolet Powered Suzuki Samurai Street Sleeper Is For Sale! And It Rules!

We’re sure that nothing good can come from actually hammering on this big block Chevrolet powered Suzuki Samurai, but we certainly want to play with it anyway! Check this sucker out! We can...

It’s A Race And A Comedy Show When The LSX Willys Takes On This Terminator Mustang

If you know that you are beaten before the fight has even begun, there are a few ways to lessen the damage. One of those methods is through humor…laughter has the ability to cross over lines...

This Suzuki Hayabusa Is Turbocharged…Because A Stock Hayabusa Is Just Not Enough, Right?

The word Hayabusa is the Japanese word for the Peregrine Falcon, which is fitting that the super bike that was fast enough to panic both the Japanese and European manufacturers about a possible ban...

Matt Hagan Runs 3.879!? Kills Beckman’s Record Run At 329.58 MPH!!!

Matt Hagan runs 3.879! Sure 1000 Feet Drag Racing slows them down! Apparently Matt Hagan and Jack Beckman didn’t get the memo, and neither did the rest of the Schumacher Racing stable! Matt...

This 10-second Suzuki Samurai Is The Fastest Tangerine We’ve Ever Seen

The Suzuki Samurai. It’s just a step above a Polaris RZR, a step below a Geo Tracker, the target of auto safety nazis for it’s penchant to roll over like an obedient dog, and normally not...

FAST Jack Beckman Runs 3.90 At 325.69! Quickest And Fastest Funny Car Run In History!

Jack Beckman is hauling ass! With multiple records in the past couple events, everyone expects Jack Beckman to be a force to be reckoned with, but will this be yet another record-breaking weekend! In...

Watch FREE Live Streaming Video From The IHRA AND PDRA Right Here RIght Now!

That’s right, we’ve got live streaming video LIVE right here at BangShift.com from not one but TWO races this weekend thanks to Mark and the gang at Motormania TV. Click the giant link...

This Ford Territory Turbo AWD Wagon Is Perfect Sleeper Material – Eleven Seconds Out Of A Crossover Wagon!

Squint a little bit at this Ford Territory and tell me you don’t see a little bit of Ford Freestyle/Taurus X in the body lines. Think about those cars for a second…do you think that they...

V8 Chevrolet LUV vs Blown Chrysler V8-Powered Alfa Romeo GTV6 In Germany –

Straight from Hockenheimring’s drag strip in Germany, we bring you one of the more strange pairings we’ve seen. In the near lane is a mostly-typical V8 Chevrolet LUV build. A 400ci...

BUSTED: Ronnie Dale Pollard Arrested In Tulsa, Oklahoma – Goodman Still At Large

Ronnie Dale Pollard, one of two people wanted in connection to the now infamous break-in and robbery at Charlie Buck Racing Engines has been arrested by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Apparently the...

1976 Road Runner Vs. C6 Corvette In Iceland: Does GM’s Supercar Stand Up To A Malaise Mopar?

Even with my love for Malaise Mopars, I’ll admit that slapping the Road Runner name onto the Plymouth Volaré was a bit cynical, but to be fair, they didn’t have much else to offer. The...

Turbo Pinto Vs. Coyote Mustang At The Eighth-Mile – We Know Which One We’d Take, What About You?

A V8 Pinto is nice, as many of you pointed out yesterday, but the second the car starts up  any chance of playing the sleeper card is shot. It’s not like a Mustang II…no Pinto came from...