SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 6 and they are back at Yellowstone Dragstrip in Montana!

This is it, the final video from Bangshift Billy’s Big Sky Race Week 2026 coverage. This is Day 6 video from Yellowstone Dragstrip.  Can Bill hang on and win the Stick Shift class even though...

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More Buckeye Skips 2026 Drag and Drive Photos! Here’s Our First Day 3 Racing Gallery from Kuhnle!

We’ve got more racing action from Buckeye Skips Drag and Drive! This is Day 3, the final day, and features plenty of shot from the checkpoint at Summit and racing at Kuhnle. (Photos by Neal Sabo)...

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Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 5 at Hi-Line Dragstrip in Malta Montana Was Drama Filled!

Big Sky Race Week coverage continues thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 5 video from Hi-Line dragstrip on Big Sky Raceweek.  Can Bill hang on and finish the...

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This 401-powered Gremlin Needs A New Home – Just Pretty Enough To Be Nice, Just Dirty Enough To Be Fun

There is a fine line between show car and beater, and it varies a little from person to person, but it goes like this: is it too nice to take out into the rain? It’s a show car. Is it so...

Father And Son English Drag Racers Sentenced To Decades In Prison For Leading Drug Smuggling Operation

This is the second time that Graham Ellis’s name has appeared on the front page of BangShift and sadly, neither time has it been in celebration of good news. The first time was due to a massive...

Watch This Crazy Diesel Drag Truck From Thailand Make A Dyno Pull And Belch Soot Like Crazy

We have showed you more than a couple videos from Asia that illustrate how hardcore the drag racing/hot rodding scene is in places like Thailand. In fact, this video below comes from Thailand and in...

Pit Thrash Photos From The PDRA Season Opener In Texas – Door Slammers In The Mist!

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – While wheelies, burnouts, and nitrous purges are part of the glamour and allure of Drag racing, some of the best glances into what racing is really like...

Watch Jason Michalak Run 3.97/194 On Drag Radials, In Memphis, Between Snowflakes – Quickest Radial Pass Ever In Competition

While we were shaking off the cold and enjoying the sunshine in Charlotte, North Carolina at the NHRA race, small tire and drag radial fanatics were packed into Memphis International Raceway to take...

Watch an Ardun Headed Flathead Churn Out 400hp @ 6200 RPM on the Chassis Dyno

While Speed Week at Bonneville is still some months away, that doesn’t mean we can’t lust after cool LSR machinery. This video shows the Kohler Racing “Street Roadster” entry...

Awesome Video: Why Top Fuelers Don’t Run in the Rain

Spoiler alert: This goes about like you would expect it to but let’s be honest, it is kind of fun to watch. The video you’ll watch below was shot in Japan about 7 years ago and it...

Drag Coverage: Action Photos From The PDRA Season Opener At The Texas Motorplex!

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – We’ve been teasing you all week with coverage from the PDRA event at Texas Motorplex. Even with forecasts calling for rain most of the weekend, the...

This Sleeper Dodge Ram Can Move And Scoot, But Nobody Is Going To Be Happy With How It Does It

First things first: that 1988 Dodge Ram isn’t a Cummins truck, which is the most common thought when you see one pulling onto the starting line. Most Ram owners won’t take on a Nissan...

Show Coverage: The I-X Piston Powered Autorama Is The Wildest Gearhead Show Ever! Tanks, Planes, Drag Cars, More

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – The Indoor car show season is still in full swing for 2015, and nobody has brought you more coverage than Bangshift! Those that know me know that I try to...

Awesome Nostalgic Drag Iron At the 2015 Carl Casper Show – Great Machines On Display

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I’ve said before its hard to categorize cars into specific genres and this group is one of the hardest.   You will notice over several of my articles I...

Mopar Heaven! We Attend The Indy Cylinder Head Annual Swap Meet

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – For those of you involved in the world of Mopars, the name Indy Cylinder Heads is synonymous with rip snorting high horsepower Chrysler goodness. Every...

Watch This Table Top Sized Ardun Headed Flattie Fire Up And Run – The Sound Is Great!

You can thank garbage trucks for the birth of not only some of the most legendary and coveted hot rod parts known to man in the form of Ardun cylinder heads but also for launching the career of a man...

Irwindale Speedway Likely To Be Demolished To Make Room For An Outlet Mall

California speed freaks, got some bad news for you. Irwindale Speedway is all but condemned to be razed and repurposed as an outlet mall. City officials and Irwindale Outlet Partners, LLC will meet...