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2026 PDRA East Coast Nationals Photos Start Right Here! Big Power, Big Smoke, And A Big Show At GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the...

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12 VOLT ELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONER UPGRADES. Cotten Is Fixing The A/C In His Hemi Monte Carlo!

Last fall we shared video of Cotten installing electric air conditioning in his HEMI powered Monte Carlo, a car that was already polarizing before the A/C install. He liked the electric A/C, and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Manual Cars Shouldn’t Be THIS FAST! 6-Second Stick Shift Drag Racing At Street Car Takeover In Rockingham.

I grew up in a stick shift drag racing family, so anything with a clutch pedal is near and dear to my heart. There is something about a stick shift car that just makes it more fun to drive, and even...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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Watch The PDRA Pro Mods AND The Million Dollar Bracket Race Right Here!

Thanks to our live streaming partners in crime over at Motormania TV, you are going to be able to watch not one but two live streaming video race broadcasts this weekend. Since BangShift.com is not...

NHRA Dutch Classic 2015: Super Stock Action And Pit Photos

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The other day we showed you some awesome Joe Grippo stock eliminator photos from the NHRA Dutch Classic 2015 and today we’re ramping up the horsepower with...

Launching! Drag Strip Action Shots From Nostalgia Day At US-60 Drag Strip

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The bread & butter of drag racing pictures is the launch.  That moment when the power is released, slicks wrinkle, the chassis twists, the nose gets...

BangShift Project Files: It Started As A $500 Disco Vette, Now It’s A Rat-Powered Stomper…All Under $5,000!

Our $5,000 Project Challenge has provided us with some bad-ass low-buck pieces that we envy, but this late-C3 Corvette owned by Forum member “fatguyzinc” is one that we’d love to be...

Craigslist Weirdness: A Mid-Engined “1964 Camero” Project Car… Huh?

So, I’m minding my own business, perusing my usual online haunts, and I see someone post up an ad for a cheap “Camero” that they found on good ol’ Craigslist. Yes, we all know that it’s a...

Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull: Big Engines, Flying Dirt Our Last Action

(Photos by David Whealon) – Here’s our last load of pulling action photos from the 2015 NTPA Southern Showdown at the North Carolina State Fair. As Dave told us earlier in the week when...

Have An Urgent Need To Go? Then This Hot Rodded Outhouse Should Help You Move It Right Along!

Yes, folks, that’s an outhouse with a 383 stroker Chevy powering it. Don’t bother with asking why, because we have no earthly idea, but when you have to go in a hurry, you would be...

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More California Hot Rod Reunion Testing Photos And Video With Pat Austin

This is our final batch of photos from the California Hot Rod Reunion Monday Nitro Test Session, but it’s a good one. It’s our biggest gallery and we also have video with Pat Austin who...

Wow! This Is One Crazy International Harvester Rat Rod Pickup!

We are not always the biggest fans of the cartoon “Rat Rods”, but there is something about this one that we dig. In fact when I sent the link to Brian to check out his comment was...

Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull Coverage: Farm Tractors, Minis, Multi-Engine Beasts, Trucks

(Photos by David Whealon) – Yesterday David Whealon told us about the good time he had blasting photos of the NTPA sanctioned Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor pull at the NC State Fair....

US-60 Dragway Late Season Nostalgia Action: All Burnouts All The Time! Gassers, More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Vaporized carbon.  One of the best uses for tires I can think of.  In the old days they just let it rip from the drop of the flag.  Then came the...

Would You Buy A Viper For Under $25,000? If The Answer Is Yes, You Actually Can!

Maybe it is because I was 13 when they started making them or because the Dodge Viper is still a pretty big middle finger to every other exotic car in the world but I do really like them. I have...

The Grassroots Motorsports $2015 Challenge Is This Weekend! Cheap Speed!

One of the great budget-oriented motorsports events of the year is this weekend: The Grassroots Mororsports $20xx Challenge, presented by our friends over at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine down in...

Sunday Nostalgia Coverage: The Last Blast Of Photos From Lancaster’s Old School Throw Down

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Well we have finally made it to the end of the massive collection of photos Mike Brooks blasted during the Sunday Nostalgia event at Lancaster National Dragway in...