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Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Build DIY Rear Swaybar

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...

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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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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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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Video: Watch Chris Evans’ Massive X275 Wheelstand From MIR Last Weekend!

It has been a while since we’ve shown you a good old fashioned, all four wheels off the ground wheelstand video. This is racer Chris Evans competing in his great looking X275 Mustang at the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Would You Do With This Racing Junk Find J-79 Jet Engine?

Calling on a jet engine must be super cool. I mean just saying “Yeah, I’m calling about the jet engine you have for sale?” LOL That would rule all! I totally want this. I...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Racing In The Street” Bruce Springsteen (1978)

The description of the car, the strip, the girl, the dream…all of it romanticizes street racing just like all our own old stories. It’s not that the details are more or less real from one...

Video: Watch The Mammoth Air Mundy Mega Truck Take Flight And Then Slog Though A Deep Muck Hole

We’ve showed you video of Dan Mundy’s insane Chevy truck before but here’s some new footage of “Air Mundy” getting it done and in fine fashion. The truck was out tearing...

Big Weekend For RideTech In Nashville – The Big Sweep!

Have been in the catbird seat announcing the action at the 8th Goodguys Nashville Nationals I was there to see the guys and girls at RideTech have a banner weekend in competition. Lots of their...

Screaming Video: Watch A 2008 Mustang With A 358CI NASCAR Engine Make A Dyno Pull – Bad Ass Road Racer!

The Mustang Shop in Washington state is in the final stages of completing a 2008 Mustang the likes of which we have never seen for the NASA American Iron Extreme class. What was their build plan?...

Gallery: The Earlville Cruise 2013 – Hot Rods, Muscle, Classics, Trucks, Patina, And Main St USA!

(Words by Greg Rourke — Photos by Rouke/Chiluk) – The Earlville cruise night only happens once a year in Earlville, Il., and that might be just enough. They shut down most of the town to...

Road Trip Diary: Taking The Long Road Home In A Hemi 300C Finding Killer Cars Along The Way!

(Words and Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Editor’s Note: Bryan McTaggart is an OG BangShifter and he filed this report of cruising his hemi powered 300C from Arizona to his wife’s...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The 1973 Ventura Sprint From Seven Ups VS The 1984 Diplomat From Short Time (W/Video)

Today it is two police mo-chines getting after it which is a far happier situation than Friday’s battle which was set in a world that had been completely decimated by nuclear weapons, wars over...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Been Your Best Automotive Surprise?

Not the let the cat out of the bag early on something, but later today GM is dropping off a 2013 Camaro SS Hot Wheels edition for an upcoming road test story. Normally when I have a car coming, I...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Finish Line – Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush (1980)

Man, you all have Johnny Hunkins of Popular Hot Rodding to thank for this one! I was hanging out with him at the Goodguys Nashville show one night and of course the topic came to music. Johnny is a...

ADRL Drag Racing LIVE And FREE Exclusively On BangShift.com Starting Saturday

That’s right folks, LIVE ADRL Drag Racing is coming to BangShift.com and your intrepid host Chad Reynolds will be there guiding you through a weekend full of big and small tire drag racing....

Postponed: PowerShift LIVE Will Be TONIGHT This Week! 6PM Pacific 9PM Eastern

With the last minute request to broadcast LIVE from the ADRL Race in Cordova this weekend, and Brian’s travel to Nashville, he and I will both be on planes or in airports during the normal...

Teaser: Steve Magnante Comes To BangShift And Tells All About The Bad Seed In Epic Three Part Series — Starts Tuesday! Be HERE!

(Photo – Steve Magnante collection) – We’re rat bastards for doing this but we have to let you know what’s coming. Firstly, Steve Magnante is our newest BangShift contributor....