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LIVE Big Money Bracket Racing: The West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown Is LIVE Right Here All Weekend Long!

It’s that time of year again, when racers from the western states and beyond show up at Tucson Dragway for what has become the premier event of the West Coast Bracket Races series. The Southwest...

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Toronto Motorama Car Show Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, And More! Doing It Up Canada Style!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)  Continuing with his Toronto Motorama traditions, Mike Brooks has visited the great white north for the Toronto Motorama again this year. We’re used to seeing Brooks...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Our 2026 NHRA GatorNationals Action Photos Just Keep Coming: Funny Cars, Top Fuel, Sportsman Door Cars, Pro Mods, Pro Stock Bikes And More!

We’ve shared a few galleries of photos from David Whealon already but now we’re getting into some of the photos from Richard Pasley too. Check them all out below by using the link to all...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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Barnstormin’: Mangled Memories

Every hot rodder seems to do it. I know I do and now I know Art Arfons did as well. We all hang on to blown up, busted, or otherwise destroyed parts and pieces of cars that we used to ow or race, or...

ADRL Action Photos: Pro Drag Radial, Pro Extreme, Pro Mod, Pro Nitrous, And More!

This past weekend was a huge event for the ADRL and BangShift.com as we brought you FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO of every run at the ADRL U.S. Drag VI presented by Simply Phones, which had the largest...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Body Style Gasser?

With our friends the Geezer Gassers once again showing the world a good time at this weekend’s Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, it got us thinking. What body style gasser would we build if we...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Truckin” The Grateful Dead (1970) “What a long, strange trip it’s been”

This is a first folks. The Dead on BangShift.com. Wow, this might be as big a deal as this song being listed as a National Treasure by the Library of Congress in 1997. Ahhh, our tax dollars at work,...

More Breaking News: Island Dragway In New Jersey WILL REOPEN!!! Maybe As Early As July!

That’s right folks, Island Dragway which closed last December, is reopening! They sent us the news, saying that they are looking for some help, but are hoping to be up and running again as...

Breaking Pro Mod News: Doug Riesterer To Replace Monroe Guest In Haney’s Camaro This Weekend!

You heard it here first! This weekend, Keith Haney Racing will be fielding both their Red and Black Lucas Oil Camaros at the X-DRL X-treme Gateway Showdown, but the black car is going to be driven by...

Video: Ulegal Tearing It Up At Brasher Nats 2013. Don’t Get It? Read On

Ulegal tearing it up means insane Australian burnout action ladies and gentlemen, although they call them skids. We still don’t get that part, but they are Australian after all so we’ll...

Video: High Flying Roll Over Formula OffRoad Insanity From Norway

Check this one out! Formula Offroad, which has to be one of the most insane kinds of racing ever, is in full swing in Norway. In this video you are going to see some of the highest flying, biggest...

Ebay Find: 1971 Plymouth Duster Super Stock Backhalf Car With Mazzolini History

This is one super clean, strong running, 1971 Duster that we would park in our driveway anytime. It’s a former NHRA Stock Eliminator car that ran out of, famed SoCal Mopar guru, Bob...

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Gallery: Coker Tire’s After Party Cruise Welcomes Hot Rod Power Tour Participants!

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – As if the Hot Rod Power Tour didn’t provide enough action at the Chattanooga, Tennessee stop, the folks at Coker Tire rolled out the red carpet and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Modern Professional Race Car Is The Most Impressive For What It Does?

There are lots of annoying arguments people get into about cars and racing. Between which racers are the most talented to which cars are the coolest, people will go around in circles for hours over...

Drag Gallery: The 2013 Hunnert Car Heads Up – Old School Fun At Great Lakes Dragaway!

(Words Greg Rourke – Photos: Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – June 7 and 8th marked the 5th Annual Hunnert Car Heads Up, hosted by the Chrome Czars Motor Club of Chicago. As in years past, all...

New BangShift Sponsor! Please Welcome Hotchkis To The Family!

All you regular BangShifters know that we are very close to our sponsors here at BangShift.com, and we consider them part of the family. Well, our family just got a little bit bigger! After working...

Ebay Find: An Ultra Bitchin 1955 Chevy Vintage Stock Car CHEAP!

NO RESERVE, and it’s only at $3250 now! That’s right, you can own this ultra trick ’55 Chevy Vintage Stock Car. In fact, it’s even AFCO equipped, with brand New AFCO springs...

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