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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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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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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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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Has Or Had The Coolest Nickname In Racing?

Names like Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, Glen “Fireball” Roberts, Warren “The Professor” Johnson, Ivan “The Iron Man” Stewart, Don “The Snake”...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Hot Rod Poppa” by Marsha Hunt 1969

This is one funky song and we dig it. Anthony Castillo sent us this suggestion, and it’s cool as hell. The song was written by Marc Bolan, of T.Rex, who is known for being the glam rock god of...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The Monkeemobile VS The Munster Koach

So I am writing this after a marathon 15-hour drive home from the ECTA meet in Wilmington, Ohio. The idea came to me as I was watching the sun rise in some state east of the Mississippi. I honestly...

Car Show Gallery: The 26th Annual City Of Seal Beach, California Classic Car Show

For nearly 30 years the city of Seal Beach, California has been holding a yearly car show on their picturesque main street. This year, hundreds of cool cars attended the show which gets the local...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Bad Did It Turn Out When You Didn’t Listen To Mom And Dad?

Everyone’s Mom and Dad has told them at some point not to go street racing, or cruising, or whatever. And while we all got away with it most of the time, there were those times where the cops...

BangShift Daily Tune Up And Great Video: “Ballad Of Thunder Road” By Robert Mitchum 1958

Like Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road”, “The Ballad of Thunder Road” is about running moonshine and is the theme song from the 1958 movie titled “Thunder...

Check Out Jet Hot’s Double Down 1932 Ford Project At Fuller Hot Rods – Boss 429 Power and All Wheel Drive!

One of the craziest projects that is being built in the country today is the “Double Down 1932 Ford roadster that Bryan Fuller is building for Jet Hot High Performance Coatings. This is a steel...

Gallery: Hot Rods, Thunderbirds, 1960s Muscle, and 1950s Classics From Fabulous Fords Forever!

Well, this is our final gallery from the 2013 Fabulous Fords Forever show that was held at the famed Knott’s Berry Farm amusement park in California last weekend. In this gallery we have...

Video: Watch Two Circle Track Spectator Drags Competitors Crash Into Each Other – One Gets Totally Dressed Down By The Announcer In Front Of The Crowd!

Spring is here and racing season in on with a fury. That means local circle tracks are running their great “Saturday Night Thunder” style programs that mix in fast cars, enduro style...

Insane eBay Find: A Freaking Turbine Powered Junior Dragster

Sick and tired of your kid’s junior dragster only running high 7s in the eighth with a billet block and head one lung flathead? Want to buy something that very few sanctioned drag strips would...

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Celebrity Car Death Match: The Dirt Wheelstanding F-Bomb From The Fast And The Furious VS The Street Wheelstanding Charger From The Fast Ad The Furious

Yesterday’s celebrity car death match was insane. We had more comments, more anger, and more commenter on commenter violence than we’ve seen in some time on the blog. The passion shown...

BangShift Feature Exclusive: The Cars And Trucks Of Extreme Doomsday On Wheels

We laugh at the freaks on Doomsday Preppers every time we see that show on tv, but we’re probably not going to laugh at the guys on Doomsday on Wheels nearly as much, because they have cool...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Vehicle Would You Want During An Apocalypse?

Zombies, aliens, left or right wing radicals, or mutant wart hogs could at any point take over the world. Or at least that’s what the “experts” on the subject say. And since a...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Lowrider” by WAR 1975

As a kid growing up in Northern California the car culture was all about drag racing, hot rods and low riders. For as long as I can remember, low riders have been around. In 1975 the band WAR...