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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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Texas Rules!!! Governor Rick Perry Signs Street Rod and Custom Title and Registration Legislation!

As a former Texas resident, I can tell you that the Lonestar State is a pretty cool place. Sure it gets hot down there sometimes, and certain areas are better than others, just like any other state,...

Cool Gallery: Hemmings Great Race Stop at Hershey, Pennsylvania

What cool way to spend a Tuesday Evening! The Great Race is a Vintage Car Rally that runs a course from Chattanooga, TN and ends in Bennington, VT. Over 50 Antique, Classic, Muscle, Hot Rodded Cars...

Massive Gallery: 600 Photos from the LA Roadsters Show

As Chad and I were busy filming drag races and falling off staging, Daphne, Chad’s better half was out at the Pomona Fairplex, shooting a humongous gallery of photos at the 47th LA Roadsters...

Watch FREE Live Streaming Video of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Here!

We are LIVe from Bowling Green for the NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion. Click on the arrow in the middle of the player window below and that’s all there is to it. We’ll be live at...

Quick Gallery: 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Thursday Night Cruise

We had our faces buried in the camera all day for the live streaming broadcast of the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, so we are way light on photos. We busted out our camera at the Thursday...

Project FatCad Update 5: The Sawzall Come Out and Bites Into the 2011 CTS-V Wagon!

    FatCad Installment 1 FatCad Installment 2 FatCad Installment 3 FatCad Installment 4   It’s been less than 2 weeks, and the weight is dropping faster than I allowed myself...

Car Show Gallery: The Automobile Driving Museum Charity Car Show – El Segundo, California

Saturday morning was foggy and drizzling when we sent our man Scott to El Segundo with his camera. He was tasked to cover the 4th Annual Car People For Education Benefit Car Show at the Automobile...

eBay Find: A Blown Hemi Powered ’57 Chevy Gasser

We’re getting excited to see the old school gassers at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, so excited in fact, we decided to go day dreaming on eBay to find a nose bleedin’,...

Massive Gallery: The Carlisle All Ford Nationals

Joe Grippo is a lot of things to us here at BangShift but first and foremost, he’s a Ford man. That being said, it should come as no surprise that he nearly wore the shutter button off of his...

Tire Thrash: We Hammer BMWs and Test Out Bridgestone’s Latest Performance Tire Offerings

Recently, the fine folks at Bridgestone Tires invited us to attend one of their “Drive and Learn” events. These events are primarily designed to educate sales people and distributors...

Legit Classic Gassers to Race Heads-Up at This Weekend’s Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion!

As if you needed another reason to attend this weekend’s Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, here it is. There will be a special eighth mile, heads-up eliminator...

Cool Video: Ride Along in a Blown, 44ci Crosley Powered Dragster

We can say with a degree of certainty that this is the only 18-second drag car that will ever be featured in the BangShift blog. Ironically, it is that 18 second time slip that makes it so damned...

Event Gallery: The Tri-Cities Drag-Way Reunion – Endicott, NY

We’re officially in the era of the drag strip reunion. If you are a “glass half empty” person you see it as being sad because it reminds us of just how many strips have closed down....

Video: Tom and Jack Lohnes Pull out a Tree With Goliath!

After Dad Brian scored them a killer new Go Kart, the Lohnes boys, Tom and Jack, decided they needed more room on the Lohnes family homestead to create their own racetrack. Since Brian had also told...