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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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Small Edit: Foose Sketches Up His One Change To A 1970 Chevelle

The 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS-6 454 was the first car that I understood as a “muscle car”. The look was perfect…take the typical two-door hardtop form of the bread and butter...

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Go Big Or Break Bigger: Truck Fails For The Masses

The truck was the pinnacle of the rock-solid worker as I was growing up. The bigger the badder…you want to be the big dog, you had the big truck. That was how it worked. Whether you had the...

The Beginning Of The Endtimes: How The Pursuit Special Came To Be

I knew about the Mad Max film franchise when I was little. One of the Nintendo games that my mother had enjoyed was Mad Max (it came out in 1990) and all I could tell you about that game is that it...

Spring Fling GALOT $100K Saturday Bracket Racing LIVE Right Here!

We’ve got it all going on this weekend here at BANGshift. Drag racing is happening again folks and that means killer bracket racing from the Spring Fling at GALOT where $100k is on the line and...

Funny Car Chaos TODAY! BangShift.com Chaos Live Stream To Start In San Antonio At 4:30 Central!! SIGN UP TO WATCH HERE

We’ve been asked to provide LIVE Streaming Video for the Funny Car Chaos series, one where Funny Cars of all kinds can be seen hauling ass and smoking tires at a track near you. We’ll be...

Control Timing With Holley EFI. Here’s How To Install And Wire A Dual Sync Distributor For Your Sniper

Switching from a carbureted combination to one that uses fuel injection can be a great way to improve drivability, fuel mileage, cold starts, and more for your hot rod or street machine. But as good...

Weekend Paint Job! – Painting Kym and Jim Fissel’s Anglia With Alex and Dennis Taylor!

One of the best things about summer is getting to hang out with our friends the Taylors during Rocky Mountain Race Week. It’s always fun with mom “Dammit” Deb Taylor, dad Dennis,...

Just A Small Step In The Right Direction: Giving A 1964 Galaxie A New Spark

I love the whole idea of driving your classic. They were regular cars that just managed to get old…what’s the issue with still driving them? Well…a couple of things, to be fair....

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Is It Worth Trying To Make A Living Racing Anymore?

I remember it clear as a bell: I’m on my hands and knees in the hallway of my grandfather’s house, pushing a large plastic toy that’s vaguely in the shape of a G-body NASCAR racer,...

BangShift Saturday Matinee: “The Junkman”, The World Record Holder For Wrecked Vehicles!

I had to watch this entire thing twice, just so I could attempt to comprehend what was going on besides a Cadillac Eldorado getting beat on like there was no tomorrow. There’s a story, but...

Some Like It Mellow: 1976 Ford Elite, The Moderate’s Cruiser

Welcome to 1976. Muscle is out the door, personal luxury coupes are in, bumpers are now battering rams that will prove their worth at demolition derbies across the country for decades to come, and...

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Unhinged: The Safety Brief That Ends With “And They Walked Away…”

Let’s play a game. It’s called “Identify That Wreck”. You are looking at the remains of a car that went off of the road during the Sandhills Open Road Challenge in Nebraska. I...

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The Greatest Drag Racing Wheelstand Video Ever Made? We Think So – More Than Four Minutes Of Bumper Dragging Fury

We love wheelstand videos and we know that you do as well. Know who else does? Sean Melton of Urban Hillbilly Action Video and he’s got an archive of footage from his years at the drag strip...

This Newsreel Footage Of Mike Snively Beating Out Don Garlits At Fremont Drag Strip In 1965 Is Awesome And Not Seen Since ’65

I love running across a video that has very few views on it because it means that the thing has just been sitting there on YouTube waiting to be discovered. In the case of this 1965 newsreel footage...