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BangShift is Proud to Announce Comp Cams and FAST Have Joined our Family of Sponsors!

Chad and I are very proud to announce that Comp Cams and FAST have joined the BangShift family of sponsors. As two of the aftermarket’s leading companies, Comp Cams and FAST deliver high...

EFI Video: Watch Holley’s Self Learning EFI Tune Itself on an Engine Dyno

Holley’s Avenger, HP, and Dominator EFI systems all have self learning capabilities, meaning that once you install the hard parts, you can literally fire the engine up, drive around, and the...

Aeromotive to Sponsor the Cobra Jet Challenge Class on the Fun Ford Weekend Series Tour

It was recently announced that Aeromotive will be the title sponsor of the Cobra Jet Challenge class for 2012 on the Fun Ford Weekend series tour. This class, which is run on an index basis is open...

BangShift Exclusive: This Photo Plumbs the Depths of Human Automotive Stupidity

The photo below has not been edited, changed, retouched, or altered in any way. I got this from my father in law, who got it from his buddy Bob, whose daughter actually took the shot herself. The...

The 2012 Motorama – Photo Gallery 2

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries from the 2012 Motorama which was held in Harrisburg, PA. The event was a wide open show with big trucks, hot...

Violent Wreckage Video From the 2012 King of the Hammers

A week or so ago we showed you some grainy video of a violent crash at the 2012 King of the Hammers event in California. At the time we had mentioned that the co-driver was rumored to have broken...

S&W Race Cars Joins BangShift’s March Meet Live Broadcast as Sponsor!

Tomorrow morning, the 2012 March Meet, a four day nostalgia drag racing extravaganza kicks off and we’ll be there broadcasting the whole thing LIVE and FREE right here on BangShift. The only...

Speed is The International Language: How the World Rally Team Hooked Up to Race the King of the Hammers Together

If you’ve never heard of the infamous King of the Hammers off road race, you need to hit the books. The event is one of the most unique and intense races in the world and it is also one of...

Question of the Day: What is the Worst Year to Year Redesign of a Car Ever?

After seeing a mid-1980s Jeep Wrangler roll by me in traffic the other day and shuddering at the square headlights, I got to wondering what other ill-advised automotive redesigns have been dropped on...

eBay Find: A Hummer H2 That Makes Normally Obnoxious Hummer H2s Look Like Hybrids

I’ve always thought that people who bought Hummer H2s during their height of their popularity and then during their plummet from said height were probably suffering from some sort of mental...

Show Gallery: The 2012 Motorama – Harrisburg, PA – Gallery One

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Yesterday we delivered several galleries and a couple of them were from indoor car shows and expos. Doug Garrison, one of our photo contributors from the...

From the BangShift Blog Archive: A Serious 1964 GTO Wheelstand!

(Editor’s note: This originally ran back in 2010, but in honor of the March Meet coverage this week, I dug it up!) – I have a soft spot for 1964 Pontiac GTOs. My dad restored one when I...

Juan Pablo Montoya Crashed into Jet Dryer at 2012 Daytona 500 – Insane Fire Follows

Remember all those times you saw NASCAR race cars crash into the track jet dryer at high speed? Oh wait, you don’t because something this rat poop crazy hasn’t happened in the history of...

Cruise Gallery: The February 2012 Gasoline Alley Car Show – Santa Ana, California

(Photos by Chad) – Lots of you know “Big Mike” Harrah from the insane 24-cylinder Detroit Diesel truck he is having built, but the dude has done lots more than that truck. Harrah is...