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Elephants At INDY, Charlie Wescott Jr. Leads The Herd At Mopar HEMI Challenge

For many of us, the sound of a pair of mid-60’s Chrysler Hemi’s is music and these rare, high dollar racecars always put on a killer show with twenty-six of them towing into Indy for the 60th US...

National Corvette Museum Reverses Course, Decides To Fill In The Sinkhole

Yesterday the members of the board for the National Corvette Museum agreed to reverse course on a plan that would have turned the sinkhole in the Skydome area of the museum into a visitor’s...

Gallery: 21 Photos Of Cool Engines From The BangShift Archives

(Photos from the BangShift Archive) – Unless you live in the far western states or the southern ones, you’re probably freezing various parts of your body off, considering what family...

I Sense Some Hostility: Lohnes Tries To Get Under My Skin With The Regular Car Review Of The Dodge Aspen

When you like off-beat things, you immediately set yourself up as a target. It’s just a given in human culture. Are you A Flock of Seagulls fan? Get ready for “ran so far away”...

Ram Trucks Will Remain Steel Through 2020. Will This Help Or Hurt Them?

The truck wars are just as nasty as the power wars for the manufacturers right now. Either you can out-tow the other or you can be the most economical, either way you can win. Ford produced their...

Wheels In The Air: Watch This ProCharged BBC-Powered Dragster Reach For The Sky!

Glen Curtis’s big-block Chevrolet-powered American dragster might be hooking a tad too well, or making just a little too much horsepower right off the bat. We come to that conclusion after...

Unhinged: The Fiberglass Hornet’s Nest-My Time At The NCM 20th Anniversary and Track Opening

It’s difficult to put into words just what occurred here in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Yes, the National Corvette Museum celebrated their 20th anniversary, a milestone that should be celebrated....

It’s Official: Ford’s Next Hot Mustang Is “GT 350”. Thanks For The Name, But Can You Give Us Another Clue?

When comparing lists of what is/is not known about the Ford Mustang’s performance model that slots above the GT, the list of “known” is almost nil, while the “not known but...

Björn Waldegård, The First WRC Champion, Has Passed Away

Björn Waldegård, rally-racing royalty and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1979, has passed on at the age of 71. A rally racer for over thirty years, Waldegård was known for...

NCM Motorsports Park Grand Opening Celebration: Footage From The Track!

You trust us at BangShift to get you the best, highest-quality information and entertainment to you in a timely manner, and one way or the other, we will do it! The opening of the National Corvette...

Watch This Large Barge Of A 1973 Olds Rip Sweet Donuts On A Country Road – Sleeper City

Here’s a perfect video for a Saturday because it’ll make you smile and make you want to go out there and drive your hot rod. Why? Because this is pure fun in a big, cool car and because...

Who Wants An Off-Road-Capable Muscle Car? I Do! Check This Out!

When I owned my 2005 Mustang GT, I learned that VFN Fiberglass made an entire S197 Mustang body. Thoughts ran through my head of planting said body onto a Ranger frame, stuffing a high-revving V8...

Gallery: National Corvette Museum 20th Anniversary and Motorsports Complex Grand Opening: Thursday

You better believe that when there is an anniversary, and an event, as high-priority as the 20th Anniversary of the opening of the National Corvette Museum, and the grand opening of the NCM...

Gallery: Personalized Plates From The National Corvette Museum 20th Anniversary Celebration

Corvette owners aren’t a shy bunch by a long shot. They are expressive, proud of their rides and even if their ‘Vette has been restored to numbers-matching perfection, there is one thing...