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CLICK HERE To Listen To The LIVE Audiocast Of The ECTA Land Speed Racing Meet — Steam Motorcycles, 240mph Bikes, NASCAR Legends, More

Thanks to LandRacing.com and the hard work of Gregg Adams, you can tune in today to listen to the audiocast of the ECTA Ohio Mile land speed racing meet LIVE and FREE! Yesterday was one of the best...

Watch Vaughn Gittin Jr “Introduce” The People Of France To The 2015 Mustang

I know, I know we ran a video about the 2015 Mustang yesterday but the fact is that Ford made a bunch of really cool promotional videos to aid in the launch of the car and this one is pretty cool as...

This Wild Jeep Project Is Powered By Four Harley-Davidson Engines: It Runs And Drives!

After spending a great day land speed racing and surrounded by some of the wildest machines in the racing world, we naturally decided to hit the land of eBay to see what we could find that would...

Lift Off Video: Watch This Camaro Launch, Get Vertical, Drag The Bumper And Land On All Four!

So we’re currently in some sort of a wheelie video phase here at BangShift with three mondo wheels up clips in the last few days. This one is hard to beat in both the height and duration...

Peter Farber Suffers Pro Mod Crash In St Louis – Vows Return By Las Vegas NHRA Pro Mod Season Finale – Crash Video Here

We were setting up here at the Ohio Mile when I got word that Peter Farber had suffered a crash at the NHRA race in St Louis. My heart sank because Pete’s been having the best year of his NHRA...

Question of the Day: What FWD Car Would You Nominate For A RWD Conversion?

Between the first gas crisis of the 1970’s and…well, now…we have been inundated with front-wheel-drive cars. While front-wheel-drive has been around since the early days of the...

Maryland Police Notify Attendees Of The H2O International Fest That Their Cars Must Be Legal In Maryland…Even If They Are From Out Of State

This is a bit scary: The Ocean City, Maryland Police Department just posted a notice to attendees of the H20 International Event (a VW/Audi based get-together that seems to welcome quite a few other...

Ride On The Quarter Panel Of A Bad Ass Pinto As It Pulls A 350+ Foot Wheelstand! (Video)

Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion, South Dakota is one hard hookin’ strip. How do we know? Because in the video below you are going to ride on the rear quarter panel of a screaming yellow Pinto...

Pacific Raceways For Sale – Legendary Multi-Use Track That Opened In 1960 On The Market

We’ve reported on some racetracks for sale recently with places like Lancaster Speedway in New York but for sure the biggest and most famous track for sale on the market today is Pacific...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Lost and Found

With my travels, I get the chance to stop into other stores and chat with some of the working stiffs behind the counter. Some are more than ready to tell me some of the crazy crap they see day-to-day...

The Ferrari Modulo Concept Car Has Just Transferred Ownership

Buying a high-end, rare Ferrari takes the kind of connections and money normally used in Mafia and cartel drug deals. There is an actual process Ferrari uses to pick current Ferrari owners when a...

Unhinged: A Little Driving Courtesy Goes A Long Way

It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in L.A. rush hour or are just trying to make that left turn and there isn’t an opening, traffic sucks. Being caught in it raises stress levels,...

This Ford Racing Mustang XX.99 Challenge Video Is Pretty Awesome – The 2015 Mustangs Are Strong On The Strip

The full-on media blitz for the 2015 Mustang has begun. From the media junkets to cruise the new cars (Ummmmm….where was our invite?) to the cool videos promoting the cars, it is prime time fun...

Drag Week Uncensored Part 4: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!

After what seemed like zero minutes of sleep, we ended up at Topeka for Day 2 of Hot Rod Drag Week 2014. And just like every other time we were around the truck, people were asking what it’s...