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Dave Despain Is Back! The Iconic Motorsports Host Moves To MAVTV And Back To The Track

If you don’t know who Dave Despain is, we might need to revoke your BangShift card. With over 40 years of motorsports broadcasting experience, I can tell you that announcers like Brian and I...

Craigslist Find: A Bizarre “Rat Rod” Creation That Raises The WTF Bar To Previously Unknown Levels

How weird and bad is this thing? The guy who sent the tip didn’t even use his real name. That’s saying something. According to the title, you are looking at a 1978 Honda Civic. According...

Mind Blowing eBay Find: A 2006 Ford GT Factory Modified Race Chassis In A Crate! Seriously, This is Nuts!

Yesterday we told you about a Ford Mustang body in white that was for sale on eBay. In typical fashion we missed the bigger story which is the fact that the same guy has a freaking Ford GT factory...

Action Video: Watch A BMW M235i Drift Without A Driver!

A week or so back Brian wrote about cruising down to Virginia in a 2014 Cadillac XTS-V Sport with adaptive cruise control. (Read about it HERE) In the blog item he marveled at the fact that the car...

The Hard Guys Funny Car Team Plans To Expand Schedule In 2014 – Look Out World, The New Englanders Are Coming!

One of the coolest on-going stories we have been following here at BangShift over the last couple years has been the creation and evolution of The Hard Guys nostalgia nitro funny car team. Lead by...

Watch This Awesome 1960s Aussie EH Holden Run Bottom 9s At 150+ — Big Huffer And All!

Normally when we’re talking about cars from Australia, we’re watching them spin donuts, blow the tires up, and wreck havoc in a power skid competition…not this time! In this video...

The Lencki Six: An Angry Indy Racing Engine Lives Again — Offy On ‘Roids Revived! (w/Video)

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – We love running across stuff that you’ve probably never heard of, yet holds a part of automotive racing history. Even if the car, or in this case, the...

eBay Bonus Find: The Recreation Of The Hurri-Cain II Altered Wheelbase ’67 Barracuda – Real Steel Funny Car Freak!

This is a car you may have seen on BangShift before as it has appeared in some Goodguy car show coverage we have run in the past. This is a recreation of a really neat old drag car that was obviously...

Engine Video: Watch A Hot Rod Beetle With A Turbo-Charged Subaru Motor Hit The Streets

As he often tends to do, Brian sent me a message the other night that consisted solely of a YouTube link and the words “Look at the link that I just sent”. Even though I know Brian and have been...

Gallery: 28 Photos Of Hella Sweet 1955 Shoebox Chevys

(Photos from the BangShift archives) – My favorite year for tri-five Chevrolets is 1955. I think they have the cleanest lines and how can you not love that classic egg crate grill (inspired by...

BangShift Top 11: The Top 11 Coolest Cars The Big 3 Had To Offer The Year I Was Born (1972)

Nutting and Brian have both done their “Top 11” list of cool cars from the year they were born, and since they are both youngsters, born in 1984 and 1980 respectively, they didn’t...

This Awesome Video Takes You Through the Bowling Green Corvette Plant – Follow The Line From Start To Finish

This is a really, really cool video that any gearhead will appreciate for the sheer technology involved. Basically over the course of the six minutes after you press play, you’ll follow the...

eBay Find: A Mustang Body In White To Make Your Ford Racing Dreams Come True

So called “bodies in white” have always held a special spot in the hearts of hot rodders in all genres of racing. Why? Because they’re destined to be race cars! Both of the Detroit...

Mission Meat: We Go 1,000 Miles In America’s Best Sedan To Deliver America’s Best Bacon

This was a trip of supreme importance, a trip that required the right kind of wheels to make sure that the job would be completed and everyone would end up happy. You don’t transport...