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Watch As Chris Harris And Tiff Needell Battle It Out At Castle Combe – Two Excellent Drivers In Two Excellent Rides!

Fifth Gear, that other British car show, doesn’t do much for me. Neither do the Porsche 911 GT3 or the Ferrari 458 Speciale. Fifth Gear has always felt like a spinoff show, and the Porsche and...

2,300 Miles! We Take A Roadtrip To Colorado And Back With The Angry Grandpa Chrysler!

I love a good roadtrip. Thousands of miles to see things I haven’t seen before…or, at least, haven’t seen in a while…is a yearly goal of mine. Over the years at BangShift,...

You Can Visit Ray Evernham’s Museum With Us! Sign Up Now!

That’s right folks, join us for the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car competition in Charlotte and you can join us for a night of food, drinks, and fun at NASCAR Legend Ray...

Formula Offroad Video From Hella 2015

We love Formula Offroad racing, and we know you do too. These paddle tire equipped beasts defy gravity and make rock bouncers look pretty tame sometimes. In fact, we’re pretty sure the rock...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Ryan Buck’s Chevy II Nova

Ryan Buck’s Chevy II Nova is one cool little piece, and it handles the corners at the Columbus Goodguys show like a champ in this video. In fact, it’s one of those cars that you watch and...

Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage: More Great Action Photos From Piedmont Dragway!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with the second round of photos from Benoit Pigeon from the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod series race which was held at the legendary Piedmont Dragway...

This Cross Between A 1947 Lusse Auto Skooter Bumper Car And An ATV Is Really Cool — Can You Use It?

We have heard about the people that convert old bumper cars into actual running and driving automobiles but we’re not sure this 1947 Auto Lusse bumper car crossed with a Kawasaki ATV was done...

A Dodge Ram Van Grand Prix Happens In Japan, And It Is As Weird And Cool As You Would Expect

In the normal everyday world of the average BangShifter, an early 1990s Dodge Ram Van exists for one of three purposes: engine donor, parts hauler, or it is the neighborhood pedo-van that you keep...

Roadkill VS Gas Monkey Garage? Yes, This Is Happening And Richard Rawlings (Profanely) Says So

If you have been paying attention to the automotive social media world recently you may have seen the series of Tweets and FB postings that have been volleyed back and forth...

This 1,036hp Toyota Supra Is Legitimately Nasty, Well Engineered And Violent – 780RWHP On The Safe Tune!

Do not see “Supra”, think “Fast and the Furious”, and skip to the next story…you will miss out on one hell of a build. From the front, it looks like most any other...

Getting To Play With Hurst’s 500hp Small-Block Stroker 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Is Next To Impossible…Unless You Are Jay Leno

I have a special place in my heart for a black-and-gold second generation Plymouth Barracuda, and it’s purely because of Bob Riggle’s Hemi Under Glass wheelstander. That car is the only...

More Formula Offroad Mishaps – Tons Of Horsepower Can’t Save You Once You Start To Roll

Formula Offroad, the certifiably insane off-road sport found in the Scandinavian countries, just might be the only thing that could cause Lohnes to walk away from a passenger seat ride (something...

This 1966 Big Block Wagon Is Begging To Be A Sleeper!

When we saw this sucker on Craigslist, we about died. You know we have a soft spot for ’66 Chevrolet full size wagons, but this one is special. It’s near perfect patina is so great, and...

This Vintage Racing Inspired 1965 Big Block Corvette Rules

I’m in love with this Corvette. A 1965 Big Block 396 car is, to me, the ultimate big block Corvette. It is the first year for a big block in a Corvette, and the only year that you could get one...