Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Sitting Around With Nothing to Watch? The SCCA Runoffs Are Streaming This Weekend

The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) holds their annual championship this weekend, the SCCA Runoffs, at the famous Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. While the world of club racing typically races on their...

Rough Start: If You Want To Get Ahead Of The Collector Car Curve, This 4-speed Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Is For You!

The other night, as I was surfing Facebook, I came across a discussion about what the next big collector car will be, and the general consensus was third-generation GM F-bodies, though there was a...

This Race-Winning Mountain Bike Run Is Too Crazy Not To Share

I know BangShift is supposed to be all about motorized transportation, but sometimes you just find an event so incredible that it surely has some appeal to gearheads. I’m not a particularly crazed...

Blown Alcohol Madness Coverage – 3,000hp Dirt Dragters Getting After It!

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – On the weekend of what would be considered the Super Bowl of mud drag racing at the NMRO 4-Wheel and Off-Road Jamboree Nationals in Indianapolis, IN, the...

This Video Profiling The Construction Of Aerospace Components Water Pumps Is Cool

It is always cool to see the guts of speed parts, right? To actually see the parts, pieces, and processes that go into the components that actually make our hot rods run and drive. In this video we...

Check Out The World’s Only ProCharged Ford GT On The Dyno And The Drag Strip

With all of the hubbub surrounding the 2017 Ford GT it is easy to forget that there was another modern version of this car that made huge waves when it was introduced about a decade ago. The first...

The Brutally Awesome Drag Week Camaro Of Mike Wenzler Is For Sale – Nitrous Hammer!

First rule of drag race announcing: Don’t have favorites. That becomes virtually impossible when you see cars that you’d love to own or just stare at for hours. That’s my deal with...

Crazy: Watch This Enormous RC Jet Fighter Disintegrate In Midair

The world of radio-control airplanes can be pretty insane. While I personally don’t know a whole lot about the technical side of things, people have started to build some really large RC replicas...

PDRA Dragstock XIII Action: Photos and Winners From The Party At GALOT

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Yesterday we showed you some of Benoit Pigeon’s fantastic photos from PDRA Dragstock XIII which was held at the new and freshly completed GALOT Motorsports...

Ride Along As This Supra Crosses The Finish Line On Fire! Helmet Cam Baby!

This video is greatness, because it shows a really nice run in this 7 second Supra, right up until the point that it decides the head gasket needs to go. When it does, water, oil, steam, fire, etc...

Relive The Insanity Of The Adam Flamholc Pro Mod Wreck At The 2013 NHRA AAA Midwest Nationals

The 2016 J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Series season has been a wild one. There have been great races, there have been massive wrecks, and there have been some unbelievable driving jobs tying it all...

1971 AMBR Del Rio Brothers Roadster Is For Sale. Full History And Photos Right Here.

If you have never seen the Del Rio Brothers Roadster then you have been sadly deprived of a great experience. This car is awesome in every way. Not only is this 1927 T stunning in it’s...

BangShift Approved Tri-Five Chevrolets At The NSRA Nationals – Photos Galore!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  55-57 Chevrolets have been popular since the first one rolled off the assembly line.  Their popularity is right at the top with ’32 Fords and 60s...

This 1932 Packard Twin Six V12 Is A Rare And Expensive Monster – Depression Era Big Block

Measuring our at nearly 500ci and producing 160hp, the Packard V12 isn’t exactly the type of engine a modern hot rodder would want to slap into his car and go hunting for ducks at the strip but...