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Space Wrenching: Watch Today’s NASA Space Walk LIVE and In Progress NOW

This rules. There are two female astronauts currently wrenching on the International Space Station and you can watch them working LIVE right now. The NASA YouTube channel is broadcasting this deal...

This 2019 Circle Track Spectator Drags Video May Be The Coolest “Stock Car” Racing Footage On The Internet

Maybe we’re weird, maybe we’re wrong, and maybe we’re right. We think that this compilation of 2019 spectator drags highlights from Beech Ridge Speedway in Maine could be the most...

The EPA Is Actively Attacking The High Performance Aftermarket – WE NEED THE RPM ACT – IMPORTANT

Just in case you think that the active and continued support that BangShift gives SEMA and very specifically The RPM Act is some sort of a waste of time, understand that at this moment, the United...

Treasure Trove: This Collection Of Donovan 417 Heads, Blocks, And Assorted Parts Is A Steal (and Amazing!)

It’s funny how fickle racing tends to be. One day you’re Ed Donovan, a visionary who created the first true aftermarket drag racing engine in the early 1970s. Up until Donovan came out...

1978 Oldsmobile Starfire Mirage – This Should Not Exist, But It Does

“Starfire Mirage”. If I hadn’t been looking directly at the nose of an H-body Oldsmobile, I would’ve suspected that I was about to see the newest cartoon character from one of...

The Mental Side Of Racing! Funny, Crazy Or Cringy Moments From 2019

The world of motorsports can be a crazy thing. Everybody always wants to see the consummate professional, the maverick with the attitude, the wild, aggressive driving styles that we know and love. It...

Greatest Show on Wheels! This Support Crew Chevy Is Perfect For Lohnes!

One of my favorite games here at BangShift, one that I’ve enjoyed for years, is to try to torment the two owners (you know, my bosses) with temptations from the Internet, that have FOR SALE as...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Concept Car Was A Missed Opportunity?

Do you remember the 1999 Pontiac GTO? Probably not. I spent twenty years trying to erase that image out of my head…when it debuted, so did an irrational hatred of it within my soul. Not that...

2020 Lebanon DragFest Gallery: Cold Outside? Drag Racing Machines Will Warm Your Heart!

(Words: Joe Grippo) When racing season ends, SEMA and PRI are over, and all that remain of the holidays are gift cards and credit card bills, what’s a drag racer to do? Two real options…tear the...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Mean Man” By W.A.S.P. (1989)

No joke, hearing this song just before I wrote this piece was my introduction to W.A.S.P. And that’s a miracle, seeing how I managed to get through my teenage years without hearing a rock song...

Excited For The New Ford Bronco? This Video Of The Prototype Being Tested Is Short, Sweet, and Cool

The buzz surrounding the return of the Ford Bronco is BIG. There have been rumors of the truck coming back for years, all kinds of wacky renderings have shown up, but no one knows for 100% what this...

Green Monster: This LMR Prototype Has A 500hp Turbocharged Hyabusa Engine And An Amazingly Cheap Selling Price

We’re calling it right now, this is the best bang for the buck car for sale on eBay right now. Why? It’s a track car but it can also be made street legal if you feel the need to cruise it...

Same Recipe, With More Insanity: 100 Horsepower Four Wheel Drive Power Wheels Jeep!

I probably should’ve asked just how many winter project these guys had lined up when I chatted with them at SEMA, because right now, they’ve done…lemme see here…at least twice...

Classic YouTube: Fox-Body Donuts For Days

I read somewhere recently that the Fox Body Mustang is the hot rod of Generation X. Hm…let’s see here. Generation X: born between 1960 and ending somewhere between 1977 and 1984. The MTV...