Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom FJ40 Tailgate Mount + Jeep Beach Prep Begins With Shannon and Jess Campbell

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper and fender flares complete, it’s time to wrap up the rear with the tailgate mounts. But these aren’t just any flares, as they...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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More Photos Of The Chevy “Lumino” Emerge – We’re 100% Convinced This Was A Factory Job

Yesterday we showed you a lone photos of the Chevy “Lumino” that reader Tom Campanelli had spotted outside a Florida home improvement store. Well, we’re back with a lot more photos...

This Super Slow Motion Video Of Off Road Racing Trucks Wrecking, Jumping, And Racing Is As Hypnotic As It Is Awesome

There are few things more fascinating to us than slow-motion video. We’re not sure exactly when it showed up on network television but we’re sure glad that it did. Slow-mo is cool during...

This 1978 Dodge Power Wagon Tow Truck Is The Ultimate Road Trip Vehicle, Right?

Ok look, this is important. I have been hinting to my wife that this fantastically clean and sweet 1978 four-wheel-drive Dodge tow truck would be the ultimate road trip vehicle because we’d...

LIVE Streaming Video From The Formula Offroad Races In Sweden On Now!

You know how much we love Formula Offroad, the high flying, hill climbing, flipping, rooster tail throwing races held in Sweden and Norway. And here is your chance to watch it LIVE right here on...

This Flying Dune Buggy Thing Looks Like A Great Way To Thin The Herd Of Rich Adventure Seekers

There are a couple of divergent elements in this video. The first is the relationship between the dune buggy looking “SkyRunner” while it is on the ground versus while it is on the air....

This Lumina-Camino Is No Hack Job And We’re Dying To Find Out The Full Story On It

BangShifter Tom Campanelli is killing it lately. Not only was he the guy sending us live updates from Bradenton, Florida where Garlits was trying to run 200mph in the electric dragster yesterday, he...

Flips, Flops, Saves, And More. Formula Off Road In Sweden Takes Crazy To A New Level

We love Formula Off Road Racing because it’s awesome. Take some jillion foot tall pile of gravel, send high horsepower, light weight, 4 wheel drives with paddle tires on all 4 wheels and tell...

More Big Air Photos From The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series In Lake Elsinore

If you liked the big air and rollover photos we had yesterday from the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series at Lake Elsinore this past weekend, then you’ll dig these ones too. It’s an awesome...

High Flying, Dirt Throwing, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Trucks In Action From Elsinore

This past weekend was Round 3 and 4 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, and all the high flying Pro Lite, Pro 2, and Pro 4 trucks you love to see flying through the air were on hand at Lake...

Video: The Greatest Engine Explosion Footage Ever

We’ve all seen the video of the pulling tractor pitching it’s block over the side of the frame rails and then running it over. It was the king of the carnage hill for years, but...

This Oshkosh M911 Is A 22.5-Ton Ton Army Truck That Eats Deuce And A Half Rigs For Lunch

Two weeks ago I was rolling down the road in Mooresville, North Carolina with Eric Yost in his big deuce and a half military truck. That is a big, lumbering, unstoppable 6×6 monster that is the...

Viva Las Vegas 2014: Our Last Blast Of Truck Photos – Lots Of Patina And Character

We’ve finally come to the end of the road with our dedicated truck photos from Viva Las Vegas 2014. This last group of truckin’ awesome photos has some real odd balls in it like the the...

Ride Inside A Stadium Super Truck On The Road Course Over Jumps And Dicing With Another Truck

We have to thank BangShifter extrodinare Scott Brown for tipping us off to this fantastic video that gives us an in-truck view of what it is like for the Stadium Super Trucks to attack a road course...

Craigslist Find: This “1949 Ford” F1 Truck Is A Project Waiting For Someone To Finish It

If one were to envision what a completely 100% hand crafted 1949 Ford F1 riding on a Corvette chassis would look like, this may be it. Of course, that person would also be under the influence of some...