THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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Extended Highlights from the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026

We share all kinds of live racing action from the 24 Hours of SPA this weekend, but if you missed any of that we’ve got great highlight video below that shows the best racing action from the...

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IMSA 6-Hours of Watkins Glen Endurance Racing Highlight Video Is Right Here! Only The Best Racing Action!

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series was visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There was...

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Race Photos: OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Heads To The Fastest Track In The West

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, returned to action at the historic Willow Springs Raceway on Memorial Day weekend. It was...

Ride Along With Bobby Rahal As He Hauls Around Daytona In A Porsche RSR – Legend!

Bobby Rahal is American racing royalty. He’s won the Indy 500, been a multiple time champion as an open wheel racer, a champion as a car owner, a successful businessman with a string of car...

Dodge Is The Modern Muscle Leader – What Will Their Move Be In The Electrification Game?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Ah yes, electrification. It is most definitely happening quickly, as states like California already vow to end Internal-combustion powered cars by the year 2035. Dodge, might...

Boomski: This Video Compilation Of Violent Nitrous Backfires Is Pretty Wild

Nitrous Oxide has been enhancing the horsepower of piston engines for decades now and by and large it does an awesome job. When we watch pro mods with huge engines snorting the stuff to win races and...

The American Powertrain Thursday Shift: Ride With Shane Van Gisbergen As He Rips A Lap Record At Bathurst

While there may not be a shifter coming through the floor there is a whole lot of shifting going on in this video of New Zealand racer Shane Van Gisbergen setting a lap record a couple years back at...

Donut Derelicts 2021 Photo Coverage: The Enduring Saturday Morning Southern California Gathering Is Unstoppable!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – For some it is a reason to get out of bed on Saturday mornings. For others it is a show to attend before attending a show. And for most, it is the highlight of their...

Silent Scorcher: The Rimac Nevera Is An Electric HyperCar Packing Nearly 2,000hp

(By Tom Lohnes) – Rimac, the Tesla of the electric supercar world has very surprisingly had no full production models. The original concept_1, very famously known as the EV Richard Hammond...

Rumor Mill: Ford Is Developing A Factory Turbocharged Godzilla 7.3L V8 Engine

(By Tom Lohnes) – Ever since people started pushing four-figure power numbers with the new Godzilla V8, Ford has been thinking. Apparently they’ve been thinking hard, because a...

Retro-Dress: This Modern Version Of The Lancia Stratos May Be The Coolest Ferrari Ever

The Lancia Stratos is known as one of the most amazing and awesome rally cars of all time. It’s wedge shape, screaming engine, and brutal performance were hallmarks of a car that was really...

Know It All: Here’s Why Weight Has No Effect On Your Car’s Top Speed

This is likely a topic that is not breaking news to lots of BangShifters out there, but for some of you younger guys it might be. I have actually chatted about this stuff with my sons in the last...

Is Lamborghini For Sale? If It Isn’t Will It Be Sold And Kept On Pistons And Gasoline?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Someone really wants to buy Lamborghini. A few days ago, an unnamed Swiss group offered $9.6 Billion dollars for the famed Italian marque. VW group, the current owners of...

Ridetech Recipe: This 1976 Corvette Speaks To Me, And I Think It Would Make An Awesome Corner Carver

I can’t be the only one reading this who finds themselves sometimes just loving some prospective project car that they find online for no particular reason. This 1976 Corvette is not something...

Holley EFI Input/Output CAN Expansion Modules Available For Use With HP, Dominator, Terminator X And XMax Systems

If you have a Holley EFI equipped ride and have gone a bit overboard with accessories, sensors, and systems, you might be close to running out of inputs and outputs, depending on which system you...

McLeod Has 1.5T Civic Clutch And Flywheel Combos In Stock – Get ‘Em While They Are Hot!

The Honda 1.5T engine has been around since 2016 and like all Honda engines, it can be hot rodded to make all kinds of power beyond what it makes in snappy stock form. That’s all well and good...