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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One Of Them Racing Deals: Watch The Vintage Formula One Crash At The Monaco Historic Race!

Vintage racing is an awesomely sharp doubled edged sword as we so often learn. On one side you have these amazing machines reliving their glory years on the track, often piloted by some of the best...

Hyundai Builds A Big-Boned Hot Hatch: The 2022 Kona N Carries The Performance Letter But Does It Carry The Performance Flag?

The hot hatchback of old is evolving. It’s getting taller, longer, and wider. Manual transmissions are being replaced by quick-shifting autos or DCTs. They also have a new name: Hot CUVs. Vehicles...

Video: Man Swaps Cummins Diesel Into Late Model Mustang And Takes It To The Dealer For An Alignment – Awesome

This has to be one of the funniest things we have seen in a while. A dude Cummins swapped a late model Mustang and then drove the thing to the dealer to be aligned. He captured the experience on...

The Mongrel Project Hits The Race Track For The First Time And Hauls Ass

If you haven’t been following the Mongrel project here on BANGshift, then shame on you. It is a bad ass little ride that is built from an old English Ford 100E body that has been channeled over...

Tiny Trucks Abound: Hyundai Introduces The New Santa Cruz – Optional Engines Pack A Horsepower Punch

(By Tom Lohnes) – Here it is, the revival of the small truck. No, this is not the Ford maverick, it’s Hyundai’s first-ever pickup truck and it’s called the Santa Cruz. With a starting...

Boost Makes Better: This Build and Dyno Test Of An 8-71 Blown 427ci LS3 Is Awesome – Airboat Engine!

If you are going to build a kick ass airboat engine, you need a few things. The first is obviously some horsepower, the second is  a deep reservoir of torque, and the third is reliability so you are...

LSFest West Photos Galore! Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Vans, Drifters And Prerunners Everywhere!

(Photos by Wes Allison) We told you we were going to have a bunch of photos, and we weren’t kidding. Wes was on hand shooting every single thing on four wheels that was at the show, racing,...

LSFest West In Las Vegas Was OFF THE CHAIN! Killer Show, Drag, Burnout, Drifting And Off-Road Photos From All Over The Event Start Right Here!

LSFest is a spectacle people and that was never more apparent than this past weekend in Las Vegas during the 2021 LSFest West event held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With thousands of...

Freaky Flight: Watch Joey Logano Take Flight At Talladega From Every Angle Including Insane In-Car Video

If there is one thing that NASCAR has tried to stop vehemently over the last several years, it’s cars taking flight at super speedway races. If there is one thing that they keep learning it is...

Angry Little Brother: The 2021 McLaren Artura May Play Second Fiddle To The 765LT But Other Than That? Little Else.

(By Tom Lohnes) – The recent achievement of the absolutely bonkers Mclaren 765LT running a 9.33-second quarter mile completely stock sort of overshadowed the debut of its little brother, the...

Crowded House: The VW ID.4 Is The Latest, Most Capable, and Least Expensive Addition To The Electric Car Lineup In The USA

(By Tom Lohnes) – Forget the Tesla Model Y, Volkswagen is making the EV for the people in the ID.4 With standard RWD, at least 201 horsepower, and a ton of space inside, the ID.4 is not VW’s...

Project Binky Update: This Bitchin All-Wheel Drive Swapped Mini Is Ready For Reassembly And A Good Thrashing

Project Binky has been a long time in the making and I’m proud to say that I’ve been following the project since it started. What a great project, with amazing fabrication, and intense...

The Most Unique Flat Track Motorcycle Race In America Is Not Flat At All – The Peoria TT Is As Radical Now As It Ever Was

Over the last couple of weeks, I have gotten really interested in flat track motorcycle racing. The reasons are many but the big one is that I am trying to learn up on the subject as we’re...

Welding Sheet Metal Or Plate To Tubing Takes Some Work. Here’s How To Do It Right.

The devil is in the details, and sometimes there is no place this is more apparent on a project than in the fabrication of the chassis or roll cage. The Fabrication Series has been showing you ways...