Please Be Real: Porsche Is Testing Out A Rally Car Concept Called The Cayman GT4 Clubsport
Do we at BangShift get excited over a Porsche? Meh. We appreciate the classics and the history of the brand, and laud the company’s accomplishments, but Porsche usually stands for two things to...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Much Farther Does NASCAR Need To Go To Make A Believable Car?
(Photos: Ford Motor Company) While there might be a little bit of disagreement, I’m calling the first-generation Chevrolet Lumina stock car the moment when NASCAR moved away from...
Friend Of The Year: Who Would Let Their Buddy Drive Their Hellcat Charger Around The Nurburgring For Them?
How likely are you to toss over the keys of your baby to a buddy? Barring circumstances where it’s for the best, like using a designated driver because you’re three sheets to the wind or...
This Is Bonneville: Rebuilding An Amazing Motorcycle In The Bed Of A Truck Sitting In Front Of A Motel 6 Hotel Room
(Editor’s note: As we travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats today we’re thinking of one of the best stories from Speed Week 2017. This is the epitome of why we love this place, why we love...
Awesome Bill From Dawsonville Is Going To Run Road America! Bill Elliott Will Be At The Johnsonville 180!
Well, now! This might be some of the best news we’ve seen come out of NASCAR in a minute! Bill Elliott, the holder of the top speed record in NASCAR in that 1987 Thunderbird, the man who could...
Hard To Starboard: The Project Neighbor Crown Vic/Shelby Mustang Mashup Goes Drifting!
The most fun vehicles I’ve ever thrashed, or have been around during the thrashing, haven’t been sports cars, or muscle cars, or any kind of purpose-built machine. No…they have been...
Buy A Complete Working Racetrack For Just $320,000! Owosso Speedway Could Be Yours
Check this out! Owosso Speedway, a 3/8 Mile paved oval, is located on 40 acres in Michigan and is for sale for just $320,000. To us that seems like a really good deal for that many acres and a fully...
Project Binky Is Back! Episode 18 Of The All Wheel Drive Classic Mini Build Is Here
I don’t know what it is about Project Binky, and the weirdo, awesome, freaks at Bad Obsession Motorsports, that gets me going, but they just do. All of them. The way this project has been...
Here Is The COMPLETE First Timer’s Guide To Bonneville Speed Week!
We’re talking EVERY detail! Thanks to the folks at TheBonnevilleSaltFlats.com, you can find everything you need to know before coming to Bonneville Speed Week for the first time. It is all on...
Welding Aluminum The Right Way: How To Make It Easy, Pretty, And Strong
Stacking dimes, laying down a bead, whatever you call it, a pretty weld is a weld to be proud of. As longs as it is at least as strong as it is good looking. The skills and techniques used to get...
Originality Is Only Skin Deep: Aaron Oberle’s 1965 Chevelle Is Pro Touring Perfection
(Words and Photos by Steve Chryssos and Ridetech) Editor’s Note: Aaron Oberle is a bad ass and so is this bitchin Chevelle of his. We’ve been lucky enough to spend time with him and the...
Funny Video: This Is What Happens When You Attempt To Autocross A Tiny, Three Wheeler BMW Isetta
There are certain things in the automotive world that we hold as self evident. The first is that performance cars have four wheels. Call us stodgy, traditionalist, resistant to change, respectful of...
Video and The History Of Duke Nalon’s Rocket Assisted 1940s Indy Car Are Amazing!
Just ahead of the 1946 Indy 500, Chicagoan Duke Nalon did what any sensible racer would do to pull an extra few miles per hour from his race car: He strapped a 40-pound solid fuel rocket to it....
