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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Houston Autorama Coverage: Freezing Cold At Home? Come On In And Warm Up With These Snaps

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – So most of the nation, like 90% of it is in the middle of an insane cold snap. We’re talking second ice age stuff in some places like BangShift eastern world...

Swapping an S10/S15 T-5 Transmission Into Your Hot Rod? Hurst Has Your Shifter Needs Covered With The Blackjack

These days many people are swapping GM T-5 manual transmissions into their hot rod projects. These are the transmissions commonly found in S10 and S15 trucks from years back and they can be bought...

2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: Our Third Big Gallery From The Show – These Photos Will Warm You Up!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again with more Hullabaloo coverage.  Contract St. in Lexington, KY is closed off and most of the businesses have emptied their parking lots to allow...

Landon Simon To Field Two Cars At 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals

Landon Simon Racing will field two cars this year at the 32nd annual running of the Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, Jan. 9-13 in Tulsa, Okla. Team owner and Sprint Car driver Landon...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Picks His Favorites (Part 1)

(Images by David Whealon) – David Whealon has joined in the fun with a killer photo review of 2017. He has picked hundreds of his favorite snaps from the year and we arguing to be serving them...

2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Trucks, and More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Not quite sure why donations were down from previous years though attendance was higher.  Shelby’s Way is a worthy cause and since the Hullabaloo is...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: Benoit Pigeon Picks His Favorite Images Of The Year That Was

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We love when our contributing photographers put together image galleries like this. Benoit Pigeon sent in his 2017 photo highlight reel and as you’d expect...

2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: A Fantastic Event For A Fantastic Cause

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again for another awesome event supporting suicide prevention through Shelby’s Way.  We’ve brought you coverage of these before and the event on...

It Lives Again! Irwindale Speedway Gets A Reprieve From Becoming Yet Another Mall

Eff you, shopping mall, Irwindale will live on. The track, which was supposed to run it’s last ever event at the end of January before being leveled down and turned into yet another shrine to...

This Rally-Racing Plymouth Valiant Rules! Watch This Classic A-body Tear Through The Forests!

Just like the Ford Falcon and the Chevy II, the Valiant was only meant to be the compact car that buyers wanted, that Detroit really didn’t want to build. Just like the other two, the Valiant...

Best of BS 2017: The Superformance Drift Cobra: A Supercharged Coyote Equals All Anger, All The Time!

Prior to BangShift, the loudest and most brash section of my life was the military. Every day started pretty much the same way: I drug my tired (and probably hung over) ass out of bed, I somehow...

Round 4 Of Our Sheely Charity Autocross Coverage Photos

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Yesterday we shared the third gallery of photos from the Sheely Collection Charity Autocross in Fontana, and here is the fourth gallery to enjoy while hanging out and being...

What Happens When You Bolt A Magnuson Supercharger Onto A Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2?

Tire Smoke is the answer. Lots of tire smoke. When we got the email from the gang at Kahn Media telling us about this Nitto Tires video about supercharging and testing a Lamborghini Huracon LP 580-2,...

Even More Photos From The Sheely Collection Charity Autocross In Fontana

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Last weekend we shared the first two galleries of photos from the Sheely Collection Charity Autocross in Fontana, and here is a third to enjoy while hanging out and being...