Offshore Powerboat Racing Livestream: The IHRA Offshore Powerboat Series Thunder On Cocoa Beach – Sunday

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series 2026 season is in Cocoa Beach today, and features big speed from giant offshore boats and more. You can watch all the Day 2 action...

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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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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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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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Morning Symphony: A Collection Of Wound-Up Hillclimb Cars!

Hillclimb prepared race cars are highly-strung beasts. Take the temperament of a rally car, with it’s turbocharged, high-revving mill and gunfire-like anti-lag, hook it up to deep gears and as...

Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell Duke It Out At USAC Turkey Night Grand Prix!

(Photos by Steve Schnars – Video by Speed Shift TV – Words by Darr Hawthorne)   Our Holiday traditions have a way of sustaining through the years, but my family was often been divided for the...

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Aussie Vs. American Battle Royale: Central Muscle Car Masters At Pukekohe

Australian versus American muscle cars, racing in New Zealand, as if it’s 1972 all over again and these cars are a dime-a-dozen. Is this heaven? It’s close enough. This is the Central...

Ridetech’s New RidePro-X Is The Ultimate Air Ride Suspension Control System

(Words and Photos by Steve Chryssos) Now You See It – Now You Don’t: RidePRO-X is about simplicity and cleanliness Any way you want it…  RideTech’s new RidePRO-X system is designed to be...

If You Liked Yesterday’s Optima Ultimate Street Car Road Course Photos, You’ll Love These

Yesterday we shared our first batch of Road Course action photos from this year’s Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Las Vegas, and we decided we should share even more today. Like...

Go For An On-Board Ride In A Ford Falcon At The Legendary Goodwood Circuit!

The classic races at Goodwood are awesome in the proper sense of the word. Watching Ford Cortinas and Mini Coopers mix it up with Camaros, Mustangs and other V8 American cars on the course is like...

You Wouldn’t Think Anyone Could Flog A 300SL Like This, But This Guy Can!

When BANGshifter Jason Mills sent us the link to this video, and told us “I just saw this and I think it is the best sounding inline 6 ever.. AND the dude can and does flog the 300SL! (Now I...

More Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Road Course Photos Right Here

Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car Series is a riot to watch and to participate in, but the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational is the original and the grand daddy of them all. We...

This Turbocharged Mini Reminds Us Of Project Binky A Bit And Totally Turns Us On

You can say you are a Chevrolet guy or a Ford guy or a Jaguar guy or whatever, but there are some universally cool cars that everyone seems to love regardless of what their favorite brand might be....

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Morning Symphony: Ease Out Of The Turkey Coma With The Sounds Of Rally-Running Opels!

Raise your hands: how many of you ate way too much yesterday? Yeah, don’t feel too bad…we’re right there with ya. When the table is full and you’ve been waiting all day, your...

The 2018 Kia Stinger GT: A Kia That Might Actually Be Worth A Moment’s Glance

Kia Motors has long been a punchline in the United States market, and honestly, for good reason. Have you ever had the misfortune of being inside of a mid-1990s Sephia? I have no love for these...

Tenderized Turkey: This 1969 Hemi Charger Daytona Road Test On The Mount Tremblant Course In Canada Is All Time! This Hemi Gets Worked

Consider this the greatest muscle car road test video ever, even if your don’t know what the guy is saying. We got tipped off to this awesome film form 1969 by BangShift photo contributor...

2017 Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photo Coverage: More Sweet Cars From The Show

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – We’re back with more photos from the muscle car show to end all muscle car shows. The 2017 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals have once again continued on the...

We Remember Mel Tillis – He Ruled In The Original Cannonball Run Movie!

Mel Tillis had one hell of a run. By every single account we have read, the guy was loved by just about everyone that ever met him and his story of rising up to country music prominence is both heart...