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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Check Out These Great Hot Rods At The Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show

While so much of the country is well under the freezing mark, it has been in the 80’s here in Southern California and that means hot rods are out and still having fun. We’re not posting...

Best of BS 2017: Thieves Literally Drive Off From Plant With Millions Of Dollars In Jaguar Engines

In a crime that is pretty impressive for its completely brazen nature, British thieves rolled up to a Jaguar plant, hooked up to a trailer full of engines and disappeared with them. Apparently...

Best of BS 2017: When Dick Johnson Hit The Rock At Bathurst In 1980

A rock defined the 1980 Bathurst race for Ford driver Dick Johnson. The day had been going so well…starting the race in second place and leading for most of the first seventeen laps,...

Best of BS 2017: Here’s Some Footage From A 1954 NASCAR Race At Peace Haven Speedway!

On February 21st, 1948, after a series of meetings held at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, NASCAR was incorporated on the heels of a successful 1947 season for William France’s...

Best of 2017: The Worst Car In The World Is Currently For Sale On Craigslist – Chrysler Executive Limousine

So that’s a pretty tall claim, right? Calling something the worst in the world is heady stuff. This is a matter of opinion of course. If you really love a Chrysler Executive Limousine this...

Watch A Rally Driver’s Small Mistake Turn Instantly Into One Of The More Wild Wrecks We Have Seen This Year

To some level, all forms of racing are unforgiving. Bad light at the drag strip by a few hundredths and you are toast. Try to pass at the wrong time during a stock car race and the field will blow by...

Best Of BS 2017: The Story Of An Audi Quattro’s Destruction At The 2017 Prescott Rally

(Since this story was written, Riley and Moose have been piecing together what they need to get back into racing and have, for the most part, healed up from the big off that they had at the Prescott...

Mopars & Muscle Cars At The Strip • Chryslers Everywhere 2!

(Photos and Words by Darr Hawthorne) The yearly Mopars & Muscle Cars at the Strip brings together the largest collection of Chrysler products in the West at the Strip at Las Vegas, with some...

This Widebody 2016 Camaro SS Is A Supercharged Wonder That Won A GM Design Award At SEMA

Every once in a while you see a former SEMA Show Vehicle for sale on Craigslist or Ebay, but rarely are they done to this level. This is one crazy 2016 Camaro. It isn’t for everyone, myself...

Is This Diesel Done Right? A 1930 Model A With Cummins Power Is Up For Grabs

There are few topics these days that divide hot rodders like that of the role of diesel engines. We seem to have completely leapt over the old carb vs EFI debate that raged on for years now that EFI...

2017 NSRA Nationals Gallery: Pickup Trucks, Vans, Station Wagons, and Utility Vehicles Galore

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If these articles ran in sequence then this is the end of the general event coverage from the 2017 edition of the NSRA Street Rod Nationals.  I have a...

Mopars & Muscle Cars At The Strip • Chryslers Everywhere!

(Photos and Words by Darr Hawthorne) A decade and a half of Mopar freaks gathering in Vegas can put on a very entertaining event and when they get access to a national event track like the Strip at...

Wowsers! The 1,200hp Allison Powered 1939 Chevrolet Is For Sale!

Thanks to BangShifter Chris Chenlo we got tipped to this Craigslist link featuring a car we have shown you on BangShift before. This 1,200p Allison powered 1939 Chevrolet is one of the wildest and...

Morning Symphony: The Unholy Thrashing Of A Group A Subaru Legacy

When Group B racing got closed down at the end of the 1986 racing season, the Group A category became the next wildest category to watch. More cars were required for homologation and the mental power...