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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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Ride With Jim Pace As He Hammers A 1963 Jaguar XKE Around Road Atlanta At Full Tilt

Now THIS is great. Jim Pace has always been our adopted road racing bad ass here at BangShift and some of the neatest road racing in-car videos on the internet star him and some truly rare iron. From...

Granddad’s Hot Rod: This Review Of The 1997 Buick Park Avenue Ultra Took Me Back 20 Years

My mom’s dad had been a Pontiac man for a long time before he bought what amounts to the identical car showed in this video. I remember he had a Parisienne followed by a Bonneville, and then it...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride In A L88 Corvette As It Rips Around The Daytona Road Course At Night

I’m going to give you the straight up warning here. This is pornographic. This video is going to cause a loss of blood to your extremities and likely cause you to make bad decisions. You have...

Watch This Classic Ford Escort RS2000 Mk1Fly Over A Jump And Suffer A Massive Wreck During A Finnish Rally (Driver and Co-Driver OK)

I have admitted my love for Mk1 Ford Escorts on these electronic pages before. I think their styling is awesome and they were used in all different forms of motorsports back in the day. The cars were...

The Hemi Car That Ate My Brain – This 1966 Plymouth Satellite Is Tops For Elephant Motor Fun

Everyone has their favorite variant of a Hemi car. For those with big bucks it is the E-body cars that draw them in because of their insane value and rarity. For those that want max street racer cred...

Crash And Burn: Helmet Cam Footage From The Fifteen-Car Pileup At The Nurburgring On An Open Day

The Nurburgring’s famous touristfarhten days draw people the world over for the chance to drive the monsterous Green Hell track for themselves. It’s a semi-open procedure that requires...

Unveiled: 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – 755 Horsepower, 715 Ft/Lbs of Torque, And Tuned To Kill

(Photos: General Motors) The Corvette seems to always be working an uphill battle. It’s too plain. Too common. Not powerful enough. Not refined enough. Not threatening enough. 8/10ths of what...

HOONIGAN Daily Transmission: The Drift 1968 Camaro. We approve.

Drifting is a very polarizing motorsport. Many traditional motorsports participants and fans have issues with it because it is more subjective than a typical time based racing event. In truth, the...

We’ve Got More OUSCI 2017 Photos From Las Vegas – More Pro Touring Action

Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car series runs throughout the year, with competitors putting their cars through their paces in order to win class at an event and ultimately to race at...

Check Out These Photos From Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational In Las Vegas

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) When we got invited to race in Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational, we jumped at the chance to see if Daphne’s Ethyl station wagon could kick some ass on...

Time Is Running Out To Enter To Win The Hurst Elite Series Mustang! Enter Now!

Hurst Performance is proud to announce the Hurst ‘Elite Series’ sweepstakes. One lucky person will win their 2015 Mustang GT that Hurst engineers used for prototyping and developing all the...

The Mouse That Roars: This Suzuki Swift Is One Evil-Sounding Machine…Super Light, Super Built And Very Pissed!

One of my first gigs ever involving a racetrack was working as a cone monkey for an SCCA autocross my junior year of high school as a volunteer deal for the JROTC I was a part of. It was a simple...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: Fabulous Fords From The Blue Oval’s Major League Spread At The Show

It is the automotive version of Athens and Sparta. The Ford Performance display and the Chevrolet Performance display sit within a few hundred feet of each other at SEMA. The two biggest spreads in...

2017 AACA Fall Hershey Meet: Our Last Collection Of Photos From This Amazing Gathering

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – There are some guys who look down their nose at any car or truck that does not have a gazillion horsepower or some killer wheels, stance, etc. This whole AACA Fall...