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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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...

2017 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Coverage: The Best Muscle Car Show on Earth Gets Better

(By Greg Rourke) – It’s that time of year again, the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals (say “mickackin”) has arrived in Rosemont, Illinois.  As usual, hosts Bob and Vicki...

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...