The Anatomy of a Win: Ultimate Street Cars attack Willow Springs and We’ve Got Photos and Results Right Here!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The third stop of the 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series took competitors to their first West coast event at historic Willow Springs...

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RJ Fab Tech Talk: Custom Headers Explained – Rob Lindsay Goes Over Tips, Tricks, And Proven Methods For Custom Header Fabrication.

You may not have heard of RJ Fab, but you’ve probably seen something they have built. When Rob Lindsay started RJ Fab a few decades ago I doubt he thought he’d build a brand that covered...

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Full Race Coverage From The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix: 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Full Race | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

Just one week after the famed Indy 500, the IndyCar Series was back at it for another weekend of racing. This time it was at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, which couldn’t be more different...

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Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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Watch This Real 1963 289 Shelby Cobra Suffer A Massive Crash At The Goodwood Member’s Meeting

If there is one risk with racing historic cars it is wrecking historic cars and this video shows just that. Amazingly, driver Karsten Leblanc walked away from the worst crash of a 1963 289 Shebly...

This 1988 Starion Is A Legit Badass! Watch As It Gets Run Through The Canyons!

Last year, while I was shooting in the Optima Alley at SEMA, this 1988 Mitsubishi Starion caught my eye. It belongs to John Lazorack, and I’m pretty sure I called it a Chrysler Conquest. I was...

Video: This 1905 Fiat Isotta Racer Has An Airship Engine, Power For Days, And An Incredible Story

If there’s an era of racing that we have fallen more and more in love with over the last few years it’s definitely the stuff that happened from about 1900 through 1920. This was the era...

This Video Of An Intake Elbow Being Welded Will Either Inspire Or…Well You Know.

TIG welding is fun, but definitely more difficult than MIG welding for example. Putting together perfect welds takes time, patience, and practice. The latter clearly something that the guy in this...

BangShift Hits Up The 24 Hours Of Lemons GP Du Lac Chargoggetcetera!

(All Photos Courtesy of the Author) As you probably know by now, the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series is one of the BangShiftiest events, on the calendar, no matter what track they visit. Last...

Jealousy Gallery: We Tour The Iron Gate Garage Condos Outside Of Chicago

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – I stopped by Iron Gate Garage Condos in Naperville (just outside of Chicago)this morning for their once a month “open ” house where the owners of...

Interesting eBay Find: Want To Buy An SB2 Built By Dale Earnhardt Enterprises That’s Only Ever Been Run On The Dyno?

The SB2 small block Chevrolet is considered by many to be the ultimate factory engineered version of the venerable engine family that was introduced in 1955. The SB2 first appeared in the NASCAR...

Would You Rather: 1970s Luxury Barge TV Commercial Edition! 1970 Lincoln Vs 1974 Cadillac

While it seems weird, I had a conversation on the salt yesterday with some pals and the topic of Cadillacs came up. We all agreed that the only thing you need to do with a Caddy from the middle 1960s...

The Need For Speed Continues At Bonneville Speed Week 2017

And we know it isn’t just the racers who feel this need, but also all you fans out there. Luckily for you, my son Cole and I have been shooting everything we can on the salt and have a bunch of...

The Mecca Of Speed: Our Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Photos Just Keep Coming

Warning: Bonneville Speed Week attendance will result in an uncontrollable urge to build cars to go speeds no man was intended to reach. You have been warned. We’re not sure of the severity of...

Grab Some Lunch, We’ll Bring The Salt. Our Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Coverage Continues!

Everywhere we look there are cool things to see here at Bonneville Speed Week, and Cole Reynolds and I have been running around shooting photos like mad men so we can share all the cool stuff with...

This 383 Stroker Small Block Powered, Crown Conversion Mid-Engined Corvair Is Awesome!

Corvairs are cool  but Crown Conversion Corvairs are cooler. Why? Crown was a company that developed a kit to bolt a small block Chevy into a Corvair where the back seat would be. With the engine...

This 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Was Optioned To Fly – Too Nice To Be A Salt Cruiser, But We’re In Love

If you were a Pontiac man in the 1960s and you wanted the best, you bought a Bonneville. The biggest and most luxo cars that the division produced, they were a symbol for success. The third...

Here’s Your Morning Serving Of Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Photos!

If you want Bonneville Speed Week 2017 photos, results, and more, BANGshift.com is the place to find them. We’ve been out every day jamming photos of everything we can find, and that means tons...