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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Wanna Cheap, Scary Fast, Scary Looking LS Chevette? Here’s Your E-Ticket Ride – Needs Some Work

It is ratty, it is cheap, it is set up to go like the wind and scare the daylights out of everyone in or around it. This is a low-buck LS Chevette and it is for sale right now. BangShifter Steve...

Super Freak: This Flip-Up Bodied Volkswagen Is Amazing! Watch This 327-Powered Surprise Work The Autocross!

The theme for the Volkswagen that Urban Hillbilly Video caught at the Mid-America Street Rod Nationals has to be “Expect the unexpected”. Why do we say that? Well, it’s a clean...

Would You Like Your Hellcat Chopped Or Mashed? We’ve Got Options For You!

So we have recently become obsessed with the IAAI (Insurance Auto Auctions Inc) website because they have zillions of cars for sale that have ended up in their possession through less than happy...

Inferno Photos: The Big Red Camaro Burns In Testing – Pikes Peak Hopes Go Up In Smoke

A day of hardcore testing at Buttonwillow Raceway in California turned into a nightmare for the Big Red Camaro team on Monday as the car burst into flames and suffered a major league fire. The burn...

BangShift’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Preview and Resource Guide for AMERICA

The 84th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans runs this weekend in France and, perhaps more than any other year, this one features America and Americans prominently. The race takes place, as the name...

Watch The Wild Conor Daly and Josef Newgarden Crash From IndyCar At Texas Motor Speedway

This is one of the gnarliest IndyCar wrecks in some time and amazingly Josef New Garden (who got the worst of it by a ton) was able to get out of his car under his own power. Yes, he suffered a...

Hot-Lapping In The Heat: Check Out Our Gallery From Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car 2016 at NCM Motorsports Park!

When Bowling Green, Kentucky, gets hot in the summer, it doesn’t just get hot…it’s that sticky, sweaty, funky kind of hot that makes you sweat in the shade as your sunscreen sweats...

Watch Dirt Racer Austin Williams Become The First Person To Launch A Race Car Out Of Perris Speedway!

It took 21 years but someone finally put a race car over the fence at Perris Speedway. The racer in question here is Austin Williams and thankfully he was OK after his car flipped and literally...

Rally driver goes for a wild ride down a 20-foot drop in Italy

Hyundai factory rally driver Hayden Paddon has had a rough month in the FIA World Rally Championship. At Rally Portugal three weeks ago, the New Zealand native careened off a forest road in his...

Thundering Video: Watch Roger Bolliger’s Gnarly Road Race Trans-Am Battle With Gerhard Jorg’s Vette!

There are some videos that have sound which would literally rouse the dead if played loud enough. This is one of them. Featuring the all conquering Pontiac Trans-Am of Roger Bolliger and the equally...

Remember The Challenger Deputy? This Was One Of The Cheapest Stripper Machines Mopar Ever Offered!

(By Greg Rourke) – A Mopar aficionado I am not. I love them, and am always amazed at how the real experts can spout option codes and production figures. “This is one of 37 1970 Cudas in...

Would You Rather: Beat-On Vintage European Wagons Projects for A Grand

Sometimes when you’re poking around CraigsList ads for masochist-level nightmare projects, you stumble upon a perfect pairing of hellacious vehicles. While perusing the local Chicago ads for beater...

Take A Ride In A 1991 Acura NSX That Is (Just About) Stock – Tires And Brake Pads Are The Only Replaced Items!

It would be easy enough to say that the Acura NSX was approved by Formula 1 great Aryton Senna, but that isn’t factual. Senna didn’t just approve it, he was instrumental in testing and...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping Gears And Flying Up A Hillclimb In A 500hp Open Cockpit Racer

While the Goodwood Historics are a celebration of racing history and technological advancement, they are not some sort of hamburger cruise up a hill. Nope, the racers and the cars all get driven like...