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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152 Miles An Hour At Indy, Semi-Autonomously – Watch As Sam Schmidt Run Indy Using Only His Eyes And Breath!

152 miles an hour around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2016 should register much of a reaction normally, but in the case of this black Corvette Z06, it’s a milestone. Driving the car is...

Project Angry Grandpa: A Beautiful Day, An Open Racetrack, And No Reason To Hold Back

I needed an escape. There was no doubt about it…between work, the ongoing project that is BangShift Mid-West HQ (coming attraction: garage!), and weather that I wouldn’t wish on my worst...

James Hinchcliffe will start the 100th Indy 500 from pole just a year after a near-fatal accident at the track

Just a year after watching the Indianapolis 500 from a hospital bed, James Hinchcliffe has penned the first chapter of a fairy tale comeback story with by claiming the 2016 Indy 500 pole. He was the...

CraigsList: The World’s Nicest Chevette Scooter Is Up For Sale

There’s no point in sugar-coating this: The Chevette was a miserable car from a miserable era of American motoring. The 1973 gas shortage had sent automakers into a panic and Chevy had...

Somehow everybody survived this massive airborne Formula 3 wreck in Austria

If there’s anything to take away from this absolutely brutal crash in the European Formula 3 Championship last weekend, it’s that modern safety gear is entirely remarkable. Chinese driver Zhi...

Two rally cars crash into same section of woods, which promptly catches on fire

Fire is a racecar driver’s biggest fear and there are few things more frightening than the prospect of experiencing fire on a rally stage miles from any fire crew. That circumstance befell not one...

Roadkill! The Guys Celebrate The 50th Episode With Another Comparison: Every (running) Roadkill Car Against A Kia!

It’s amazing how far these two have come. From the first episode, where they road-tripped a Pontiac land yacht to picking up one of my favorite online finds of all time and confusing it with an...

Fun Video: Enduro Destruction, Amateur Two Wheeled Car Skiing, Roll Over Contest, More!

Well I think most of us roll our eyes when we see cars getting destroyed for nothing but the owner’s entertainment, I’m of the mindset that regular cars, jalopies, junkers, and high...

Will The Lowest Mile 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette Bring Big Money? 4.1 Miles On The Odometer!

I normally spend a small part of my day chucking darts at a board with a photo of Crag Fitzgerald on it. Today I have stopped that practice for the morning and will instead tip my cap to the man...

This 1974 Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban Wagon Is A 400ci Powered, Wood Grain Equipped, Tank

The 1970s were largely a disaster for the domestic auto producers but they got a couple of big points right and those were pickup trucks and station wagons. Proof positive is sitting on the page in...

This Pro Touring 1970 Opel GT Has Fender Flares, LS Power, And A Carb Through The Hood

This 1970 Opel GT is a great example of a different pro touring machine than you normally see. Chad asked the world of dare to be different thinking was dead in pro touring and it is a valid question...

Watch Joe Escobar’s Pinto Tear Up The Goodguys Autocross

We love Joe Escobar’s Pinto. The thing is ultra clean, completely home built, and the owner is as cool as the car. Over the years, Joe has slowly tweaked this thing with more tire, some...

Project Binky Gets Even Closer To Completion! This Little All Wheel Drive Mini Conversion Is Awesome

We love Project Binky. It’s one of the coolest car build series on the internet, and the only thing we wish is that the guys at Bad Obsession Motorsport had enough staff to handle all the rest...

Is Dare To Be Different Dead In Pro Touring?

I don’t care how many ways you build a Camaro, Mustang, Corvette, C10, Challenger, or whatever, they are still just what they started out as. No matter how much work you put into them, and how...