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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LIVE CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Racing GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026.

It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more 24 hour races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing...

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This 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Custom Is Poncho Powered And Beautiful From Nose To Tail

It is weird to think about but through the 1950s Pontiac had a big image problem. The brand was stodgy and old. It appealed to the wrong demographic, and sales were on a death slide until Bunkie...

Someone Is Dropping A 1967 Firebird Convertible Body Onto A Prius Chassis – This Is Painful

BangShifter Matt Cramer get the credit for sending us this link to a project where a guy has taken a really, really clean 1967 Firebird convertible (one of 15,528 made) and hacked it up in order to...

Wild Video: Ride In The Cockpit Of An Indy Car As It Hauls Around Road America At 200+ – Yowza!

(By Eric Rood) – IndyCar has already tested at Sonoma Raceway and Phoenix International Raceway this year and while there were plenty of stories to go on about from both places, we think the...

Unveiled: The Abarth 124 Spider Rally – Finally, A Fiat That Is Worth Looking At!

In case you are a little confused as to what you’re looking at, let’s start from the top: It’s a Mazda Miata at it’s core, that Fiat trims out with some body differences and...

Take A Look Behind The Scenes Of Gymkhana Eight Through The Lens Of Larry Chen!

It is one thing to have a GoPro or a movie-quality camera focusing on the driving antics of Ken Block…it’s hard to miss the action when it’s being recorded. But taking still shots...

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Eight: A Rally Fiesta In The Middle East

For the eighth Gymkhana film, Ken Block had to do something dramatically different. We’ve seen his repertoire of stunts, we have seen him in Subarus and Fords, and we are all very well versed...

Watch Jonathan Rea Summon His Inner Dirt Track Racer To Win A SuperBike Race On The Last Corner

(By Eric Rood) – The Australians sure know how to build road courses. While Bathurst and Adelaide get all the glory internationally, Phillip Island Circuit might produce as good as those...

There’s An Ultra Rare (In The USA) Toyota 1GZ-FE V12 For Sale On Craigslist – Weird!

BangShifter Will Sanders sent us the link for this really interesting engine that he found for sale on Craigslist. The mill is a Toyota V12! While we like to think that we know lots of stuff, there...

Season From Bell: NASCAR Truck Competitor Chris Bell Suffers Another Big Wreck, This Time While Leading In Atlanta

(By Eric Rood) – Christopher Bell has had a rough start to his 2016 season. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver tumbled across the front straight in spectacular fashion at Daytona in...

Awesome Video: The Rock Island Grand Prix Shifter Kart Race Is Held On Public Streets! Ride Along

(By Eric Rood) – The grand days of the SCCA racing on temporary street circuits is long behind the world of road racing, but a few holdouts still host wheel-to-wheel racing on closed public...

Jaguar Land Rover Looking To Buy The Silverstone Circuit? Suddenly, We’re Very Interested In Jaguars…

The Silverstone Circuit in the U.K. just might be changing hands soon. Multiple outlets are reporting that the British Racing Drivers’ Club, the group that currently owns Silverstone, are...

BangShift Goes Racing! How To Pick A Cheap Race Car And Start Competing!

Welcome to Bangshift Goes Racing! This is a multi-part series that gives a look into choosing, building, and racing a car on the cheap. Here, you’ll see the misadventures of my friends and I as we...

The Mighty Car Mods Guys Hot Rod An Old Electric Car! Funny And BangShift Approved

I want to be the Mighty Car Mods guys. They rule. Of course they have some strange Australian lingo that takes some getting used to, but overall these guys have the right attitude. Their choice is...

Carfection Is On A Roadtrip, Checking Out French Racetracks! First One Up: Circuit de Charade!

“…it’s said that God sculped the scenery, but the Devil laid down the tarmac.” Sounds like my kind of road. Flat tracks are great if you are a kid learning to drive a...