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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Every 2016 Ford Mustang Allotted For Australia Has Already Been Sold – Smashing Reception!

Australian automotive website The Motor Report has published a story stating that the entire allotment of 2016 right hand drive Ford Mustangs intended for Australia have already been sold. It was...

eBay Action: This Barn Found 1967 Camaro RS Was A Looker In Its Day – What Would You Do With It Now?

If you squint hard enough you can see just how awesome this 1967 Camaro was back in the days when the paint was fresh, those Cragars shined and those slapper bars were hammering the springs and...

Does The Third-Generation Camaro Still Deserve It’s Mullet Reputation? Hell No, Not When They Can Be Tuned Into A Sweet Machine Like This IROC!

The third generation Chevy Camaro isn’t just unloved…it is somehow still the whipping boy of the F-body run of Camaros. Nevermind the bottoming-out point in 1975. Nevermind the...

Live The Adventures Of Team RS Motors During Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational

It’s no secret that my personal preference is for rear drive American cars whether on the drag strip, road course, or autocross. With that said, it’s hard to deny the bad assery that is...

Are These Z28’s Cool? Is This The Next Second Gen Camaro To Have? What Do You Think?

I used to be a real snob about Camaros. I’m a 1st Gen Camaro guy at heart, but would drive a 2nd Gen as well, but only if it was a 1970-1973 model. Or at least that WAS the case. Now I find...

It’s Not Too Late To Enter The FM3 Karting Extravaganza Presented By BangShift.com At PRI!

All the info is below ladies and gentleman, and it is not too late to enter! Come have fun with us! Food, drinks (even the adult kind for those that are not driving), and an assload of smack talk are...

Watch Mike Hamrick Wheel The Wilwood Brakes TCI Equipped Mustang At OUSCI

The autocross at Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitationals, aka OUSCI, was huge. Actually they were BOTH huge. There were two almost mirror image courses that competitors had to race on, and...

Copart Cadavers: We Hit The Virtual Junkyard To Find Some Cooked and Mangled Classics

Well, we’re back with another electronic stroll through the twisted steel and melted dreams of the online Copart catalog. We’ve got Buick, Ford, and Chevrolet represented this week and...

Drift Wreck! Ride Along As This British Drifter And His Hot Rod Take A Hard Shot!

The car is cool, the circuit is cool, but the ending is not so cool. In this video you are going to be riding along with the driver of the Urchfab Ford Popular drift car as it rips sideways around...

Car Feature: Ryan Pope’s Model A Roadster Pickup Is Timeless And Cool

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Some astute readers might remember young Ryan Pope’s ’56 Chevy gasser –...

Shelby vs. Z/28: Motor Trend Pits The Two Prize Fighters Together In A Celebration Of Horsepower

Every magazine wants a “Mustang vs. Camaro” story whenever Ford and General Motors change up something on their pony cars, and that is perfectly fine by us: competition breeds evolution...

Hanging Corners On Roads Barely Bigger Than Goat Tracks Makes Rally Driving Awesome!

This video from the guys at CameraCars is great and shows not only the view out the windshield of this rally car, but also the shot back at both driver and passenger seeing their dynamic and what is...

The Lamborghini Countach: The Only Supercar I Ever Loved…

I’m a hardcore American car guy. I’ve owned one import in my life and it was given to me. I respect and appreciate foreign brands, and am familiar with some of them, but they are not my...

Hot Rod Garage Remembers A Friend Lost By Finishing Up His Drift RX-7 Project

His name was Mark Lenardon. He was 26, a videographer, editor, director, and drifting enthusiast. He worked with TEN: The Enthusiast Network in the MindOverEye creative content division, and helped...