First Look: Ken Block’s First Rear-Wheel-Drive Gymkhana Car, A 1978 Ford Escort RS That Will Spin To 9,000 RPM!
When you say “Ford Escort”, two images come to mind: the front-wheel-drive bucket of unhappiness that North America got for twenty-three years, and the other one…the forbidden fruit...
Transmission Tech: We Take Two Junk T56 Transmissions, Spare Parts, And New Pieces From American Powertrain To Make One!
(Words and photos by Scott Parker) – There’s just something about taking what other people consider junk, and making something beautiful out of it. We shared this sentiment with Greg Lovell...
Hotchkis Autocross Takes Over At NMCA West Finals In Fontana
We got there at exactly the wrong time, as the lunch break was just about to start, but the Hotchkis Autocross was on like Donkey Kong this weekend in Fontana! While we were over running on the...
Enjoy The Song That The Ferrari BB512 LM Belts Out As It Screams Around Monza
If there is one thing to count on when it comes to a Ferrari at a track, it’s that regardless of where it’s placed or how well it’s running, it will make a glorious noise the whole...
In Boat Footage From A V8 Superboat Crash – Hang Time, People Diving Out Of The Way, Crazy!
This is one of the few crash videos we’ve ever posted that made us actually curl up and brace for impact! V8 Superboat racing is no stranger to us here on BangShift. We’ve shown a ton of...
Randy Pobst Provides Another Lesson For The Racer: Passing – When To Do It, What It Takes, And What You As The Driver Need To Provide
Passing…the art of proving to someone else on a racecourse that you are better than them. There are right ways to pass someone, and there are wrong ways to pass someone. Anyone who has ever...
This 1971 AMC Gremlin Road Test Video Will Have You Chuckling For Sure
There are lots of cool old “Car and Track” videos out there that depict the 1960s-1970s automotive television show testing cars, going to the races, and generally being awesome but this...
Craigslist Hilarity: Ad For An LT1 Powered Pontiac Trans-Am Convertible Or Future Ex-Wife Is Awesome
This is one of those jaw dropping Craigslist ads that just makes you both smile and shake your head in sympathy with the poor guy who wrote it. Basically what we have here is a dude who is having to...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch The Mike Maier Mustang At Fontana!
This is our final ACED: AutoCross Every Day video of the week, so we are sending you out with “Mad” Mike Maier behind the wheel of wife Brianne’s Mustang during last weekend’s...
Warren County, Kentucky Planning Commission Joining Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise, LLC In Legal Battle Against NCM Motorsports Park
The Bowling Green Daily News is reporting that the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County (KY) is joining forces with Residents Against Motorsports Track Noise, the collective group of...
How Do You Decide What Shock You Need? No Adjustmen? Singles? Doubles? Triples?
You’ve seen us run videos from Mike Maier before and whether he is behind the wheel or in front of the camera he’s an interesting cat to watch. Not only is Mike a certifiable bad ass...
F1 Changes Exhaust Rules To Make Cars Louder – Not Better, Louder For 2016
It is kind of amazing that in the billion dollar world of F1 it still comes down to the simple visceral experience that fans are getting to keep the sport popular. Among the loudest (see what we did...
Want A Bad Ass Race Seat That Fits Those Of Us With A Little Girth? Racetech’s New Seat Is It!
There are a lot of folks who have had conversations with me about safety devices and elements in hot rods, race cars, and the like. And those of you who have watched our BangShift.com LIVE broadcasts...
This 1986 SVO Turbo Mustang Is For Sale At Only $5500 OBO
We dig SVO Mustangs. It probably has something to do with our friend the Hubers who run in the 8’s with the little Turbo 4-cylinder in their Mustang. It’s a Pre-SVO model, but when Ford...
