Crash And Burn: Tim Bell Loses His Brakes At Circuit Of The Americas In Austin, Texas
Sep 20, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Crash And Burn: Tim Bell Loses His Brakes At Circuit Of The Americas In Austin, Texas
Tim Bell, the driver of the Nissan 370Z pictured, is probably grateful to be sitting wherever he is, uninjured, after losing the brakes during the middle of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge...
Watch A Porsche’s Engine Get Ripped Completely Out Of A Car During An Aussie Road Racing Event
Sep 18, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Sometimes you are just a victim of circumstance, angles, and physics on general. Such was the driver of the Porsche Carrera Cup car at Sandown Raceway in Australia when the car was struck after...
Pure Auditory Perfection: Watch And Listen To Group B Rally Cars In Their Native Environment
Sep 17, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
We here at BangShift cannot say enough about how much we love Group B rally cars. They are the pinnacle of what could be done when rules were pretty much all but thrown out of the window, and...
This 1927 Leo Monnin Speedster Is A Hot Rod From The Era Before The Term Existed – Amazing History For Sale
Sep 17, 2014Brian Lohnes1
It may sound completely nuts but every muscled up, hairy, bellowing car on Drag Week this year owes its existence to machines like this one. Why? Because if guys like Leo Monnin had not build hot...
The Results Are In! See Who Won The Myriad Of Events At The 2014 Holley LS Fest – Drags, Autocross, Dyno, Car Show, More!
Sep 16, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on The Results Are In! See Who Won The Myriad Of Events At The 2014 Holley LS Fest – Drags, Autocross, Dyno, Car Show, More!
One of the events I look forward to working each year now is the Holley LS Fest at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Having attended this shindig for a few years now, it has been really...
Watch Chris Harris Hoon A New Z/28 Around A Wet Track Just Because
Sep 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
Chris Harris from /drive is currently one of my favorite presenters doing the automotive gig right now. Think of him as a shorter, less offensive and more brown version of Jeremy Clarkson: he’s...
Tanner Foust’s New Global RallyCross VW Beetle Makes A Teaser Appearance, Demands To Be Taken Seriously
Sep 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
Tanner Foust, the lovable little imp from Top Gear USA and professional rallycross driver, has ditched his Ford Festiva WRC ride for a Volkswagen Beetle. But don’t be too quick to like up the...
Enjoy This Classical Rally Footage Of Ford Escorts Playing In The Woods
Sep 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Enjoy This Classical Rally Footage Of Ford Escorts Playing In The Woods
Oh, yes, this rules. This movie was compiled together from Ford historical footage, so ignore the stupid late-1980’s music playing in the film and enjoy the sounds and sights of Ford Escorts...
Ferrari CEO di Montezemelo Steps Down! What Is The Future Of The Prancing Horse?
Sep 10, 2014Bryan McTaggart16
It’s official: Luca di Montezemelo stepped down as CEO of Ferrari. After years fighting with Fiat owner Sergio Marchionne over Ferrari’s production direction coupled with a disastrous...
We Get The Inside Scoop On What It Was Like At The Inaugural Speedway Motors CAM Invitational Challenge
Sep 10, 2014Dave Nutting1
(Photos and words by Lance Hamilton) [Nutting: By now most Bangshift readers should be familiar with my daily driver 1987 Monte Carlo LS that I autocross on a regular basis in the Classic American...
Carnage Video: This Radical SR8 Goes Airborne Into The Tire Wall At Eau Rouge!
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Carnage Video: This Radical SR8 Goes Airborne Into The Tire Wall At Eau Rouge!
This one hurts to watch! This happened during a Radical Euromasters race at Spa-Francorchamps on September 6th. The red and black Radical was approaching the Eau Rouge corner at speed when the...
GALLERY: The Baer 3S Challenge At The 2014 Holley LS Fest
Sep 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on GALLERY: The Baer 3S Challenge At The 2014 Holley LS Fest
Sunday the autocrossing gave way to the Baer Brakes 3S Challenge. The 3S Challenge (Speed, Steering, and Stop) used a there-and-back format that started with an arm-drop drag race to the corner,...
Marchionne Channels His Inner Enzo About Ferrari’s CEO Over Racing Failures
Sep 08, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
Enzo Ferrari was nicknamed Il Commendatore for a reason. He ran Ferrari like a ship, gave the praise only to the cars and winningest drivers, and placed blame directly onto the drivers. If he...
GALLERY: Drifting at Holley LS Fest 2014 – Sideways Action From The Track Here In Bowling Green
Sep 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on GALLERY: Drifting at Holley LS Fest 2014 – Sideways Action From The Track Here In Bowling Green
The drifting competition at LS Fest was tightly contested, between Nissans, a GTO and a BMW 3-series, all of course packing LS power. A unique event sponsored by Lucas Oil and Wrecked Magazine, the...










