How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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LIVE RACING ACTION | Sepang | GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS 2026 Race 1 and 2

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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Free Livestreaming Road Racing: 2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour at VIRginia International Raceway – FULL WEEKEND Coverage LIVE

It’s time for another SCCA Livestream, but this weekend it is coming to you LIVE from Road Atlanta where the SCCA Hoosier Super Tour is in full swing. There is a lot of great racing action going on...

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Free Road Racing Livestream From England: British Automobile Racing Club Action LIVE From Brands Hatch Indy

It’s time for more road racing in England! This weekend features multiple classes! You can watch all the live racing action right here. Check out the BARC LIVESTREAM below from the Brand Hatch!...

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Video Game Vs. Real Life: Watch A Real Focus ST Battle With A Virtual Focus ST-Plus The (former) Stig

Ford unveiled the new, slightly tweaked version of the Focus ST at the Goodwood Festival of Speed recently. In what we can only assume was a bunch of advertising genius, Polyphony Digital, the...

Hotchkis Updates Its TVS Kit For 1967-1972 C10 Trucks To Include Long Bed Applications And Dropped Spindles

You know it and we know it, 1967-1972 GM half ton trucks are one of the hottest vehicles in the aftermarket right now. From builds like Project Cheap 10 that we are covering to insane hardcore pro...

TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Coverage: A Photo Highlight Reel From The Recent Battle At Watkins Glen

(Photos by David Hakim/HP2 Communications) – Last weekend, our buddy David Hakim attended the TUDOR United Racing Series event at Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York, one of the...

NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 Coverage: More Shredded Fenders, Flying Stock Cars, and Great Action Photos From Sonoma Raceway

(Photos by Jeff Burghardt) – Yesterday we showed you Mike Burghardt’s sweet, sweet photos from the NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway and today we’re right back at you...

NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 – Action Photo Coverage From A Wheels Up, Fender Banging Weekend In Sonoma

(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – Mike and Jeff Burghardt have submitted some awesome drag racing and sprint car photos to us here at BangShift but this is the first time we have seen the sport of...

Watch Two Stock Car Racers In A Blind Rage Turn Bowman Gray Stadium Into A Two Man Demo Derby Ring During A Race!

We often find ourselves saying stuff like, “this is the craziest thing you will see today” or “you really won’t believe this,” and the majority of the time we’re...

Richard Petty Brings 1967 Plymouth Stock Car To Goodwood To Make Beautiful Noise With

Richard Petty brought out his 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend.  Out of all of the cars in the Petty Museum to bring to the track, King Richard picked the...

First NASCAR Sonoma Road Course Win For Carl Edwards In A FORD

On the west coast, wild and crazy NASCAR races on road courses go way back to the now closed Riverside Raceway, kind of an off road race and a driving challenge for teams to use up their racecars in...

Video Collection: Odd (Yet Strangely Awesome) Pikes Peak Race Cars

This week is the practice week for the 2014 Race to the Clouds at Pikes Peak, Colorado. I have always been fascinated with the mountain…I grew up in it’s shadow as a kid in the Springs,...

Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The Hotchkis Autocross At The NMCA West Coast Shootout Are Right Here

This is it folks, we’ve got nothing left. Our final gallery of photos from the Hotchkis Autocross at the NMCA West Coast Shootout is right here. More cars sliding around corners, killing cones,...

Take A Look At This New GM A-Body Hellwig Frame FX Boxing Plate And Chassis Reinforcement Kit

This is pretty trick, and I have to say, other than crazy lowriders we’ve never seen anyone box the chassis on a GM A-Body. Sure there are aftermarket chassis our there with fully boxed frames,...

More Action Shots From The USCA Optima Face Off At Road America Pro Touring Race

If you like seeing early and late model muscle cars, battling it out with super cars, imports, and whatever will show up, then the USCA Optima Face Off At Road America was the event you should have...

Watch This 1300 Horsepower Rotary Powered Jet Sprint Boat Fly Around The Track

Jet Sprint Boat racing rules. It’s like Autocross on water, but with the added danger of actual land to run up on right next to the course. It’s been a growing sport for the past several...

More On-Track Tire Thrashing Action From The Hotchkis Autocross At The NMCA West Coast Shootout

We showed you some bitchin photos of the cars, trucks, and classics that were running around the Hotchkis Autocross at this past weekend’s NMCA West Coast Shootout yesterday, and we’ve...