Influence And Impact Podcast: Rolling Art – Wheel History Part 2: Racing Wheels, Alloys, Mags, And More

Wheels and tires make or break a car. When combined with the right stance, the wheels and tires on your ride can dramatically change the look, character, and feel of any car or truck. With one simple...

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The Monster Energy 6th Annual St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix by Visit St. Pete-Clearwater Day 2

The International Hot Rod Association’s Offshore Racing Series kicks off their 2026 season today in St. Petersburg Florida, and features big speed from giant offshore boats and more. You can watch...

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FREE ROAD RACING LIVESTREAM | Race 1 | Sonoma Raceway | TC America powered by Skip Barber 2026, Plus McLaren Racing, GT4, And More!

If you want to see some fun road racing action this weekend, look no further than Sonoma Raceway, aka Sears Point, in Northern California. Located just north of the San Francisco Bay, this race track...

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Drive Optima Coverage: Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Kurt Busch To Race Indy 500 And Coca Cola 600 This May – Fourth Man To Attempt Both Races On Same Day

Love him or hate him, Kurt Busch is a racer and today’s announcement that he’ll become the fourth guy in history to attempt competition in both the Indy 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600...

Want To Drive Mary Pozzi’s Camaro? Now’s Your (Virtual) Chance!

(Photos courtesy of Sony Polyphony Digital) Ever wanted to drive a world-class Pro Touring car but didn’t have the time/money to build one yourself or know someone dumb enough to hand you the keys...

Autocross Season Is Upon Us! Does YOUR Region Offer the CAM class?

This last weekend I received a reminder email from the New England region SCCA club letting me know that the first points autocross event of the year is in less than four weeks. Say what?!?...

Who Does This? Here’s The Most Beat Down Grand National For Sale In America Today

Get a load of this sad sack SOB of a Grand National? If there is a more worn out, beat up, tired ass looking GN for sale in the continental USA we’ve never seen it. This car appears to have...

Jeff Gordon Taxi: How To Scare The Daylights Out Of A Doubting Jalopnik Writer – EPIC

This is totally one of the greatest pranks ever pulled in the history of the internet. Travis Okulski is the deputy editor of majorly huge automotive blog site Jalopnik and he was one of the most...

Video Bonanza: People Freaking Out About Dale Earnhardt Jr Winning The 2014 Daytona 500

While we don’t have a “favorite” in NASCAR we enjoyed the fact that Dale Earnhardt won the 2014 Daytona 500 and it sure seems like a good thing for both the sport itself and...

Vent Tech: The Guys at II Much Fabrication Give Info And Advice On Their Blog

We introduced many of you to II Much Fabrication’s line of vents a couple of weeks back in an update of Project Violent Valiant. Since then, II Much Fabrication has joined BangShift as an...

How A Classic Camaro Changed My Life – One Woman’s Battle With “The Mistress” Turns Into An Interesting Threesome

(Words and Photos by Suzy Bauter, Intro by Rodney Prouty and Chad) I first met Suzy Bauter in a hotel parking lot after her and her partner in crime, and Sideway’s author, Rodney Prouty...

Watch A Hennessey Venom GT Go 270mph On A NASA Runway – In Car Video With Telemetry

Chances are that you already know what a Hennessey Venom GT is but if you don’t, here’s a rough sketch of what the $1-million dollar super car is all about. It starts life as a Lotus and...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Front Frame Rails Get Fabbed And Installed

We’re back with another update on Project Violent Valiant the unique pro touring destroyer being built by Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle‘s Kevin Tully at the Skunkworks in Illinois. In case...

UPDATE: Fox Reports Jimmy Johnson Wins 2014 Daytona 500 After Running 2013 Daytona 500 Replay On Own Network — ESPN Botches It As Well!

We have made some boneheaded mistakes here at BangShift over the years but this literally beats all. Fox is the network carrying the 2014 Daytona 500 and due to the fact that it rained all day, they...

Feature Video From Petrolicious: This 1927 Oakland Racer is Old-School Cool

“And now for something completely different”. Here for your Friday morning viewing pleasure is another great video from Petrolicious. If you’re not yet subscribed to their youTube channel, do...

Video Of Clint Bowyer’s Barrel Roll And Drive Away Is Coolest NASCAR Thing In Forever

I was watching the drag race on my computer and the NASCAR qualifying races on my living room television last night and I couldn’t have predicted that the NASCAR race would produce one of the...

Tune In: Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational On This Saturday 5pm Eastern on MAVTV

Set your DVRs to stun! This Saturday at 5pm eastern time the 2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational will air on MAVTV and you’ll be able to see the slugfest that was OUSCI 2013. BangShift...