More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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Tony Found His Dream Muscle Car Abandoned in a Barn for FORTY YEARS! And Then BOUGHT IT CHEAP!

I love Tony Angelo now more than ever. We get along great and he’s super fun to be around, but now that I know what his favorite muscle car is I think I love him even more! After dreaming about...

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Alex Hernandez’s 1971 Caprice Is Called Rose Gold, And While Pretty It’s Also Absolutely Brutal And Bad Ass!

Alex Hernandez and I have been friends for several years, and the night we met was pretty funny. We were both invited to dinner with a group of people that lets just say were a little mismatched, at...

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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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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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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...

All Acceleration All The Time Video: Jim Pace Hammers A Camaro, A Couple Old Can-Am Cars, And Porsches In This Hammer Down Video

Everyone that drives a car digs the feeling of being pressed back into the seat when you hit the gas. From your grandmother to the dink in the Prius next to you in traffic, even non-car people...

Skip The Coffee, This Footage Of 90’s Subaru Rally Action Will Wake You Up!

I was never really into Subarus as a kid during the 90s, if only because the majority of Subarus you saw in New England in the 90s were beat up old Leones and Legacies. Once in a while an Impreza was...

This Incredible Ed Hinton Piece Explains Why NASCAR Fans Complaining About Austin Dillon In The #3 Are Very, Very Wrong

I try to read every single word that Ed Hinton writes because he’s the last bastion of the old school racing reporter left in the USA. This guy has been following NASCAR and open wheel racing...

First Footage Of Ken Block’s Violent And Championship Ending 2013 Rally Wreck – In Car Footage And Full Story

Lat year Ken Block shook off a crappy start to the Rally America season and came on like a ball of fire during the middle and late parts of the season. Things were looking good that Block would be...

Video: Watch A Horrifying High Speed Wreck From Brazil’s Formula Truck Big Rig Racing Series

The wreck is so crazy, so over the top, and appears so violent as to be fatal we need to let you know that the driver lived. Sure, he was pretty busted up and is sure to be recovering for a long...

This Little Kid’s Reaction To Drifting Around In A Car With His Dad Is Flipping Awesome

What you see in the lead photos is the face of unbridled joy and happiness. What you see in the lead photo is the birth of a gearhead. What you see in the lead photo is a moment lots of us...

THE PARTING SHIFT: IN CAR FOOTAGE OF A 1963 LIGHTWEIGHT 427 GALAXIE ROAD RACER FROM DOWN UNDER!

This is one of the coolest videos we have found in a while. Normally when one thinks of lightweight 1963 Ford Galaxies powered by 600hp 427 engines the drag strip is involved. That is not the case...

In Torque We Trust: Petrolicious Spends Some Quality Time With A 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S

If there’s one thing that I love watching on youTube, it’s spring break videos automotive videos with high production value: Car reviews from Top Gear UK, the Ken Block Gymkhana series,...

ChumpCar Race Report With Gallery: Frozen Peaches And Ice Cream At Road Atlanta

(Words by Charlene Felton – Photos by John Babinski) – The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com) is the home of “Real Racing, Real Tracks®.” It’s competitive,...