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Moroso Tech Video: Here’s The Theory And Practice Of Oil Pan Trap Door Baffling
Dec 26, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Moroso Tech Video: Here’s The Theory And Practice Of Oil Pan Trap Door Baffling
It’s Wednesday so we figure that the collective brain of BangShift nation is firing on all cylinders today and is ready to learn. We came across this killer video from Moroso that explains the...
Best of 2018: This Fantastic Tribute To Dan Gurney Tells His Story With Amazing Footage And The Man’s Own Words
Dec 24, 2018Brian Lohnes1
The outpouring of emotion, admiration, and love towards Dan Gurney after his recent passing certainly proved just how big a deal this man was. From his driving talent to his engineering ability to...
Just Checking: OnStar Broke In On This Corvette ZR1’s Action Three Times In One Lap Of NCM Motorsports Park!
Dec 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
If there is one thing every racing driver can appreciate, it’s the surprising lack of sound in the car. Seems odd, right? No music blasting, no humans distracting or annoying…it’s...
A BMW Autocrossing On Snow Tires – That Looks A Little Sketchy!
Dec 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on A BMW Autocrossing On Snow Tires – That Looks A Little Sketchy!
While we tend to wind down from the racing action throughout the colder months, it doesn’t mean that everybody just stops racing at Thanksgiving and we pick it back up full-time around March or...
Redline Rebuild: The Latest Video In The Series is The Resurrection Of A Dead Tri-Power Pontiac 389!
Dec 19, 2018Brian Lohnes4
They’re back! The latest installment of the Redline Rebuild series from Hagerty is the resurrection of a dead Tri-power 389 Pontiac and this one is our favorite yet. Why? The engine really was...
Classic YouTube: Tanner Foust, Shredding The Cheese With A Drift Car
Dec 19, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Classic YouTube: Tanner Foust, Shredding The Cheese With A Drift Car
Did you ever hear of the show “Masters of Champions”? Probably not…only a small handful of episodes were aired by ABC before the plug got pulled. I never watched it, but from what I...
GYMKHANA TEN: Ken Block’s Five-Location, Five-Machine Masterpiece
Dec 18, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
The cars: A World Rally Car Ford Fiesta, a Ford Focus RS RX, a 1991 Ford Escort RS Cosworth that replaced the car that burned after an accident at the New England Forest Rally back in July, the...
Killer Video: Ride With Kyle Larson As He Rips A Sprint Car Around Antioch Speedway
Dec 17, 2018Brian Lohnes1
Outside of the drag strip the one type of racing that really knocks us on our ass is sprint car racing. We do not get a chance to see a ton of it in person but we love living vicariously through...
Braver Than Most: The Many Faces Of The One-Time Rally Passenger
Dec 16, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Braver Than Most: The Many Faces Of The One-Time Rally Passenger
Be honest with yourself for one moment: if, by sheer luck, you got an invite to ride in the empty seat next to Sébastian Ogier on a rally stage in his WRC race car, would you honestly have the...
Traveling Al Frisco: Petrolicious Looks At A Truly Cool 1971 Porsche 911 That Has Lived A Couple Of Lives
Dec 14, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Traveling Al Frisco: Petrolicious Looks At A Truly Cool 1971 Porsche 911 That Has Lived A Couple Of Lives
Those of us that love cars talk about them as if they were somehow human in many ways. We look at their features, their foibles, we think about their strain and toil when they are driven hard. Long...
Hazing The New Guy: Introducing The NASCAR Mustang, Drifting With Vaughn Gittin, Jr.!
Dec 14, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
It’s official: the Ford Fusion is out and the Ford Mustang will be in for NASCAR, and not just in the Xfinity Series, either. The full-deal, top-tier Cup car will become the Ford Mustang for...
Video: 2018 JE Pistons Masters of Motors At SEMA – Picking The Coolest Engines At The Show!
Dec 12, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: 2018 JE Pistons Masters of Motors At SEMA – Picking The Coolest Engines At The Show!
2018 has been a killer year for experiencing and being involved in cool stuff. A personal highpoint was being part of the judging panel for an innovative new awards program that JE Pistons came up...
Crazy Video: Here’s Why You Never Want To Crash A T-Bucket – These Guys Lived
Dec 10, 2018Brian Lohnes16
This is the type of video that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up when you watch it and not for great reasons. Shot in South Africa about a year ago, things open up with an older guy...
The Small-Track Hit: Spectator Racing At New Smyrna Speedway Takes A Sacrifice
Dec 09, 2018Bryan McTaggart11
Spectator racing is one of those strange events that we aren’t sure if we approve of or not. Seeing a couple of ratty third-gen F-bodies try to outgun the other at a circle track in a spectator...