Category Archive: Apex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, OTHER
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...
Take A Listen To Kawasaki’s New Supercharged Superbike Engine
Kawasaki’s Ninja series of street bikes are legendary for their speed and are right up there with the Suzuki “Gixxer” and Yamaha R6. Recently Kawasaki have been teasing up their...
Fender Banging Action From The Tudor United Sports Car Series Oak Tree Grand Prix – Vettes, Vipers, More!
(Photos by David Whealon) – David Whealon was our man on the scene at the 2014 Oak Tree Grand Prix. This was one of the events on the TUDOR United Sports Car racing series calendar and David...
Watch Two French Rally Drivers Nearly Roast During The Ypres Rally!
Rally drivers have the same type of determination that a demolition derby driver has: so long as there is a useable gear that is allowing the car to move, come hell or high water they will press on....
Return To Music City 2014 – Carving Corners, Killing Cones, and Stopping Hard At One Of The Most Fun Pro Touring Events In The Country
(Photos by Mike Mendenhall and Amanda McCarthy) – It was a fun weekend for everyone involved at the 2014 American Street Car Series Return To Music City which was held at Fairgrounds Speedway...
Björn Waldegård, The First WRC Champion, Has Passed Away
Björn Waldegård, rally-racing royalty and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1979, has passed on at the age of 71. A rally racer for over thirty years, Waldegård was known for...
NCM Motorsports Park Grand Opening Celebration: Footage From The Track!
You trust us at BangShift to get you the best, highest-quality information and entertainment to you in a timely manner, and one way or the other, we will do it! The opening of the National Corvette...
Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Airs Tonight On MavTV From California Speedway
Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car is heading to California in this weekends episode, and that means hot and heavy racing action at Fontana’s Auto Club California Speedway, home...
Question Of The Day: The National Corvette Museum Is Opening Up Their New Racetrack Tomorrow And Is Holding A Three-Day Party: What Do You Want To See?
You can’t live in Bowling Green, Kentucky and not know what is going on with Corvettes. From the evil car-eating sinkhole to a certain silver ’75 that was abandoned behind Holley’s...
What Do You Get When You Cross Australian Touring Car and Drifting? Awesome. You Get Awesome.
We love V8 Supercars here at BangShift. Real cars (ok, more real than NASCAR) hauling serious amounts of speed around killer road courses in a land that seems to always be ready for a track...
Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Michigan: The BangShift Photos
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – I’m not sure if I should thank Bob Chiluk for these great photos from the recent Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car event in Michigan or if I should offer...
Racing Action Gallery From USCA Michigan – Attacking The Cones And The Banking At Michigan International Speedway
(Images By RideTech Mike and RideTech Amanda) – It was another barn burner of an Optima Ultimate Street Car Association Event and this time the action was happening at Michigan International...
Sammy Swindell Retires Abruptly From Sprint Car Racing – Dirt Legend’s Accomplishments Are Nearly Beyond Belief
When the book of greatest American race car drivers is written someday, Sammy Swindell will have his own chapter and it’ll be and exceptional read. Yesterday, Swindell announced that he was...
Don’t Touch My Dart – Dodge’s New Ad Campaign Is Hilarious And We Have ‘Em All Right Here
We like it when a car company allows creative people to run with good ideas. Dodge has been all over this recently. They had the highly successful Durango campaign that tied into the Anchorman movie...