Category Archive: BangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, FUNNY STUFF, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Videos

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Makes His Monster Truck Driving Debut, Against Guys Who Do This For A Living! How Does He Stack Up To The Pros?

Derek gets to do some pretty fun stuff sometimes, and he’s always super thankful for it, but this time might be one of the coolest yet. We’re talking about driving a real life monster...

Finnegan Drove The World’s Worst Dodge Daytona Wing Car To A Car Show To See What People Would Say, And Who Would Freak Out.

Let’s face it, Finnegan isn’t exactly your average Mopar owner. And yet he owns two of the more iconic Mopars ever built. Weird don’t you think? So he’s got his ’68...

Rule Benders: This Video Looks At 9 Of The Wildest Racing Homologation Specials Ever!

If there is one thing that’s been true about racing since its earliest days, people will always seek to bend the rules for their own benefit. In road racing and rally racing, there are often...

Horse Race: Ride In A Classic Mustang GT350 As It Battles A Boss 302 Around Sebring

Historic race is so awesome because you get to see some “dream” battles that never would have happened in the period the cars come from. For instance, a Boss 302 Mustang and a GT350 would...

Rough Ride: Watch This Radial Airplane Engine Powered Tractor Pull, Fly, Bounce, and Break in Maryland

Pal of BangShift Brian Lively sent this great video over to us the other day. This was taken at the Lucas Pro Pulling League event in Bel Air, Maryland. The video gets off to a legitimately accurate...

Video: Watch 4 Piston Racing Build A 1,000hp Honda K24 Street Engine – This Rules

The famed “Honda K-motor” has been around since 2001 and it versatility as a platform for hot rodding has been constantly evolved. Like LS engines, the K series Honda engine has had the...

Great Video: This Look Back At The Revolutionary Ford Taurus And SHO Is Informative And Fun

This is not some lame history of the Ford Taurus or the SHO, instead this is the kind of really great look back at a revolutionary car that we love. It’s truthful to say that the Taurus saved...

The Tightest Race In F1 History: The Story of The 1971 Italian Grand Prix Is Fantastic

Is there anything cooler than racing history? I’m not sure that there is. Clearly I have been a freak for it over the course of my life and so many others are as well. This time we are talking...

Rocky Mountain Race Week With 1320Video: LEGENDARY Drag Strip CLOSES! MIDNIGHT PURPLE Chevy + 200MPH RECORD PASS!

It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...

Free Live Road Racing From Indy: LIVE | Full Race | Indianapolis 8 Hour (IGTC + Fanatec GT America)

The Indianapolis 8 Hour endurance race is going on strong today and we’ve got all the live action from start to finish right here thanks to the GT World channel on YouTube who is sharing all...

Free Live Drag Racing: The May Race Carbs Full House Bracket Races From Muncie Dragway In Indiana

More big money bracket racing is right here! Thanks to our friends at MotormaniaTV we are sharing all the action live and FREE right here. With limited entries, and a guaranteed purse, plus no-box...

This Miniature Chevy 350 Sounds Awesome Barking Through A Set Of Tiny Long Tube Headers!

Miniature engines are absolutely fantastic and we have run lots of them here on BangShift. This small block Chevy isn’t the smallest engine we have ever run and it actually may be the biggest...

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Watch The Diesel Land Speed Record Get Set In 1936 At The Famed Brooklands Race Track In England – A Bus Engine Made The Power

Captain George Eyston was one of the British “rock stars” of the land speed wars during the 1930s. Between Eyston, John Cobb, and Sir Malcolm Campbell there was constant innovation,...

Jumping Glory Video: Watch Every Awesome Jump The Mid-Engine Fall Guy GMC Made On TV!

If you did not grow up in the 1980s, you truly missed the golden age of automotive television. Yes, there are more shows available to watch today but few of them have even the faintest ability to...