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IHRA Names Dustin Farthing New President Of The International Hot Rod Association

IHRA Names Dustin Farthing President of the International Hot Rod Association FAIRFIELD, OHIO — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dustin Farthing...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indy 500 Testing And Qualifying Is On! Watch It All Live Here! INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few days until the start of the Indy 500, but there is plenty of practice and qualifying action to watch until then! We’ve got live streaming video from the Indianapolis Motor...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 3 of 5 – What’s Wizardry Is Going Into This Beast? The Science Behind Better Handling

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In this video...

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Little Hellraiser: This Don Hardy-Built 1972 Dodge Colt Is An Engine Away From It’s Hemi Roots

The 1971 Dodge Colt was nothing more than a Mitsubishi Colt Galant that had passed muster for sales in the United States. Basically, it was Chrysler Corporation copping out of building a car to...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Booster Seat Blues

If you are detecting a hint of bacon smell right about now, I hate to disappoint you but it’s not coming from your kitchen. It’s coming through your computer straight from me, because...

Watch This Guy Take His Kid Through The Mud Bog Pit In His Mega-Truck!

Owning a mega-truck is pretty awesome but owning a mega-truck and taking your kid for a ride through the mud pit at full throttle is even better! This video is awesome and the safety nannies will...

Gearhead Hypnosis: Watch A Cube Of Aluminum Get Machined Into The Block For A W16 Engine

The W16 isn’t exactly the most common engine out there. Yes, the Bugatti Veyron is equipped with one but a quick check of the rest of the automotive world shows that it is the only thing that...

Classic YouTube: The 1981 Jeep CJ-7 – Other Than A Pontiac Engine, What Changed?

For nearly thirty years, the Jeep CJ-5 was produced with only tiny, minimal changes. The marker lights got bigger, the interiors got a bit more fluffed up than just a cheap cushion on a metal pad,...

Frank Kelly – Fast, Sideways, and Mental! Watch The Coolest Rally Video We Have Posted In Forever

Frank Kelly is an Irish rally driver who we have just become huge fans of due to this video. Kelly races a pretty awesome little Ford Escort Mk2 that is powered by a 300hp Millington Diamond four...

This 1973 Film Called The Wonder Of Drag Racing Is A Spectacular Look At The Sport – Lots of Footage Featuring The Ill-Fated Wonder Wagon!

It has been a while since we dropped some quality, old-school drag racing film action on you so here goes. This is a 1973 film called, “The Wonder of Drag Racing” and it was made by (you...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was Your Favorite Factory Mule Tester?

(Lead photo: Roy Ritchie/Popular Mechanics) Now that the cat is out of the bag on the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, let’s look back to 2015 when the rumors of a mid-engined machine from GM in modern...

SNAP: When An Oil Rig Anchor Chain Snaps No One Is Safe

Spending the majority of your time on the ocean is incredibly dangerous and not just because of the drowning risk. Typically large vessels, oil rigs, and other overgrown bath tub toys have systems...

Mark Williams Leads The Way In Drag Racing Driveshaft Technology, Safety, and Engineering

You KNOW how good Mark Williams Enterprises products are, right? You KNOW that they are famous for axles, transmission, and driveline parts. Did you know how awesome their driveshafts are? Between a...

Watch A Dump Truck Smash Into A House At Speed! Driver’s View

This is one of the most breathtaking videos we have ever seen and not for a good reason! What you are going to see is a truck driver’s worst nightmare coming to life. The driver of this big...

Watch Kenny Delco’s Rough Ride: Flips, And Spins, And Slides Oh My! Crashing Like This Is No Damn Good!

Racecars crash sometimes, it’s part of the deal. Compared to the number of laps made on dragstrips world wide each week, the number that crashes is really small but that doesn’t mean it...

Build This Aluminum Boat In Your Garage From A Kit! This Thing Is Rad!

I love jet boats and the aluminum jet sprint stuff that is so popular in the north west and Australia. So when I saw this video from a guy building one from CNC cut parts in his garage I thought, now...

Sturgis Dragway No Prep Photos, Including Larry Larson In The New Cadillac!

When our friend Jeff Odell said he was going to be in Sturgis for the Sturgis Dragway Big Tire Small Tire Shootout race this weekend and that he would snap some photos to share with our BANGshift...