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Did Project Farm Really Improve Gas Mileage by 22.4%! Don’t Get Scammed and Do What Works!

With average gas prices in the country in the $4.50 range today, it’s no wonder folks are trying to get better gas mileage right now. For many of the drivers across the country it is going to...

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FIA World Endurance Championships Highlights From TotalEnergies 6 Hours of SPA – Wheel To Wheel Racing Action

Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championships was held at SPA, aka Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and did not disappoint. This is an epic race track, and the action here is always great,...

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Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: First Cameras Allowed in Toyota’s GR Factory: Minimal robots & More Humans

This is a cool episode of Capturing Car Culture if you are like us and love to see factory and how its made videos. I’ve been on several automotive assembly plant tours and can tell you that...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 1 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Needs Some Love!

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 the...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND! THIS IS HELLA 2026, COURSE 1 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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Car Show Video From The 13th Annual LoneStar Deluxe Hot Rod and Music Festival in Texas City TX

Our friend John Jackson is back at it with more cool video from another great Texas car show, and this time it’s got a twist. This is the 13th Annual LoneStar Deluxe Hot Rod and Music Festival...

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Swap Meet Photos: A Look A The Cool Stuff For Sale At The 2015 NSRA Nationals – Cars,Trucks, Parts

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is it – the last collection of photos we’ve submitted for your viewing pleasure (I hope).  In here we have some snippets from the swap meet and a...

Carbon Fiber EVERYTHING: The Callaway Corvette GT3-R Is FIA Legal And Ready To Do Battle

Putting the word “Callaway” in front of the word “Corvette” has this magical property that transforms the General’s two-seat wonder car from a completely obtainable...

The Devil’s Taxicab: An Australian Valiant 10.5 Outlaw Quarter-Mile Monster

There is just something sinister about seeing a monster door car pulling into the lanes with a great big bug catcher sitting on top of a ton of cubic inches, isn’t there? In the case of Custom...

Check Out The Footage From The Inside Of The Drift Pit At LS Fest 2015 – Corvettes, Camaros, And The Usual Suspects!

Engines bouncing off of the rev limiters while drivers fight with the controls inside to drive with precision…yes, folks, drifting is awesome, and if you’ve written it off as a fad or a...

Roadtrip Video: /drive Showcases One Of The Most Spectacular Drives Constructed: Denver To Napa Valley, The Scenic Route!

If you are immediately put off by the supercars in this video, let us explain how good this trip is: that orange Lamborghini is a Balboni-edition Gallardo, and Valentino Balboni himself is behind the...

eBay Find: Two Wheels, Two Tires, $5,000 Starting Bid – Scary Thing? They May Be Worth It

I have not been trying to turn BangShift into eBay rare tire weekly but after finding the old Firestone Bonneville tires last week and not stumbling upon this pair of magnificent wheels/tires I...

Fuel Altered Fury! One Minute Les Mayhew AA/FA Video Captures The Insanity Of The Cars Perfectly

Good fuel altered runs are beautifully violent fleeting moments in time that you keep playing over in your head long after the actual pass was made. Why? There’s an anticipation...

NSRA Nationals 2015 Coverage: Look Ma, No Fenders! Fenderless Cars, Trucks, And More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Folks, you can categorize rods several different ways.  You’ve got pre-war and post-war.  Then you can define between those with fat fenders and then...

Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: More Action From The Flat Drags Event – Beware Of Flying Dirt

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  My son Taylor and I have determined that the flat drags is now nearly in a position to take over as our favorite at Gravelrama.  The big hill still gets...

eBay Find: This 1971 International 1310 Truck Was As Hardcore A Pickup As You Could Get In ’71

International pickup trucks were never known for their luxurious cabs, copious swaddling option packages, or opulent use or chrome and bright work. No, they were known as being virtually...

Question Of The Day: What Car Is Currently The “Do Whatever” Hot Rod, And Which One Is Next?

It’s a predictable pattern: Car is too new to modify. Car is still kind of new, but a couple of tasteful bits won’t hurt. Car is ok to modify. Hell with it, nobody wants these damn things...

From The Land Of Oz: Check Out This 8-Second Ford Ute Run The Quarter At Sydney Dragway

As the Earth tilts and we start to get cooler in the Northern Hemisphere, in the land of Oz things are finally starting to warm up. I think…from what we can tell, the fun never does seem to end...

Rough Start: This 1978 Pinto Cruising Wagon Is Almost Perfect! But You’d Better Like Orange…

Say you want something fun and funky to rock on your “part-time at Taco Bell” budget. Basic society would suggest taking what you can get, shutting up, and moving on. Manufacturers would...

Gravelrama 2015: Uphill Drags! A Race Where The Surface AND Gravity Are Working Against You

(Words and photos Doug Gregory) – The plan for this year’s Gravelrama was to cover as much of the uphill drags, flat drags, and the Big Eliminator as we could.  As we were to find out there...