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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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Gallery: The 2014 Detroit Autorama By DRD Photography – Gallery 1

The World of Wheels is the series that kicks off the indoor car show season for most of America and the Detroit Autorama is the big show on the tour where the top builders in the country compete for...

There’s something uniquely badass about seeing vintage cop cars in their natural habitat

I don’t know what it is, but I have a serious thing for vintage photos of cop cars in action. I get some special thrill seeing cars you normally see in car shows going about their daily...

Criagslist Find: This 1982 Pontiac Grand Prix Has Been Changed In Horrible, Horrible Ways

We’re thinking that even the car crusher’s gag reflex would trigger when it tried to squash this Pontiac flatter than a piece of bacon. Why? Look at it for cripes sakes. There’s the...

Ride Along With Todd Paton As He Drives The BS Roof Hatch Equipped Crusher Camaro Funny Car Into The 5.80s At Famoso!

We loves us some in-car video around here, especially when our pals are driving and the cars have a BS connection! In this film, you’ll ride over the left shoulder of nitro funny car driver...

Cavalcade Of Cool Cars Headlining Auctions America Ft Lauderdale Auction This Weekend

Auctions America is on a hot streak lately. It wasn’t but a couple weeks ago that we told you about the massive military vehicle auction that they’ll be conducting soon out in California...

Petrolicious Video: A Man And His Car Roadtrip The United States

With all of the car shows, wrenching, racing, and just general automotive hijinks that get the most attention both online and offline within our collective automotive culture, I sometimes feel like...

ChumpCar Race Report: La Laguna Zeca-The Dry Lagoon – Chumps On The Corkscrew!

The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com)traveled to the world-class Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, located just off of the coast of Monterey, CA to kick off the West Coast Region...

Barnstormin’: Always An Adventure – Five Days In Bakersfield

The March Meet is very unique when put next to our other broadcasts because it is a four day event and it takes place at one of the coolest drag strips in the known universe. There’s lots of...

Mean 15 – Lohnes Picks His Favorite 15 Cars From The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet

The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet sure was an adventure and I’ll fill you in more on that in a different blog today. We had a great time at the event and of course thoroughly enjoyed bringing...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Evil Movie/TV Car Of Them All?

(By Bryan McTaggart) – In movies and television, the cars can become as much of a character than the humans, sometimes even more so. This we know well. And we know of numerous hero cars:...

Project Fat Lane Update: Tweaks and New Pieces Made On The Fairlane Before It Heads To Paint

The adventure of Project Fat Lane continues. The radical, blown drag car will be ready for Heavy Street competition and lots of testing before drag racing season kicks off here in New England in a...

Video: Vintage 1960s Motocross Video From England Shows Sport’s Roots

We probably should have known that what we now call motocross was born and developed in England before exploding into a worldwide activity. Motocross racing is a huge spectator draw all over the...

Size Matters Two Film Coming – We Have The Preview Video! Big Rig Bad-Assery

We all remember the awesome Size Matters video featuring the huge hot rodded Freightliner of Mike Ryan. Well as we told you in January, Ryan and a team had concocted a new video and were working to...

Gallery: The 2013 NSRA Nationals – A Look Back On A Bitchin’ Event, Tons Of Awesome Iron

(Photos and story by Doug Gregory) – Though it looked as if attendance for the 2013 NSRA Nationals was down a bit, the quality and variety of cars appeared to have not diminished.  High...