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FREE LIVESTREAM: 2026 Indianapolis 500 Open Testing Is On! | Day 1 | INDYCAR SERIES

We’ve got a few weeks until the start of all the official Indy 500 festivities, including official practice sessions, qualifying, etc, but that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t...

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Check Out The Record Breaking Ford GT Mk IV Lap Around Nürburgring! 6:15 Is The Quickest Internal Combustion Vehicle Ever On Track!

Before anyone starts yelling that there are quicker cars that have been around the Nurburgring, remember that there are only two of them and both of those cars had electric assist as a power adder....

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Buy Your Dream Apartment Condo At Texas Motor Speedway! 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 9th Floor Outside Turn 2 At TMS!

I’ve been fortunate enough to be at a couple of parties in the condos outside turn 2 at Texas Motor Speedway and can tell you that they are pretty cool. I went to a party in one of them where...

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Proper Vintage F1 Racing in Monaco: The 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix Did Not Disappoint! Awesome Racing Action!

I’m not a die hard Formula 1 fan that follows all the racers and points and such. But I appreciate the cars and the racing and all the technology that is present in that world nowadays. With...

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LIVE REPLAY: Circuit of the Americas GT World Challenge America powered by AWS 2026

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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5.30 OUTLAW SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS AT MOORESVILLE! 704 OUTLAWS SEASON OPENER APRIL 2026!

We’ve said it multiple times, but it still makes me smile when I see heads up no-prep racers running an index class, and the awesome popularity of Lil’ Gangsta’s and other classes...

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Cool Video Of A Homebuilt Jet Engine Powering A Go Kart, With Afterburner And All!

This may be the best way to cook a Turkey! Clearly the dudes in this video designed and built this jet and go-kart in their back yard. At the same time, it’s pretty clear they aren’t a...

Frozen Turkey: Wild 1000-ft Snowmobile Radar Runs From Wisconsin – Massive Wheelies Included!

When we ran the videos of a snowmobile powered by a de-tuned top fuel motorcycle engine the other day it drew a bunch of responses from the quizzical to the amazed. One guy in particular, Todd Staege...

Turkey Jerky: The Greatest Rally Driving Video EVER. “Please Samir…I’m Begging You!”

Bar none this is the greatest Rally Driving video ever. I know, I know, that is a big statement, but keep in mind there are no crazy saves or insane driving maneuvers going on here. Instead, this is...

Deathmobile: RX7 With A Blown 383 Chevy That Destroys Tires At 70 And Will Kill You (w/VIDEO)

(Photos by Dave Nutting –  Words by Nutting/Lohnes) – This is a car that makes a big block Shelby Cobra look like the most sensible thing since the GEO Metro. It is by far the nastiest,...

Happy Thanksgiving from BangShift.com!

Today is Thanksgiving. It is a day set aside for food, family, football, turkey frying, tire frying, and whatever else you feel like frying! Chad and I, along with our families hope that you have a...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Wackiest Gift, Or Combo Of Gifts, You’ve Gotten?

So yesterday was my birthday, and the holidays are coming up, which means that people all around the world are thinking about gifts for each other. After getting a couple of interesting gifts from...

Cool Gallery (Literally): Hot Rods Running The Infamous “Tail of The Dragon”

(Photos by Mashell Payne-Memories by Mashell) – Each fall member of the Peckerheads and the Greazy Hubcapz cat clubs get together and attack the famous “Tail of the Dragon” which...

2013 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals – DRD Photos BONUS GALLERY!

(Photos by DRD Photos) – So we lied right to your face earlier today when we told you that we were showing you the last gallery from the 2013 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals, held in Illinois...

Watch A BangShifter Haul The Mail At The Pagoda Hill Climb In A Gnarly Home Built Car – Screaming Revs and Clipping Apexes!

BangShifter Sherman (we’ll hide his last name to protect the guilty) was a long time dirt track racer with the vehicle you will see in the video below. Similar to a Legends car, this is a...

Hotchkis Has Big Weekend At Goodguys Del Mar!

While Chad was announcing the Goodguys Autocross at Del Mar, California last weekend he got a front row seat to some great performances by Hotchkis equipped cars. In the Street Machine class, the...

The Worst Idea Ever Is For Sale On Craigslist – Hilarious Ad For An Awesome Deathtrap

It has been a little while since we have seen a genuinely hilarious Craigslist ad, but we have one for you served up on a silver platter today. The title of the ads is, “Worst Idea Ever!”...

2013 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals – Our Last Blast Of Photos From An Incredible Event

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Let’s face facts here, we all kind of hate Bob and Greg for being at this amazing show last weekend. While we were raking leaves, doing lame...

Watch A GT350 Mustang Road Racer Attack The High Banks Of Daytona And Eat Porsches – Huge RPM Symphonic Sound

We have to thank Craig Sutherland for sending us this awesome video of Alex Hammond and Chris Beighton racing their real GT35o on the high banks of Daytona at the HSR Bob Snodgrass 2-Hour Enduro....

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Dumbest Thing You Have Done “Driving Angry”?

We’ve all had a moment where our inner Mad Max comes out and you kind of lose it behind the wheel. I have roughly the longest fuse known to mankind but when that sucker burns out, stuff can go...