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Flat-12 Ferrari Magic in Monaco | John Surtees’ Favourite F1 Car Makes ALL the Right Noises. Pure Bliss.

There are going to be some of the most epic Ferrari’s in Formula 1 history at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, and this right here is one of them. The crew caught up with this car...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 4 of 5 – Putting All This Freshly Installed Suspension To The Test On The Track!

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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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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WATCH THE INFAMOUS SWEDISH ICE RACING CAMARO LET IT ALL HANG OUT ON A SNOWY AND ICY COURSE!

It has been a weirdly mild in and around BangShift eastern world HQ this year. We don’t have a flake of snow on the ground and temps have been in the 40s most of the time. Luckily for us,...

AMAZING 1920S ERA, 1900HP SPEED BOAT TO BE AUCTIONED – KILLER AQUATIC HOT ROD!

One of the coolest boat we have ever seen is going to be sold at a Florida auction late this month. The Miss America VIII, built by Garfield Wood and powered by, get this, two Harry Miller built V16...

CAPTION THIS PHOTO: HENRY FORD AND A THRONG OF REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CIRCA 1938

Henry Ford was a genius and one of the greatest industrialists who ever lived, but he was not exactly a people person. He certainly was not a media person, that’s why we were really interested...

TECH VIDEO: AMERICAN POWERTRAIN INSTALLS A 6-SPEED INTO THE 48 HOUR CAMARO

Our pals at American Powertrain are the true zen masters with five and six speed manual transmissions. If you have an application that you want a hard core stick box in, these are the guys to call....

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FAMOUS HOT ROD 1 CAMARO TO HIT AUCTION BLOCK – FIRST EVER COMPLETED DYNACORN BODIED CAMARO

One of the coolest and most significant magazine project cars of the last decade is hitting the auction block. Hot Rod Magazine’s “Hot Rod 1” 1969 Camaro was the first car ever...

EBAY FIND: A FACTORY 409 – 4 SPEED – 1965 BISCAYNE COUPE!

Chevy fans, sit down before proceeding. It appears that someone is selling the holy grail of factory Chevy sleepers, a 409, 4-speed, 1965 Biscayne. This car has been restored to what looks to be...

GREAT VIDEO: CRAZY WHEELIES, CLOSE CALLS, AND WALL SLAPPERS FROM THE FASTEST SMALL TIRE DRAG CARS IN THE COUNTRY!

Our pal Kevin is the dude behind the lens at Nitro Art Video. He travels the country capturing footage from some of the wildest drag races that happen each season. Each year he releases a compilation...

VOTE FOR BANGSHIFTER ROCKY PHILLIPS AND HIS HOME BUILT TWIN ENGINE DRAGSTER HERE!

BangShift member Rocky Phillips goes by the screen name Toymaker and for good reason. The dude scratch built a twin engine slingshot dragster called, “The Evil Twin” in his home shop....

WANT TO KNOW WHAT SAFETY EQUIPMENT YOU’LL NEED TO GO LAND SPEED RACING IN YOUR CAR? CLICK HERE!

Due to a ton of requests and excitement over the opening of the Ohio Mile, the ECTA has published a rough guideline that can be used by potential racers to review what safety requirements are...

DRAG RACING INNOVATOR JIM LYTLE PASSES – INCREDIBLE ALLISON POWERED CREATIONS WILL LIVE FOREVER IN DRAG RACING LORE

Jim Lytle, the creative genius behind the wild “Big Al” Allison powered 1934 Ford and the man who introduced drag racing to the one piece fiberglass body has died. Lytle passed in Hawaii,...

WE WON! THANK YOU BANGSHIFTERS – WE WON FACEBOOK PAGE OF THE YEAR!

Holy cow, we won! Thanks to your help and support, BangShift was the first ever winner of the CompetitonPlus Dot Com award for Facebook Page of the Year. We don’t know what the actual numbers...

VIDEO: (NOT AN) ICE ROAD TRUCKER

You thought today was Friday when it fact it is “wacky mishap day”! Didn’t get the memo? Neither did we, but the weirdo news keeps flowing into the BS news bunker today! A 35-year...

FUNNY NEWS: CAR REPORTED STOLEN IN AUSTRALIA ACTUALLY ROLLED AWAY AND PARKED ITSELF IN A GARAGE

Police in Adelaide, Australia responded to a call of a suspected burglary and instead discovered a car that was reported stolen from a market two weeks ago. In one of the most epic, “that...

WHERE ARE THEY NOW VIDEO: FORMER PRO MOD CHAMPION MITCH STOTT IS BUILDING RC PLANE LANDING GEAR?

door slammer in the five second zone. He turned the trick back in 2003 at Darlington Dragway. He was a big force in the Pro Mod ranks through the 1990s and early into the 2000s. Then, like lots of...