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LIVE CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa Racing GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026.

It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more 24 hour races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing...

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More Photos! Speedway Motors and Museum of American Speed Cars And Coffee Photos During Motor City to Wheel Hub LIVE!

Here’s our third gallery of photos from Speedway Motors, and if you missed any of the others we’ve got a link to those as well! (Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Speedway Motors...

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Free Livestream! Dragstalgia 15 LIVE From Santa Pod Raceway In England. Awesome Nostalgia Drag Racing Fun!

Dragstalgia is one of the coolest events held each year at Santa Pod in England. If you aren’t familiar, you have to check out all the free live streaming video that we’ll be sharing this...

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Old vs New Crash Test Video: Watch And See This 2026 versus 1996 Chevrolet Blazer IIHS Crash Test! Insane Carnage!

IIHS crash testing is something else. The destruction that happens in a bad car wreck is amazing and the offset head on collision scenario is more common than you think. This is the kind of crash...

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IMSA Racing LIVESTREAM: The 2026 IMSA Mustang Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, and Porsche Carrera Cup at Watkins Glen | Race 1 | Watkins Glen, NY

Here we go again! The 2026 IMSA Racing season is in full swing and this weekend the series is visiting Watkins Glen in New York which is one of the most famous race tracks in the country! There is a...

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Testing the Finest Hex Keys Ever Made… And Putting Them Up Against IKEA. I Wonder How This Will Play Out!

This video couldn’t be more timely, as I had to put together a bed frame, four bar stools, and some lights in the last couple of days. All three used allen, or hex key, fasteners. Of course the...

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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...

BS TECH: PRO TUNING SECRETS PART 1 – FINDING POWER RIGHT IN YOUR DISTRIBUTOR

Those Bangshifters who are old enough to have owned muscle cars when they were new, or nearly new, remember taking their rides to a performance oriented dealership to get a super tune that was good...

WEIRD WRECK VIDEO: A HONDA MOUNTS A CADDY INSIDE A PARKING GARAGE!

You’ve got to feel bad to the owner of the Caddy that was totaled in this strange Massachusetts crash. It was reported the woman drove her 2011 STS to the office, parked in a garage she never...

BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT YOU’VE EVER DONE TO AN ENGINE?

After seeing the photo of that nuked Hemi, it naturally made us think of crap that we have blown up or been directly involved with the destruction of. Back in college when running the VW road racing...

COOL VIDEO: ACTION FROM THE GOODGUYS DEL MAR AUTOCROSS AND CHAD GETTING ATTACKED WITH PIE!

So there I was, digging on this really neat video featuring action from the Goodguys Del Mar autocross and BAM! Right there at the end Chad gets attacked with pie. Is there anything better in the...