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Ridetech Names the 2011 Ridetech Renegade Award Winner

Terry Neuville has been named the winner of the first ever “Ridetech Renegade” award. This honor will be bestowed on a competitor at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational each year...

Cool or Not: The Invader TC-3 Reverse Trike

Let’s take a walk on the weird side for a minute and examine the Invader TC-3, a “reverse trike” that seems to blend high performance super bikes with sports cars. The...

Neat Video: A Plastic Visible V8 Model Gets Spun to Seven Thousand RPM!

Having just ordered one of the classic gearhead toys of all time for my kids, a Revell Visible V8 engine, I went trolling the web for a good video of someone abusing one. Being made completely of...

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Stupidity Video: Two Morons Wreck Late Model Corvettes While Street Racing

We do nothing to glorify street racing here at BangShift because it often ends up like this video does. Most people that do stupid crap like this run out of talent before they grab fourth gear, just...

Killer Gallery: Awesome Photos From the 2011 Season at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield California

Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California is one of our favorite places. We broadcast the March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion live from the track. As it turns out, photographer Liam Garritty...

Intense Wreckage Video: Urban Hillbilly Videos Releases Trailer for Carnage-Fest Volume 3! We Want it in our Stocking!

Sean Melton and the crew at Urban Hillbilly Action Videos crank out some of the most intense drag racing DVDs on the market. While their race videos have been admired for years due to their great...

Book Review: Shelby Cobra – 50 Years by Colin Comer

Colin Comer’s last book was a very detailed look at the whole range of Shelby cars but this one, “Shelby Cobra: 50 Years” concentrates itself on just the iconic Cobra that put...

Evan Knoll Competency Hearing Postponed Again – Goverment May Be Bringing More Charges

Evan Knoll’s first big day in court was once again postponed by a judge for multiple factors, one of which seems to indicate that the Feds will be bringing more or different charges against the...

Big Show Gallery: The Goodguys Car Show at Del Mar California

The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association had yet another huge season of cart shows and events across the country in 2011. Our own Chad Reynolds was at most of them serving as the announcer for the...

Video Replay: 2011 California Hot Rod Reunion Rerun Right Here

We figure that by this morning you must be getting tired of you in-laws being at your house, and are looking for some reason to get away, and we’ve got it right here. BangShift.com presents a...

Historic Video Bonanza: The Story of PT Boats – Giant Killing Hot Rods of the Water

We’ve established the old war planes strike the fancy of many BangShifters out there. How about old war boats? We’re pretty enomored with PT boats, which we think are truly hot rods from...

Good Read: The Ford Versus Chevy Rivalry Lives Again and it is More Than Lip Service

It is the rivalry that has driven domestic automotive production for one hundred years and after a long period of cooling tensions and business struggle, Ford and GM are back throwing hay makers at...

Scary Video: A Russian Driver Runs Out of Talent on a Snowy Road With Disasterous Results

Anyone who lives in a cold weather climate has a pile of snow driving stories. I’m not sure I know a single person who didn’t have either a crash or a near miss as a kid learning to drive...

Amazing Video: A Man Builds The Smallest V12 Engine in the World and It Runs!

Normally we spend out time around here talking about engines that are massive. Sonny Leonard builds 1,000ci engines in his sleep these days. If you show up to the strip in a serious car with less...

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