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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 from GT World Challenge America at Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas, where the action was hot and heavy this past weekend! The post LIVE REPLAY: Circuit of the Americas GT World Challenge America powered by AWS 2026 appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

We’ve got more racing action from Sebring to share folks, so buckle up if you want to watch GT America presented by AWS. We’ll have both Saturday and Sunday’s races, so check them out and let us know what you think. The racing surface at Sebring is like nothing else, and it is one of the most famous road race courses in the U.S. The post LIVE Road Racing: Sebring International Raceway GT America powered by AWS 2026 appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Road racing classic cars on modern tracks, as they would have been raced in the past, is truly something special. Races like the Monaco Vintage Grand Prix and the Le Mans Classic Series really help drive home the fact that these vintage race cars still haul ass, are still sexy and beautiful, and people really want to watch them. They may not be as fast as modern racers when comparing lap times, but the racing is as close or closer than anything else you are going to see, and man do some of these

Today is a great day to be a drag racing fan as we’ve got a bunch of races being livestreamed this weekend, from all over the country. While the BANGshift crew is out in Tucson Arizona for the West Coast Bracket Races Southwest Showdown, there are races happening all across the country as far as Florida! So if you dig some No Prep action, like this from Orlando Speed World, you are in luck! Check it all out below. The post LIVE- Orlando Speed World No Prep Drag Racing- 100+ Cars | Sinister P

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000 Shootout! This is big money bracket racing at its finest, so make sure you tune in all weekend for the live racing that we’ve got to share right here. Video Description: LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage | Beech Bend Raceway Park | $100,000 to Win! MotorManiaTV is LIVE from Beech

It’s time for some Pro Pulling Series action from the IHRA Fendt High Stakes Pulling shootout at 300 Raceway in Iowa, and if you love dirt flinging pulling action then this is the livestream for you this weekend. We’re bringing you all the action right here from the IHRA’s crack production team. Check out all the action live and let us know what you think! This is big power pulling action and if you like dirt flying, wheels up, and some carnage then this is going to be a must watch! The post

A Name from the Archives, Back in the Conversation Unless you’re a motorsport diehard, Lola Cars probably isn’t a name you hear every day. The British brand has mostly kept out of the limelight lately, even though it built some of the most important race cars in history. In the 1960s, Lola’s machines went up against the big names and earned a reputation as the go-to choice for privateers who wanted to punch above their weight. Now, Lola is quietly stepping back into the game. Instead of followin

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened, I have to admit I was a bit worried. The place was not full. Not by a long shot. Now we normally get down here to the show an hour or so later, so I was trying to convince myself it was going to be okay, but I wasn’t doing a very good job of it. That was until about 10, when a definite increase in th

Here’s our last gallery of photos from one of the finest truck shows on the planet! Of course we’re talking about Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas. It was wet, and cold, but that didn’t stop thousands of people and trucks from coming together for this epic annual show. We had a great time, and are already making plans for 2025 when we’re going to put together a little caravan on the way to LST. Make sure you pay attention as we get closer, because we’ll be having fun before the show even star

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened, I have to admit I was a bit worried. The place was not full. Not by a long shot. Now we normally get down here to the show an hour or so later, so I was trying to convince myself it was going to be okay, but I wasn’t doing a very good job of it. That was until about 10, when a definite increase in th

We’ve got more fresh photos from the Lone Star Throwdown, a Texas sized show that never disappoints! If you missed our previous galleries, don’t worry because we’ve got a link below for you to check out. (Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened, I have to admit I was a bit worried. The place was not full. Not by a long shot. Now we normally

The EV Pushback Just a few years ago, almost every automaker set a deadline to make their respective lineups EV-only. That's mainly thanks to the EU's supposed ban on fuel-fed vehicles by 2035, although that rule is not entirely set in stone. It's an ambitious target, but right now it doesn't seem all that realistic, and consumers aren't migrating en masse to pure battery power. More recently, automakers have either been delaying the move to go pure electric or cancelling plans altogether. The m

The Era Of Excess Most people will argue that the '80s were the true era of excess, especially in the automotive scene, but the '90s pushed things even further. The true birth of the hypercar class can be traced back to the '90s, with the top-speed science project McLaren F1, the Jaguar XJ220, and the elusive but infamous Bugatti EB110. The latter, for all intents and purposes, reignited the Bugatti brand and set it on the path we know it for today. Back then, though, Bugatti wasn't yet funded b

I’ve never known anyone that broke more stuff than Cleetus. He’s got a special talent for flinging the rods out of stuff, and I’m not even talking about the stuff he breaks on purpose. He’s got a couple of engine builders that help him out with his cars, and a few different tuners as well. Our friend Peter Harrell has helped Cleetus set some new records and take home some wins over the past couple of years, but he’s also had to fix some stuff as well. I have no clue what the history is on the en

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El Bandito Bronco out on pavement? Pikes Peak baby, that’s what! The El Bandito Ford Bronco has been doing work as the RTR crew prepped it for the world’s most famous hillclimb. The video below shows Loren’s entire run up the mountain on race day, where he took 1st place despite a couple of bobbles, but man was it fun t

Here’s our first 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 to those below as well. (Photos by Neal Sabo) When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips 2025 Drag and Drive, to snap pictures and check out the cool stuff going on, we were like “Hell yeah!” He hit all three days, at Darana Dragway at Dragway 42, Quaker Dragway, and Kuhnle Mo

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 to those below as well. (Photos by Neal Sabo) When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips 2025 Drag and Drive, to snap pictures and check out the cool stuff going on, we were like “Hell yeah!” He hit all three days, at Darana Dragway at Dragway 42, Quaker Dragway, and Kuhnle M

Here’s our 2nd gallery of lost photos from Day 2 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 to those below as well. (Photos by Neal Sabo) When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips 2025 Drag and Drive, to snap pictures and check out the cool stuff going on, we were like “Hell yeah!” He hit all three days, at Darana Dragway at Dragway 42, Quaker Dragway, and Kuhnle Moto

Here’s our first gallery of lost photos from Day 2 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 to those below as well. (Photos by Neal Sabo) When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips 2025 Drag and Drive, to snap pictures and check out the cool stuff going on, we were like “Hell yeah!” He hit all three days, at Darana Dragway at Dragway 42, Quaker Dragway, and Kuhnle Mo

When BANGshifter Neal Sabo said he was going to head down to Buckeye Skips 2025 Drag and Drive, to snap pictures and check out the cool stuff going on, we were like “Hell yeah!” He hit all three days, at Darana Dragway at Dragway 42, Quaker Dragway, and Kuhnle Motorsports Park and got all kinds of cool photos. He hit the checkpoints and the tracks and said it was an epic trip. The weather was pretty good, if not a bit cold at Kuhnle, but the racing was hot for sure. And then Neal got home, went

Stacey David has been doing his Gearz TV show for decades and during that time he’s built some really fun cars and trucks, has participated in awesome events, and influenced hot rodders of all ages. He’s a hell of a guy to talk to, always has a smile on his face, and has been lucky enough to interview some amazing hot rodding American icons. It turns out that all these years of shows never shared ALL the video interviews he’s done because they didn’t all fit into an episode of the show. And that

From All-Electric to Electrified It wasn't long ago that Lotus was talking about becoming a fully electric brand. The plan in 2021 leaned heavily on new factories, new architectures, and a clean break from the company's lightweight, analog past. The message at the time was that internal combustion engines were on borrowed time and the next wave of Lotus models – from the Eletre to the Emeya – would define a battery-powered future. That direction has now shifted. Luxury EV sales haven't grown the

The Opposite of Simplify and Add Lightness Lotus: The purveyor of lightweight sports cars and roadsters that offer a distilled driving experience. It's an automaker that prides itself on shedding every ounce possible to give the ultimate in driving engagement. Sadly, that's not the case anymore. Today, Lotus has the Emeya electric four-door GT that weighs more than an Audi RS 7, and, of all things, a battery-powered crossover in the form of the Eletre. Neither of those cars follows Lotus founder

Turning Up the Boost The 2026 Lotus Emira arrived in the U.S. with new trims and minor updates to the suspension and transmission, while retaining the same engine options. But over in Australia, Lotus introduced a special-edition variant producing more than 375 kW (500 horsepower) – effectively making it the most powerful factory-backed version to date. According to CarExpert, the special edition is called the Lotus Emira Turbo Bathurst Edition, named after the Australian city of Bathurst – home

Lotus has announced a new limited edition version of its Emira mid-engine sports car, the last vehicle with an internal combustion engine it still makes. It’s called the Emira Scura, with the name being a throwback to the Lotus Exige Scura from 2009. That car was a lightweight track-focused sports car limited to just 35 units worldwide. Is This the Meanest-Looking Lotus Emira Yet? Lotus Cars