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Watch the Most Spectacular Motorcycle Save We Have Ever Seen – Rider Thrown But Clings to Bike!
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Carroll Shelby, American Racing and Sports Car Titan is Dead
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eBay Find: The Nicest 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro on Earth
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Watch Tony Stewart Give the Single Greatest Post Race Interview in NASCAR History
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Watch the 2013 GT500 Mustang Make Hot Laps of The Nurburgring Ring in Germany
Watch the Most Spectacular Motorcycle Save We Have Ever Seen – Rider Thrown But Clings to Bike!
This is bar none, the craziest and most spectacular motorcycle save we have ever seen. The rider is Genki Hagata and the place is Infineon Raceway in California during a recent AMA race. Hagata was on track qualifying in the Supersport class when he came as close as we have ever seen to crashing without [...]
Carroll Shelby, American Racing and Sports Car Titan is Dead
News is just breaking that Carroll Shelby, one of the largest figures in American racing history and high performance American cars has died. We have heard for a couple of weeks that Shelby was in failing health, but it has now been confirmed that Shelby passed on Thursday night. He was 89 years old. The [...]
eBay Find: The Nicest 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro on Earth
The 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro marks the final effort from muscle car legend Don Yenko to take a normal factory high performance car and elevate it to “super car” levels. Starting with a175hp, 350ci powered Camaro, Yenko and his crew added an upgraded suspension, IROC style nose, a new decal package, and most importantly, a [...]
Watch Tony Stewart Give the Single Greatest Post Race Interview in NASCAR History
Tony Stewart is one of the greatest NASCAR racers ever. We’d actually say that he is one of the greatest American race car drivers ever because he has been in sprint crs, Indy cars, and other stuff, not just stock cars. Stewart is a fearsome competitor and also has no problem speaking his mind. He’s [...]
Watch the 2013 GT500 Mustang Make Hot Laps of The Nurburgring Ring in Germany
The hotly awaited 2013 Ford Mustang GT500 has been spotted and captured on video making laps around the famed Nurburgring in Germany. The car sounds 100% bad ass when wailing along, that is for sure. Since the track was wet and it was raining on the day this video was shot, there have been no [...]
Watch a Blown, Dual Carb’d, Ardun Headed Flattie Grunt Out 450+ Horsepower on the Dyno
We were chatting up a gearhead buddy recently who is into the old stuff…like the real old stuff. This dude has real vintage parts like a Kong ignition,a pile of ancient Thicksun intake manifolds and he is on the hunt for a set of first run Ardun heads. The guy is like a parts detective [...]
Tune In: Lohnes to Appear on the Wally Bell Show Tonight to Talk About EJ Potter
Posted in General News May 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The Wally Bell Show is one of the true “must listen” motorsports radio shows on the ‘waves these days. Wally, Jeff, Gordie, and the gang always do a fantastic job on whatever topic they are tackling that week. This week, the show will be a tribute to the legendary EJ Potter, a man who is [...]
The Top 11 Best Dragstrip Names
Posted in General News May 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Back when we did the Top 11 Race Car Driver Names it that tripped off a firestorm when people failed to read the intro and assumed we were calling those guys the Top 11 Race Car Drivers ever. We’re tempting fate again by doing another list of names. Dragstrips typically have cooler names than circle [...]
Watch a ’57 Chevy Shear The Wheel Studs and Blow a Donut Before Reaching the Christmas Tree
Posted in CRASH & BURN May 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Last week we showed you video of a fourth generation Camaro spitting both rear wheels out on the starting line at Beaver Springs Dragway in Pennsylvania. This week it is a 1957 Chevy on the starting line of an unknown drag strip. The ’57 looks like a full on drag car with the huge by [...]
Caption this Photo: Must be a Tough Neighborhood
Posted in General News May 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photo by Chad Reynolds) – Last weekend Chad was cruising the streets of LA with his camera in hand. Normally this would be a recipe for the police to arrest him for doing something inappropriate or illegal. The good news is that my phone didn’t ring and the BangShift army of cheap suit equipped lawyers [...]
Gallery: The 2012 Car Craft Anti-Tour Kick Off Car Show
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – You just read about Scott Liggett’s adventure on the 2012 Car Craft Anti-Tour. He did a great job of relaying his experience on the adventure and shot a bunch of awesome photos. We stuck a link in his item to this gallery but we thought it was so good that [...]
Road Trippin’: BangShift Hits the Road With the 2012 Car Craft Magazine Anti-Tour
Posted in General News May 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – I had been hitting up the Car Craft Magazine’s Anti-Tour since 2006 when we headed down to San Diego to hit up Race Legal’s Friday Night Drags at the parking lot of Qualcomm Stadium (Or, whatever they call it these days). But, I haven’t gone since 2009 when [...]
AutoTrader Find: A Real Deal Original 1962 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty
Back in 1962 if you really wanted to dominate the action on the drag strip, this was the car you needed to have. A 421ci Super Duty Catalina with all of the lightweight aluminum body components, a hand built engine that while rated at 405hp really made more like 450hp and only 179 were produced. [...]
Guy Fieri Chosen to Drive Indy 500 Pace Car
Posted in General News May 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Guy Fieri is taking a weekend off of driving the bus to Flavorown to drive the pace car at the 2012 Indy 500. The man with the frosted tips, oft flamed clothing, and propensity for consuming food at diners, drive ins, and budget minded restaurants (see what we did there?) sees this as the opportunity [...]
Tune in: Watch Live Streaming Indy 500 Practice NOW!
Posted in General News May 15, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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This is pretty cool! Practice is going hot and heavy as teams are going to begin the qualifying process for the 2012 Indy 500 soon. Rookies and veterans alike are hauling the mail around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Press play below to watch the action. Not an open wheel fan? Who gives a rip? [...]
Aeromotive Releases New Stealth Fuel Cells – Support up to 700hp – Easy Install and Easier on Your Wallet
Posted in Sponsor News May 15, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The crew at Aeromotive has released their newest products onto the market place and we dig ‘em. The new Stealth fuel cells are available in six, 15, and 20 gallon capacities and feature the company’s well known much used 340 Stealth fuel pump. This setup is probably the single easiest to install high performance fuel [...]
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