Bitchin’ Video: The First Preview For The Upcoming Snake and Mongoose Movie!
Posted in HISTORIC November 2, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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One of the things I have been quietly looking forward to is the upcoming film, “Snake and Mongoose” which tells the story of Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen, their rise to fame with the famous Mattel deal, their trials and tribulations on and off the track, and their enduring friendship. This is really one of [...]
Watch the Totally Bitchin’ Trailer to a Documentary About the Famous Big Red 1969 Camaro of RJ Gottlieb
Posted in HISTORIC May 7, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Big Red is one of if not the single greatest road legal 1969 Camaro in history. Built by Dan and RJ Gottlieb and used to compete in dozens of different events, the car can run 220mph flat out during the Silver State Classic, clip 215mph at the Texas Mile, and haul the mail up a mountain [...]
Watch a 4,000hp Locomotive Get Built by Hand in 1928 – Absolutely Amazing Video
Posted in HISTORIC April 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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No hype, no BS, no exaggeration, this video is friggin’ awesome. This is footage from 1928 news reels showing the construction of a massive 3,600hp locomotive in Canada. It made us want to smash our computer on the ground for the simple fact that computerized automation and design has killed lots of the skill sets [...]
The True Story Behind The Fake Racetrack in Chrysler’s Latest TV Commercial
Posted in HISTORIC August 1, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Dodge’s latest television commercial is a spot plugging their Durango SUV. Rather than showing the vehicle backing over a flower bed or slowly ambling up a crushed stone driveway, the spot shows two of them flying around an abandoned oval course called Brixton Speedway. Brixton Speedway is a fake place, but the Middle Georgia Raceway [...]
Friday Time Killer: The Devil at Your Heels – The Story Behind the Failed One Mile Car Jump – More Than an Hour of Awesome
Posted in HISTORIC August 17, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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We’ve all seen the short clip of the infamous failed one-mile car jump at the St Lawrece Seaway in Canada. The big bizarre Lincoln with winglets disintegrating in mid air, only traveling 500 feet before smashing into the water. What you have not seen is the amazing story behind that moment and how it was [...]
Great Video: The Profile of A Totally Unrestored and Running 1970 USAC Open Wheel Car
Posted in HISTORIC July 11, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Holley has been cranking out some truly kick ass video content lately. We’ve been keeping up over the last couple of weeks and this one may be their best yet. In this piece, you’ll hear Bill Akin, the owner of this totally unrestored 1970 USAC open wheel dirt track car. According to Akin, this machine [...]
Video: A Fantastic Look At US 131 Dragway Through The Years From The Early 1960s To Today – Amazing Footage and Photos!
Posted in HISTORIC January 31, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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Thanks to pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian we were tipped off to one of the most comprehensive and cool vintage drag racing videos we’ve ever seen on the interwebs. This film starts with converted 8mm tapes taken in the early 1960s and travels over steps in time though photos and video footage. We see relatively stock cars [...]
Bitchin’ Historic Drag Video: 13-Minutes of Amazing Vintage Drag Racing Home Movies
Posted in HISTORIC January 19, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Now this is the good stuff! We dug up a totally awesome 13-minute long video of vintage drag racing home movies. We’re not able to identify the track so we’re going to guess that this footage was taken out went. The time fame appears to be the very early 1960s as you’ll see Scotty Fenn [...]
Eargasm Video: 13 Minutes of Vintage Drag Race Radio Ads – Plus Some Hilarious Outtakes!
Posted in FUNNY STUFF February 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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I have to thank my Funny Car drivin’ pal Jon Wall for the tip on these two awesome videos. The first is more than 12 minutes of vintage drag racing radio ads spanning from 1966-1969 featuring strips from all over the country. THESE ARE NOT TAKEN FROM THE LATE STEVE EVANS “BE THERE” CD. From [...]
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE!!!! THE WINGED EXPRESS FUEL ALTERED: IN-CAR AND ON-CAR
Posted in General News June 20, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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The Winged Express may be the most famous drag car of all times. I know that is a big statement, but it just might be true. And here at BangShift.com we have been lucky enough to get what is arguably some of the coolest footage of the Wing racing EVER! If you missed our video [...]
Watch an Awesome Video of Danny Thompson Narrating the Amazing Career and Life of His Dad Mickey Thompson
Posted in HISTORIC July 2, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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In terms of singular people, few have had more of an effect on the American high performance and racing scene than Mickey Thompson. He was a man of high goals, nearly unending energy, and a drive that few people in the universe could ever fully comprehend. He could be a times a brawler, a negotiator, [...]
Set the Record: The Story of The Blue Flame LSR Car – Absolutely Awesome Historic LSR Video!
Posted in HISTORIC August 28, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Before the British Thrust SSC took the World Land Speed Record in 1997, it was held by an Earth-bound rocket known as, “The Blue Flame”. The car was built by Reaction Dynamics, the company of Pete Farnsworth, Ray Dausman, and Dick Keller who hailed from Wisconsin and it was driven by Gary Gabelich, a man whose [...]
Vintage Drag Video: What It Was Like to Be Two Regular Guys Running An Injected Nitro Car In The Early 70s
Posted in HISTORIC September 20, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Chances are that you’ve never heard of the Best and Gordon Purple Haze A/Fuel dragster from the early 1970s. Don’t worry, you are not alone because we hadn’t either, and frankly that’s the beauty of this video. These two guys were friends, drag racing fans, and racers before joining forces and going nitro racing on [...]
Video: 1960s Drag Film From Atco – NHRA’s Bob Frey As A Kid – Gassers, Garlits, Nitro, Perfection!
Posted in HISTORIC September 27, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Stop whatever you are doing now and press play below for a 24 minute time travel trip back to the early 1960s at Atco Dragway in New Jersey. Atco remains one of the best known drag plants on the east coast and this video is a great window into how the golden years of the [...]
Epic Pro Stock Video: Da Grump and Landy Match Racing Circa 1975 – Dry Hops, Rosin, THE WORKS!
Posted in HISTORIC November 28, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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This is the coolest drag racing video we’ve seen in a long ass time. Filmed at the long dead Boundary Bay Raceway in British Columbia, Canada it features Dick Landy and Grumpy Jenkins match racing in 1975. It is nearly seven minutes of magic because you get to experience what match racing was all about [...]
Historic Drag Racing Video: 1960s Drag Racing From Washington State
Posted in HISTORIC May 10, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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This fifteen and a half minute movie that depicts the people, places, and race cars of 1960s drag fiend gearheads in Washington state is pretty special. Yes, you’ll get to see Don Garlits run his car, but in our opinion the highlights of this video have nothing to do with the greatest drag racer who [...]
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