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Screaming Detroit Video: The Valley Truck Parts Green Ghost Treats The Sled Like Like a Toy!

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 20, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Be still my beating heart! This video features one of the coolest trucks I have ever seen, The Valley Truck Parts Green Ghost which appears to be a Hendrickson. The “big n’ little” tires are normally found on fertilizer spreaders used in the expansive fields of today’s farms. If they look like what you’d see [...]

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Sea Of Cones: The Coolest Intro To Autocrossing Film We’ve Seen – Why You Need To Do This Stuff!

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 20, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

There’s not doubt about the fact that autocross competitions involving cars that were not traditionally part of the autocross world have been growing at an explosive level over the last couple of years and indications are that the trend will continue in 2013. Like going to the drags on a test and tune night, autocrossing [...]

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Video: Rental Car Burnout Extravaganza Thanks To The Guys At Aeromotive

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 19, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

I seriously have to apologize for not having this video up sooner since I was actually at the track when this burnout went down. I knew that a couple of Aermotive Fuel System guys watched it happen and shot video of it, but I didn’t know they had it up on their facebook page. So [...]

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Video: Watch A Hyabusa Powered Lawn Tractor Blow Off Cars And Pull High Speed Wheelies

Posted in FUNNY STUFF December 18, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

A couple of weeks back we showed you the awesome Australian V8 powered lawn tractor spinning the dyno rollers down under. We’re back today with another exceptionally overpowered lawn tractor from a different foreign locale. Actually we have no idea where this was filmed but it seems foreign so we’re going with it. Rather than [...]

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Videos: Quarter Mile Dirt Drag Racing In Sonora, Mexico – Recent Videos of Haul Ass Cars On Dirt!

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 17, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

At least we think is it Sonora, Mexico. It could be Sonora, Texas but either way, what you’ll see in the videos below is pretty wild. This isn’t dirt racing like trucks dirt racing, this is dirt racing like blown pro street ’55 Chevy drag cars, Novas, and Camaros on a dirt quarter mile course. [...]

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Video: American Mayhem – Wild Rides, Wheelstands, Crashes, and Small Tire Insanity From Right Here At Home!

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 11, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

While Chad was quick to point out how crazy the Aussies are and how many of their wild exploits were caught on camera during the film he posted earlier today. That got my dander up a little because we’ve got our own legions of lunatics right here in the good ol’ USA and they deserve [...]

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Video: Aussie Mayhem! Scotty’s Garage Crashes, Fires, Bangs, and Close Calls 2012

Posted in CRASH & BURN December 11, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

The Scotty’s Garage videos are always of the best action in Australia. We feature his burnout competition videos and love to see all the cool carnage that the dudes down under can inflict. This one may be his best yet, because it’s his best Crashes, Fires, Bangs, and Close Calls of 2012. And it’s over [...]

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Drag Video: Watch A Wild Aussie 10.5 Nova Pull A Massive Wheelie Through The Traps At 200+ MPH

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 6, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

It has been like Aussie Week here on BangShift so far! We’ve been running lots of video and content from the land down under and frankly there’s a reason…it is cool stuff! Their racing season is going on full bore now and this video shows that they can get as wild as we here in [...]

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Burnout Video: Camaro Makes Smoke. Girl Tries To Stop Smoke. Girl Fails.

Posted in FUNNY STUFF December 4, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

This year sucked because we didn’t get to hang out with our buddy Kyle from 1320video. We are not going to allow that to happen in next year, and decided we would give you a dose of 1320video fun. A few really good burnouts, and one Camaro in particular who’s passenger isn’t real thrilled with [...]

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Dyno Video: Watch A (Claimed) Stock Bottom End, Turbocharged 4.8 LS Engine Put Down 700+ HP To The Tire Of A 1971 Datsun 240Z

Posted in ENGINES November 27, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Another day, another 100% bad ass turbocharged LS engine working on the dyno. Yesterday we showed you a 322ci combo making over 1,000hp on the engine dyno and today we’re back on the pump but this is a chassis dyno and the mill is the junior member of the LS family, the little 4.8 liter engine. [...]

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Cool Video: A Cool Look Into the World Of Drag Boat Racing With Hot Rod’s Mike Finnegan – Screaming Big Blocks On The Water!

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 27, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Drag boat racing is not something that we see a lot of around BangShift’s eastern world HQ but it is big stuff in the western and southern regions of the country. Hot Rod Magazine’s Mike Finnegan has been involved in the drag boat scene for some time and in this cool video, he takes us [...]

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Historic Racing Video: The Night Kenny Roberts Rode the Wildest Dirt Track Bike of All Time

Best of BangShift – Historic Racing Video: The Night Kenny Roberts Rode the Wildest Dirt Track Bike of All Time

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 22, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

“King” Kenny Roberts is an American motorcycle racing legend. He rose from the ranks of American dirt tracks to become a multi-time champion at the highest levels of motorcycle racing, including Grand Prix. During his career, there is a singular bike and a singular race that may define him more than any other. The Yamaha [...]

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Video: Watch The Australian Mercedes Plumbing Van Dip Into 7s With A Pissed Off Nitrous Snorting 632 Chevy

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 21, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Outlandish drag cars and trucks have long been a part of the fabric of quarter mile competition and it doesn’t matter what part of the world you’re in for that statement to be true. We’ve shown footage of this wild-ass Australian creation before and we’re back with more video today because the weirdly cool van [...]

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Video: The Hard Guys Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Has Great First Season and Finishes With A Flurry!

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 21, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Dana Hard’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. We hang out at his machine shop, Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts (because he tolerates us) and we’ve showed you the build and progress of his Hard Guys Mustang nostalgia nitro funny car. What we haven’t done is updated you about the first [...]

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Freaking Awesome Video: A Roots Blown Dragster That Uses a V-Twin Engine to Power the Blower!

Freaking Awesome Video: A Roots Blown Dragster That Uses a V-Twin Engine to Power the Blower!

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 20, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

This is 100% BangShift approved mechanical madness. The videos you’ll see after the jump feature a dragster in British Columbia, Canada running a roots blown small block Chevy engine. The catch is that there’s a Harley V-twin mounted ahead of the engine turning the supercharger. Talk about free boost? While here it is! This creation [...]

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Video: Watch The Hypermax Dragster Make The Quickest Diesel Pass Of All Time (We Think)

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 19, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We’ve been following the exploits of the Illinois-based Hypermax Engineering team and their diesel powered dragster for the better part of a year now. The last time we showed you video of the dragster they ran in the low 7s with Top Fuel driver Tony Zizzo at the controls. In case you have forgotten, this [...]

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