Vintage Toy Video: The Tamiya Clod BusterBy Brian Lohnes Posted 09/2/2010
Remote control cars were a big part of our gearhead childhood. We had bunches of them and for a time there was even an R/C racing facility by us that we'd check out with our dad. The one R/C vehicle we craved was a Tamiya Clod Buster. It is a bad ass monster truck with four wheel steering, four-wheel drive, and... Read More >
Killer Drag Video: An Interview With Nitro-Shoe Mendy Fry Circa 1987!By Brian Lohnes Posted 09/2/2010
Mendy Fry is one of the most sought after nostalgia nitro pilots in the world today. She's in the Nostalgia Top Fuel 250mph club, has run down into the 5.80s in a nostalgia nitro flopper, and has honed her skills on a wide array of cars. Her story is... Read More >
Video of Win: An Epic Bus Jump From 1980By Brian Lohnes Posted 09/1/2010
It is rare that a YouTube video can have seven minutes of total awesomeness but this one does. This is footage of a pre-race stunt filmed at Bristol in 1980. The stunt is simple, jumping an old school bus over 20 parked motorcycles. There is action, flying school buses, unintentional humor, and... Read More >
Killer Video: Plymouth Roadrunner Ads By Brian Lohnes Posted 08/31/2010
Chrysler may not have been the sales leader of the muscle car era, but they were certainly the fun leader. We found a great video showing a compilation of Roadrunner ads from 1968-what looks to be 1971. There's some good Coyote fail footage here... Read More >
Carnage Video: Top Fuel Reverse Burnout and Guardrail Smash, OCIR, 1980By Brian Lohnes Posted 08/31/2010
Driving a Top Fuel Dragster is no easy feat. It wasn't any easier back in the early 1980s as this video will show you. Filmed at the now defunct Orange County International Raceway in 1980, this driver seems to make a critical error when... Read More >
Event Coverage: 4th Annual Burbank Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show with Cacklefest VideoBy Chad Reynolds Photos by Chad Reynolds and Scott Liggett Posted 08/30/2010
The 4th Annual Burbank, California, Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show was a big hit on August 28th, 2010. The Masonic Lodge of Burbank puts on the show every year, with all proceeds going to support Shriners Hospitals and Burn Centers. This year's show was even bigger and badder thanks to a bunch of killer race cars, and the much anticipated Cacklefest. We were there to grab plenty of pictures and video, and we've got all the action here for you to check out. Hell, we even got the cops on video doing... Read More >
Wreckage Video: The Greatest Save EverBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/30/2010
We've showed you crazy videos of competition sand dune climbing from the middle east before and this one fits the bill. The truck is sponsored by the same Al Anabi backing that funds the likes of Alan Johnson and others here in the... Read More >
Wretched Excess Video: A Triple Allison V-12 Powered Pulling TractorBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/30/2010
You've seen tractors with a bunch of blown Hemi engines powering the rear wheels. You may have ever seen one or two with radial aircraft engines, but this is a first for us. A European tractor named "Popeye" sports three... Read More >
The Parting Shift: A Lap of Road America in a Jerico Equipped 1970 Mustang Road RacerBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/27/2010
This week's Parting Shift takes us to the historic road racing course known as Road America. We traverse the course courtesy of a bad Larry 1970 Mustang. The car sounds beautiful and the Jerico five-speed... Read More >
Rally Wreckage: A Brake Failure Sends a Rally Car Spectator BowlingBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/27/2010
Amazingly, no one was hurt in this video, but man they came close! Apparently the car in this video suffered a brake failure of some kind, causing it to overcook the corner and head right toward a truck ringed with spectators. They all jumped out of the way, some flopping down what seems to be a grassy hill. This is another... Read More >
Historic Drag Video: Drag Racing - Sport of the PeopleBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/26/2010
By now, you should have read our great interview with Jon Lundberg, the truly great drag racing announcer from the golden era of the sport. Lundberg was called the "Voice of Drag Racing" during his time because he announced everywhere and he also lent his voice to movies, records, ads, and whatever else was necessary. This video is one... Read More >
Great Vintage Video: Chevy Vega Development Footage From 1970!By Brian Lohnes Posted 08/26/2010
We've featured vintage film from the old "Car and Track" show before, but this could be the coolest ever for a variety of reasons. As usual, Bud Lindemann leads us off on the adventure. This video features the technical marvel that was the new Chevy Vega. Unfortunately... Read More >
Wild Wreck Video: In-Car Footage of a Dragster Rolling Over at SpeedBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/25/2010
The advent of the affordable on-board camera has made the wonder of in-car video a rather normal thing these days. Footage of cars crashing from the inside out never gets old in our book. We were tipped off to this video while cruising YellowBullet.com and were pretty blown away by it. Nothing like... Read More >
Video Bonanza: Steam Tractors At PlayBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/25/2010
It has been too long since we attacked you with some good ol' fashioned tractor action. Our open love of tractors is shared by a good portion of the BangShift universe, so when we were tipped off to a handful of cool steam tractor videos we... Read More >
Historic Promo Video: The Chrysler Airflow at Bonneville and Driving Coast to CoastBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/24/2010
The Chrysler Airflow will forever be known as a car ahead of it's time. One of the first cars to have been designed with aerodynamics in mind, the shape and contours of the vehicle were just too much for most of the buying public... Read More >
Pikes Peak Video: In-Car Footage of Bill Caswell's Trip Up the Mountain in the Infamous BMWBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/24/2010
Our pal Bill Caswell dropped us a note recently to let us know that he had uploaded the actual in-car footage from his recent adventure at Pikes Peak. It is some awesome viewing. His world famous rat-trap 1991 BMW... Read More >
ChadMouth: Bonneville. It's folks like Gary Bauer, it's horsepower, and lots of salt. By Chad Reynolds Posted 08/24/2010
If you are reading this newest Chadmouth, you have no doubt seen all of our 2010 Bonneville Speedweek coverage, presented by Spectre Performance. And you are likely jealous that you couldn't be there, or have now added it to your bucket list of places to go and see. I can tell you that this year, like every other, was as magical as any racing can be. You see... Read More >
In-Car Video: Charlie Westcott Jr and Senior Making Runs in Their SS/AH Barracudas By Brian Lohnes Posted 08/23/2010
The US Nationals are coming up fast and that means that the ultimate Mopar Hemi Shootout will be going down on Friday of the race weekend. SS/AHemi racers all over the country are flogging their stuff with the hopes that they'll be... Read More >
Bonneville 2010: Spectre Performance puts the Speed in SpeedweekBy Chad Reynolds Posted 08/23/2010
The 2010 SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speedweek rocked, and we owe our boys at Spectre Performance for a lot of the excitement. Spectre owner Amir Rosenbaum not only got his license runs completeed in the Spectre Speedliner, but also set two records! He set one of them a couple of times in fact. With a top speed of 361 for the week, even almost flying the car... Read More >
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BangShift Bonneville Video: In the Push Truck and At the Top End With the Speed Demon CrewBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/20/2010
The salt is quiet once again and as such our coverage of the SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speed Week 2010 is winding to a close. The vaunted Hot Rod Magazine Top Time trophy was awarded to the team of George Poteet and Ron Main who rocketed their Speed Demon to a ... Read More >
