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 >
Bonneville Video: Hillbilly Flamethrower Hijinks at the Bend in the RoadBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/19/2010
We've heard from Bonneville Speed Week veterans that one needs to camp at bend in the road to get the full first timer's experience. After watching this video of some hooligans having fun after dark, we're totally into the idea. Combine a road flare with... Read More >
Crazy Crash Video: A Bad Motorcyclist Pays the PriceBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/13/2010
Riding a motorcycle is a dangerous enough enterprise when you are talented at it and generally know what you are doing. It becomes a painful experience when you are an idiot, like the man shown in this wild video. This may be the first time that someone involved in a rear end style accident can use the video proof to show... Read More >
Big Stupid Fun: The Coolest Ford Pulling Truck EverBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/3/2010
There are those out there in the motorsports world that consider truck pulling to be a form of motorsports beneath them. While certainly a pretty simple concept, there is some neat technology happening in the field. Anywho we stumbled... Read More >
The Parting Shift: Whiplash in a 4-speed Stock Eliminator Nova!By Chad Reynolds Posted 07/30/2010
Check this out! During a charity event, they allow a passenger to ride along in a 4-speed, 283 powered, 11 second Nova. The Stock Eliminator car was a few hundred pounds over weight, but still managed to run quick enough to just about snap this guys neck! At 55 seconds in you won't believe how... Read More >
Video Bonanza: Great 1980's TV Car StuntsBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/27/2010
There wasn't a better time in world history to be a stunt man than the 1980's. Long before the advent of computer effects and complex filming processes, stunt men made it happen. If you wanted a large 1960's sedan to be wrecked in huge fashion, you hired a stunt man and pointed him in the direction of the stuff you wanted him to hit. He probably did a little cocaine and set right off to complete the job. Oh yes... Read More >
Greatest Videos Ever: A 650cc Van-bodied Lawn TractorBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/20/2010
The is the most dangerous, ill-conceived idea ever. It is 100% BangShift.com approved and we're jealous that it is not in our own driveway. Taking a lawn tractor chassis, mounting a 650cc motor cycle engine on it and then placing a small van body over the whole works? We've got... Read More >
Video: Hot Rod Magazine Hacks a Vette...And We Get to Help!By Chad Reynolds Posted 07/16/2010
It's not often that a story comes along in a magazine or online that really touches people. But when Hot Rod decided to tear up a perfectly good Cadillac back in the late '80s to see how much weight effected performance, people took notice. There isn't a hot rodder on earth that doesn't know about that story, and each one of them either loved it or is still pissed off about ruining a good Caddy. Well boys and girls, you might want to brace yourselves... Read More >
The Parting Shift: Two Tasks With One HandBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/16/2010
If something can be both inspiring and scary, this video is it. Featuring a driver whose right hand was apparently damaged in some sort of accident, this video is both impressive (because of how he shifts) and scary (because of how he shifts). We can't... Read More >
Video Fail Break: Why TV Reporters Don't Drive Dump TrucksBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/8/2010
There are few things we love more than good television news bloopers. When over-zealous, smarmy reporters get a dose of their own medicine on camera, it is pure gold. In what could be the single greatest film clip involving on old Ford F600... Read More >
Funny Video: How George Washington Kicked Ass in a Dodge ChallengerBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/2/2010
As we begin winding down for this Fourth of July holiday weekend, we were inspired to show you the recently minted web commercial for the Dodge Challenger. If you've not see it, George Washington, red coats, and scared... Read More >
Whoopsie-Doodle Video: Automotive Prank Goes WrongBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/2/2010
Remember being a teenager and doing stupid junk with your car? Remember the time that stupid junk caused damage that you knew mom and dad were going to see and that you'd never be able to talk your way out... Read More >
Hilarious Video: Three-Wide Bus Racing at a Michigan OvalBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/1/2010
So far today we've taken you to Indy and to the Midwest Musclecar Challenge, two events featuring cars that have been designed, tested, and trashed on the race track. Now we're headed to Michigan to see school buses hauling... Read More >
Hilarious Video: A Wacky Chevy Truck Ad From 1972By Brian Lohnes Posted 04/7/2010
New car television commercials suck universally. There's the once-every-couple-year gem like Chrysler's "Man's Last Stand" Charger ad, but even that one pales in comparison to this awesome video of a 1972 Chevy truck commercial. Any time a dummy dressed like a cowboy is involved, you know greatness is afoot. Read More >
Hilarious Video: A Crazy, Dirt Track, Big Rig Race at the Webster County FairBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/10/2010
Talk about grassroots racing. Take an open area, throw some huge old equipment tires around the edges and center of said area, form an oval about a quarter mile in length, and allow people to race big rigs around it. Where the hell do we sign up? This is friggin' awesome. Read More >
Hilarious Video: Guy Drives Deuce and a Half Through Above Ground PoolBy Brian Lohnes Posted 02/25/2010
Watching this video will make you really want a deuce and a half truck. It will also serve as a good base for the guaranteed argument you'll have with your spouse when you share that idea. Clearly this truck is a useful piece of equipment to have around the house. They're great at lots of stuff, like knocking down pools. To be clear, pools still full of water. Read More >
Video Bonanza: U-Haul trucks Getting ThrashedBy Brian Lohnes Posted 02/22/2010
We'll admit right off the bat that we have beaten down a U-Haul truck or two in our day. We got a V10 powered model high sided on a pile of tires one time. It's kind of a long story, but let's just say that the rev limiter on that truck got used really well. The videos in this Bonanza take it to another level. This is pure rental truck violence. BangShift.com does not endorse or encourage this behavior, but since these hoons did it, we may as well enjoy it. Read More >
Fun Video: A Russian-Sized PotholeBy Brian Lohnes Posted 02/16/2010
With the world's most famous pothole now residing in Daytona, Florida, we wanted to scan the globe for gory pothole videos. Sadly, there isn't much cool stuff out there. We did locate one video that comes from Russia showing a pothole that literally swallows whole cars. The video quality is kind of tough, but this is a hilarious stuff. Read More >
Video Bonanza: Great Ads for 1980s Gearhead ToysBy Brian Lohnes Posted 02/11/2010
As we speed toward our 30th birthday, we've been taking a little stock of our younger days. Growing up in the 1980s was a fun situation because there were so many awesome gearhead kid toys that were showing up all the time. The Saturday morning cartoon shows were full of ads for the latest and greatest truck, car, or construction set that did neat stuff. We managed to find a ton of awesome 1980s ads that show some of the coolest toys of the era. We knew our parents were great, but watching these ads made us realize that we had just about one of everything on the list! Read More >
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Video Bonanza: Idiots Jumping Cars and TrucksBy Brian Lohnes Posted 01/27/2010
This set of videos, featuring amateurs jumping their cars and trucks, will make you laugh, cringe, and deflect your eyes from the screen. A couple of the jumps are really funny and others absolutely pin the stupidity and danger meter on the redline. As best we know no one was hurt, but several of these vehicles certainly were. Read More >
