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 >
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 >
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 >
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Crank it up Video: Outside Car Footage of Lee Sicilio's Daytona at 230 MPH at Bonneville By Brian Lohnes Posted 08/20/2010
Our video from earlier this week showing Lee Sicilio wheeling his massive, Ray Barton Hemi powered Charger Daytona down the salt on a record qualifying run was met with a great response. The overwhelming theme was that the sound of that... Read More >
BangShift Bonneville Video: Catching Up With Poteet and Main After a 400MPH RunBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/20/2010
Barring an "out of nowhere" performance from another competitor, the team of Poteet and Main will be taking home the Hot Rod Top Time honors at the close of Speed Week today. They have recorded a 400 mph record... Read More >
Bonneville Speedweek 2010 - Wednesday video, action, and pictures.By Chad Reynolds Posted 08/18/2010
The crowds might be getting smaller, as the 2010 SCTA Bonneville Speedweek moves into the final few days, but the action is only getting hotter. Records have been set and reset, gauntlets have been thrown, engines have been swapped, and that was just Wednesday before lunch. The rest of Speedweek is... Read More >
BangShift Bonneville Video: In-Car With Lee Sicilio at Bonneville in His Hemi Daytona Clone at 230 MPHBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/17/2010
First off we have to give props where they are due. Scott Clark (known as DieselGeek on the BangShift forums) gave us this awesome in-car footage of a 230 mph run in Lee Sicilio's awesome Dodge Charger Daytona Clone and our own Chad did the edit job. If you've.... Read More >
Update: Even More! Bonneville Speed Week 2010 - Monday - Presented by Spectre PerformanceBy Brian Lohnes, Photos by Chad Reynolds Posted 08/17/2010
The boys and girls at Bonneville have stepped on it to start the meat of Speed Week. The Poteet and Main Speed Demon is current top speed holder with a 408mph trip down Broadway. The other highly notable record to fall was the AA/Production mark. It has stood for... Read More >
Cool Video: Bigfoot Burning Up the StripBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/10/2010
For the second year in a row, the ADRL has had the Bigfoot monster truck come out to their event at Gateway International Raceway outside of Saint Louis to make some laps. The Bigfoot guys had a good time last year and really stepped on it this... Read More >
Bitchin' Big Rig Race Video: The Great American Truck Race, Atlanta, 1980By Brian Lohnes Posted 08/10/2010
About a year ago we ran a story about the Great American Truck Racing series that existed in the 1980s. This was the series that pitted hot rod big rigs against each other on speedways and super speedways across the country. The story caught fire and flew around the gearhead internet universe in record time. Well, we've... Read More >
The Parting Shift: Bumper Cam Footage of Bob Self's 218mph Ford GT From Loring, MaineBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/6/2010
Bob Self's totally bad ass 2006 Ford GT can lay claim to being the fastest car at Loring, Maine during the 2010 LTA event. Bob ran this monster to a 218mph lap and it sounded as sweet as anything we've ever heard before. This footage... Read More >
Video: In-Car Foootage of a Run Up The Big Eliminator at GravelramaBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/6/2010
If there is one event we're going to commit ourselves to checking out in 2011, it is Gravelrama, held every year in Cleves, Ohio. A veritable orgy of horsepower, rock crawling, flat drags, uphill drags, and the main event on Sunday, the assault on Big Eliminator Hill. The hill is... Read More >
American Thunder Video: A 1964 Fairlane 500 Hauls Ass on the 'RingBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/4/2010
This is some of the greatest footage we've ever seen. This is video of a (modern) Holman Moody built 1964 Fairlane 500 being raced in Germany on the famed Nurburgring. It is in some sort of historic event that this bad Larry swallows the other cars whole. Totally... 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 >
Video: More Mooneyes Summer 2010, With CacklefestBy Chad Reynolds Posted 08/2/2010
We had a great time at the Mooneyes Summer 2010 show and brought you photos and video of the car show, cacklefest and drag racing action, but here is more! You'll find cool customs, hot rods, and more in these cool videos. Check them out! Read More >
