Todd Paton, Driver Of The Paton Racing Top Fuel Dragster, Starts Performance Data Systems To Support Racers
We are super excited for our friend Todd Paton, driver of the Paton Family Top Fuel Dragster, as he is taking a leap into a new business venture after leaving Racepak Data Systems recently. Todd has...
Real Micro Machines: The Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Hit The Dirt Track!
There’s something kind of sad about hearing a Power Wheels in action. We’re not sure if it’s the fact that they always sound like an electric drill that’s about ten seconds...
Classic YouTube: From The Forge To Your Morris, Here’s How The Engine Is Built!
Today we don’t think about it much, but the actual creation of an engine is an amazing feat of engineering. Man had to figure out how to work metal to their needs, so bring on the fires and the...
Ken Block Takes His New Raptor Out For Some Shock Tuning So It Will Jump Better!
Jumping trucks is fun. But it can also be destructive, especially when the suspension on said truck is not setup to absorb the shock of the landing. Take off can be touchy too, but it is the landing...
2019 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals: The Land Of Plenty For Fans Of The Fins
When you look at a car like a 1955-57 Chevrolet, it’s easy to have the legend overrun reality. You want to see that picture-perfect red and ivory Fuelie Bel Air, or the matte black 1955 with...
2019 Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals: Getting Rowdy With The Oldies
“I didn’t think that many of these things still existed!”, I heard a young guy say to his parents as I walked through the show fields at Beech Bend. Surprise, my dude: while there...
Grab Your White Hat: This 1970 Dodge Dude Isn’t Too Common!
Let’s dive down into the depths of the more curious and weird side of Mopar history, shall we? Let’s go back to mid-1969, and ignore the car side altogether for this trip. We’re...
Hearing Is Overrated Anyways: Enjoy This Hayabusa-Swapped Toyota Starlet’s Run Up A Hillclimb!
172 horsepower seems pretty paltry, doesn’t it? We live in the age of 797 horsepower cars with payments if you can swing the bill and where 300 horsepower V6s could embarrass the ponycars of...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Guess Who’s In Trouble Over Diesels This Week!
It’s been another busy week at BangShift HQ…Chad brought you nitro awesomeness from the Northern Nationals at US 131, I spent the weekend drowning in Tri-Five Chevrolet heaven, and...
Salt Ghost: Check Out The Story Of This Triumph’s Return To The Salt After Nearly Forty Years!
As a whole mess of antsy racers wait for the salt flats at Bonneville to dry out for speed trials, we felt like this would be the perfect time to showcase the story of a Triumph motorcycle that has...
Problem, Fixed: The Coyote-Swapped, RWD Converted Fusion Is Alive And Kicking Ass!
Australians got the Falcon all the way up until Australian production got cosigned to history. You could get one meek and mild with a turbocharged four. You could choose one wicked six that could...
Money No Object: The Ridler Award-Winning “Imagine” 1957 Chevrolet
Let’s not beat around the bush: when the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air known as “Imagine” was announced as the 2018 Ridler Award winner, there was controversy. First off, because the car...
Beta Testing Gone Wrong: Here’s The First Publicly Crashed C8 Corvette!
It was bound to happen. Eventually, a C8 Corvette was going to bite the dust outside of official crash testing procedures. We expected the first one to appear in Copart, or maybe at Cleveland Race...
