Photos: Saturday at the Grand National Roadster Show, With Pinup Girls
Jan 31, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
If we spent any more time at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, the fairgrounds would start charging us rent. On Friday we gave you 570-plus photos (links below), and now...
1,100-Plus Photos of the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show
Jan 30, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Talk about some massive coverage! We have more than 570 photos from Thursday and Friday at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, and there are more to come. The show was...
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Airs on Speed TV This Weekend! See the Teaser Video Here
Jan 29, 2010Chad ReynoldsMISC, Videos
I was there announcing the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational after SEMA 2009, and again at the big premiere of the TV show on Hollywood Blvd. earlier this week. Now you can see what it was all...
New Web Site Features on BangShift.com, Plus More to Come
Jan 29, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Go right up there to the top of the page, in the red bar below the BangShift.com logo, and you’ll see that we’ve done some moving around of the navigation tabs. There are also some new...
Killer Gallery: The 2009 ADRL Season in Photos
Jan 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
If you’re going to have a conversation about professional drag racing these days, it damn well better include the ADRL. As the fastest growing and (in our opinion) most exciting drag racing...
Amazing Video: CNC Machine Carves a Helmet From Billet Aluminum
Jan 29, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
This video, which we believe was shot at a German machine shop, is proof positive that, one day, machines will enslave humans and rule the Earth. Just watching this CNC machine take a square block of...
Angelelli Takes Pole For This Weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona
Jan 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The first major motorsport event in America for 2010 goes down this weekend. The 48th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona will happen on January 30-31 and the action can be followed on SPEED....
Craigslist Find: 1949 Willys Overland Station Wagon
Jan 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We found this kick ass 1949 Willy Overland station wagon listed down in Ft. Worth, Texas. It is a two-door wagon that, according to the seller, is a one owner vehicle. From the pictures attached to...
Video: Dump Truck Rams and Destroys a Pedestrian Bridge in Turkey
Jan 29, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The best thing about this video is that news reports say that none of the pedestrians were seriously hurt in what appears to be a horrific accident as the dump bed of a truck raises while being...
Craigslist Find: BMW, The Ultimate Wheeling Machine
Jan 28, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
This trar is officially BangShift.com approved. Anyone who has synapses misfiring badly enough that they were driven to mount a 1981 BMW 320I body on a 1979 Chevy Blazer frame is a-ok in our book....
War on Racetracks: Battle Over Proposed Social Circle, GA, Drag Strip Rages On
Jan 28, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Both sides of the Social Circle, Georgia, drag strip debate met on January 26, 2010, for a so-called “work session” with the Planning and Zoning board. According to news reports, not much...
Caption This Photo: Chad Wears a ProCharger
Jan 28, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Chad Reynolds is one half of the dynamic duo that brings you BangShift.com each and every day. Recently, Chad was out at the MPMC media trade show in Los Angeles. If you are a regular reader,...
Vintage Drag Video: The Coolest Jungle Jim Tribute Video We Have Ever Seen
Jan 28, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
One of the great games that fans of vintage drag racing play is “what if.” If history could be rewritten and events were to happen in a different way, how would things be different? One...
Cool Show Coverage From Down Under: The 44th Victorian Hot Rod Show
Jan 28, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The guys over at CarDomain posted some show coverage from the 44th Victorian Hot Rod show held in Melbourne, Australia. This is one of the longest running shows in Oz and therefore draws lots of the...
