Carnage Video: A Tractor Puller Crashes Through the End of the Course
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last week we showed you video of a pulling truck losing its entire rear axle assembly at the end of a pull. Today we’re showing you what happens when the pulling sled itself fails and causes a...
Event Coverage: Sunday at the 2010 Goodguys Scottsdale Spring Nationals
Mar 15, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
It’s been a perfect weekend here in Scottsdale, Arizona, at Westworld where BangShift.com’s third day at the 2010 Goodguys Spring Nationals delivered even more cool cars. As promised we...
Great Plate: His Maserati….
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve got to thank intrepid BangShift.com reader Paul Layfayette for sending us this photo that he shot on his commute to work last week. We can’t recommend snapping photos at 80 mph on...
eBay Find: Kooky Kustom 1961 Corvair
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Talk about bizarro world! This 1961 Corvair was put through the full kustom treatment in the late 1960s or early 1970s and then stored. It’s a time capsule to a world we’re not sure we...
Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2010 Goodguys Scottsdale Spring Nationals
Mar 14, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
It’s been a perfect day here in Scottsdale, Arizona, at Westworld for BangShift.com’s second day at the 2010 Goodguys Spring Nationals. As promised when we gave you a photo gallery from...
eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s 1987 Buick Batmobile LeSabre Funny Car Body
Mar 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This could be the drag racing barn find of the decade. The infamous 1987 Buick LeSabre Funny Car body used by Kenny Bernstein but designed and perfected by Dale Armstrong was located in a storage...
Event Coverage: Goodguys 2010 Spring Nationals in Scottsdale, Arizona
Mar 13, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
BangShift.com is here live in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Goodguys Spring Nationals. We’re here to help with the Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross, but took a break to wander the grounds at...
The Parting Shift: Gear Whine M22 Rock Crusher Style
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ll be the first to admit that Two Lane Blacktop is a weird movie. That doesn’t mean we don’t like it, because we do, but the whole thing is strange. Things that aren’t...
NHRA’s Angelle Sampey Retires From Drag Racing as the Most Winning Female Racer Ever
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer Angelle Sampey, the winningest female professional racer in the history of motorsports, has retired. She left the sport after a failed attempt to team up with Shirley...
New Product: Zex 2010 Camaro Nitrous Kit
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
Out of the box, the LS3 powered 2010 Camaro is a pretty tough customer. That being said, any gearhead worth his weight in gear oil can only be happy for so long with factory performance. ZEX has...
Roadside Find: A 1948 Hudson Double Front-Ender
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our buddy Paul was really on his stuff the other day. He tipped us off on the V8 Miata web site that we ran earlier in the day and he also sent this photo of what appears to be a 1948 Hudson double...
Photo Gallery: A Tour of Ross Meyer’s 3 Dog Garage
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, OTHER
Our roving photographic rogue agent Joe Grippo is back with another bitchin’ photo gallery. Joe recently went on a tour of Ross Meyer’s incredible 3 Dog Garage in Hershey, Pennsylvania,...
LS Powered Miatas: We Want
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
For a long time, the small world of V8 Miata engine swaps was dominated by use of the small-block Ford powerplant. More than one company was bolting little 302s into the front of the small Mazda...
Carnage Video: Watch the Rear Axle Get Ripped Clean Out of a Pulling Truck!
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Carnage is something that happens with regularity in all motorsports. Truck and tractor pulling is no exception. With motors and drivetrain parts being worked to within an inch of their lives under...
