BangShift Approved: New Jegs Practice Tree Iphone App
Aug 05, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We don’t normally get excited over iPhone apps and the like, but in this case we wish we had an iPhone to install one on. Jegs High Performance Mail-Order has come up with an app every racer...
eBay Find: An Old and Rare Hone Overdrive Unit
Aug 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
While proud BangShift sponsor Gear Vendors is the undisputed champion of overdrive units these days, there were some companies that attempted to produce similar, albeit much cruder examples in the...
Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise August 2010
Aug 05, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The monthly Twilight Cruise at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is a must see show in Southern California, and we know it. We also know that a ton of you guys hate us for having a dozen other...
Breaking News: BangShift Welcomes Snooky’s Vintage Originals as a Sponsor
Aug 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift.com is incredibly proud to announce that Snooky’s Vintage Originals has joined our family of sponsors. Snooky’s is THE place to score killer drag racing and hot rod themed...
Guerilla Shop Tour: Chuck’s Classic Cars, AKA Mopar Heaven
Aug 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
When our pal Matt Graves at Cherry Bomb told us that he was stopping by a shop and was going to send us some photos we were excited to see the photos. When we actually saw what was at this place, we...
Insane Carnage Video: Open-Wheel Cars Make Crappy Airplanes
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The nightmare scenario for any open wheel racer is tire-to-tire contact with a competitor, especially at high speed. One not need be a genius to see why it is a problem for the tires of these cars to...
Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports Park
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Our Texas based photo correspondent Charles Wickam has been a busy dude. Recently he went and took a shop tour at the School of Automotive Machinists and he also attended the drags at Houston...
American Thunder Video: A 1964 Fairlane 500 Hauls Ass on the ‘Ring
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
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...
Resto of NASCAR 1965 Impala Proceeds at Amazing Pace
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We admire guys who take on a project and then really get after it. They have the car blown apart within a week and progress gets made on a day to day basis. That’s a skill set we haven’t...
The Top 11: Best Foreign Cars to Swap Domestic V8 Grunt Into
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The AC Ace would probably be little more than another entry on a list of obscure British cars if it hadn’t been for Carroll Shelby’s decision to buy them in bulk and stuff Ford motors...
Caption This Photo: Charles Sleeping on the Job Again
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A few weeks back we showed you a photo of our photo contributor Charles Wickam sleeping on the wall at Bowling Green’s Beech Bend Raceway. What we failed to tell you was that there was another...
New Parts: FAST LSXr 102MM Intake Manifold For LS3 Engines
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Got yourself a rectangle port LS3-style motor? Looking for a hot intake manifold to boost your power? FAST has just released the right thing for you. Their new LSXr 102mm intake manifold has proven...
Old School Carnage: Killer World-Wide Footage From the 1980’s
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The 1980s were filled with lots of great racing. They were also filled with lots of great wrecking as this video shows. Taking footage from all over the world, you’ll see everything from NASCAR...
Barnstormin’: Thoughts During a Short Ride Home From the Land Speed Races in Loring, Maine
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Sure the ride was eight hours, but in comparison to the vast majority of competitors at the 2010 LTA Meet at the former Loring Air Force Base, my trip home was weak sauce. Many are literally still...
