Freakshow Video: A Monster Truck and a Jet Dragster Duke it Out on the Strip
Oct 20, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
When Berserko Bobby Doerrer called us up and said that he was helping out with a jet car that had just matched raced a monster truck at Palm Beach International Raceway, we asked him to place his...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A 1968 McLaren Can-Am Racer
Oct 20, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
When the great book of bendy racing is written, two classes of race cars will sit atop of the heap of the nuttiest ever to turn right and left. Those two classes are the Group B rally machines of the...
Barnstormin’: Spoiled Rotten
Oct 19, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Sitting here in the East Coast BangShift World HQ, I’m still trying to wipe the perma-grin off my face from our weekend broadcast of the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Tens of thousands...
British Virgin Islands Hires Consulting Firm to Study Possible Drag Strip Project
Oct 19, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government recently hired New Direction Consultancy to conduct a feasibility study on whether or not the BVI should have a drag strip. That company has contacted the...
Insane Carnage Photos: A 10.5 Tire Mustang Meets Its Maker
Oct 19, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
There’s wreckage and then there’s wreckage. The driver who piloted this thing that used to be a Fox-bodied Mustang was ok, but the car looks like someone pushed it out a cargo plane at...
2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Video and Photo Coverage
Oct 14, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
The 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion vintage drag race was October 15-17, at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, and BangShift.com had a free live video feed from all three days of racing. Stay tuned to th...
BangShift.com Photo Galleries: 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso
Oct 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Along with the awesome live video feed you can watch all weekend long, BangShift will also be posting killer photo galleries from the track and the pits at Famoso Raceway throughout the...
Nitro Video: The Cacklefest from the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion With a Bonus Don Garlits Interview
Oct 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
By the time you read this, we’ll be headed for Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California to set up our scaffolding rig in preparation of our live broadcast of the entire 2010 NHRA California...
Life of Joaquin Arnett to be Honored at NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Pioneering drag racer Joaquin Arnett’s life will be honored during the 19th Annual California Hot Rod Reunion this weekend. Arnett’s contributions to the sport go far beyond the machinery...
BangShift Gallery: A Tour of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
Oct 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Museums
One of the primary reasons that the NHRA Heritage Series and the great Hot Rod Reunions exist is for the benefit of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. Located in Pomona, California, on the same...
Retro Gallery: Cacklefest Action From the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races
With the BangShift.com streaming broadcast of the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion set to kick off tomorrow morning, we’re going to get you in the mood with a barrage of nostalgia drag...
Wild Video: The 2010 World Power Wheel Standing Championship From Byron Dragway
Oct 13, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The 16th annual World Power Wheel Standing Championship is in the books. The brain child of Byron Dragway owner/operator Ron Leek, the contest has grown from small freak show to massive drag racing...
The Restored NASCAR 1965 Impala is on eBay for $75K
Oct 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
One of our favorite restoration projects, the Roy Mayne 1965 NASCAR Impala, is for sale on eBay again, and this time it has been restored. The asking price is $75,000 and we don’t think...
