Update: The Road Tour Express. Team One is on the road!
Oct 11, 2010Chad ReynoldsEvent Coverage, ROAD TRIPS, Videos
PART II includes first day challenge video, drama, and more and can be found near the bottom of the page. PART I. The Inaugural Road Tour Express, presented by Borla, Holley, Comp Cams,...
Car Feature: The (Formerly) Hack Job General Lee
Oct 09, 2010Brian LohnesCar Features, MOPAR
If Cooter Davenport had the budget and parts, this is the General Lee he would have built for the Duke boys. He would have started with an old wreck and pieced the car together until he had a...
The Parting Shift: A 1959 Chevy Bel Air Packing 283-cubes and Three on the Tree (w/OD)
Oct 08, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
This week’s parting shift isn’t violent, exceptionally powerful, or overly complex. Instead it is just plain cool. This video features a very nice 1959 Chevy Bel Air with a 283 Power Pack...
Another Flying Nova Sequence From Action Racing Photos!
Oct 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Denis LeBlanc, our pal from ActionRacingPhotos.com sent us another awesome action sequence from New England Dragway. Like the last one, it features a Chevy Nova headed sky high and this is...
Chicago-Area Junkyard Owner Passes, Makes Final Ride on Back of Ramp Truck
Oct 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
46 year-old Michael Wolff owned and operated MAW Salvage in Brighton, Illinois with his sons. Sadly, he passed away suddenly from a thoracic aneurysm. His sons, Nathan, Tom, and Paulie decided that...
The Tiger Cage gets Certified!!!
Oct 08, 2010Chad ReynoldsOTHER, Tech Stories, Videos
We’re proud to announce that Ridetech’s Tiger Cage has just received its first Sanctioning Body Certification! The boys at Ridetech have been working diligently to certify their...
Former Craig Breedlove/ Steve Fossett LSR Racer Up for Sale
Oct 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The forgotten sister in the race to the first supersonic car is up for sale. Thrust SSC, the creation helmed by Brit Richard Noble and driven by Andy Green claimed the title and the glory, while the...
100-Plus Photos of Amateur Girls Next Door With Cars
Oct 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Guys love photos of girls with cars, women with hot rods, hotties with muscle cars, whatever. We know because the BangShift.com forum post called “Ladies Posing With Cars…” is the...
Crews Thrashing to Fix Massive Sinkhole at Charlotte Motor Speedway Before Race Weekend
Oct 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A massive sinkhole has swallowed part of the infield at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which is slated to host a NASCAR race on October 16th. An old drainage pipe, buried some 35 feet below the surface,...
Caption This Photo: I Told You to Turn Right!
Oct 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Imagine yourself on an trip across the Arctic, or perhaps the Antarctic in an old Snow Cat truck. There are about a million and one variables involved, all of which could potentially kill you....
Huge Collection of Photos from the Traditional Rod and Kulture Jalopy Showdown Drags at Beaver Springs
Oct 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races
The Traditional Rod and Kulture Jalopy Showdown Drags happed at the ultra cool Beaver Springs Dragway in Beaverton, Pennsylvania, on October 2. The race obviously featured lots of traditional hot...
Pedalfest Video: Two Pro Fuel Dragsters Smoke the Hides and Get Crazy
Oct 07, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The IHRA’s Pro Fuel class has provided some great action at the sanctioning body’s Nitro Jam events. The class features injected, nitromethane burning dragsters that are allowed more fuel...
RacingJunk Find: A Cool (and Cheap) 1973 Ford Pinto V8
Oct 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
Ah, the Ford Pinto. Derided in its time as an underpowered rolling dose of Napalm, the venerable Pinto now enjoys cult status as a good start for a hot rod project. They were kind of weird looking in...
Cool Project Thread: Tearing Down an Air Cooled Stroker VW Motor
Oct 06, 2010Brian LohnesOTHER, Project Cars
BangShift member Stiney has a bunch of cool stuff lurking in his barn, including a Fox-bodied Mustang with a 500ci Cadillac engine in it. His real affliction though, seems to be VWs of the air-cooled...
