Horrifying Video: The Creepiest Crash Video We’ve Ever Seen
Nov 30, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
This is the most breathtaking crash video we have ever seen. Featuring a massive truck in a mud bog, somewhere down south we’re guessing, it looks like the driver is dead a couple of times....
2010 Houston Autorama Show Gallery – Part 1
Nov 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The 2010 Houston Autorama went down last weekend and Charles Wickam was there to snap more than 600 photos of the humongous affair. There are so many photos from the Houston Autorama that we’re...
Video: Wescott Runs 8.221 @ 162.72 at the National Open in Valdosta in his Super Stock Hemi
Nov 30, 2010Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION, Videos
Wayne Jesel of Jesel Valvetrain Innovation just sent us video of Charlie Westcott Jr. running 8.221 at 162.72 miles an hour during the Division 2 National Open this past week in his Warfish...
Win $500 in the Ridetech T-Shirt Design Contest
Nov 30, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Wanna win $500 and be able to say “I designed that shirt”? Well then get off your ass and go to the Ridetech T-Shirt Design Contest page below. They are looking for cool new shirt designs...
Funny Video: A Russian Dump Truck Clip With a Surprise Ending
Nov 30, 2010Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
After watching this video, we’re sure that comments involving Russian’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for vodka will follow. We looked at the video and nearly shut it off before the big...
eBay Find: A 1964 Riviera That Proves Sometimes Too Much is Too Much
Nov 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This 1964 Buick Riviera has a lot of awesome parts and pieces, in fact it may have too many awesome parts and pieces. The stance is pretty mean, the RideTech suspension is sweet, the 409, yeah 409,...
Historic Drag Video: Incredible Footage From the 1964 NHRA Winternationals
Nov 29, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
There is cool old drag racing footage and then there is stuff like this video. If you dig old drag racing stuff, this video is all-time. Back in the early 1960s NHRA National Events were not held 20...
Video: World’s Fastest Ridetech Street Challenge Suspension Install 3 hours 6 minutes
Nov 29, 2010Chad ReynoldsTECH, Videos
Here at BangShift.com we’ve installed our fare share of Ridetech Suspension systems, and have 200,000 miles of driving Ridetech equipped vehicles of our own and others. But when we heard about...
Epic Photo Collection: Jungle Jim Liberman and Jungle Pam Hardy in all Their Glory
Nov 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Funny Cars have been the drag racing petri dish of choice for introducing big personalities into the sport. We’d argue that none before or since have been as big as “Jungle” Jim...
Project Car Spotlight: Bringing a 1967 Olds 442 Back to Life
Nov 29, 2010Brian LohnesBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Project Cars
“Hemi Joel” Nystrom is no stranger to the pages of BangShift.com. We shared his story of building a F.A.S.T Hemi GTX for drag race warfare, we showed you video of him drag racing, yes,...
Rhode Island Man Buys Hot Rod Back After 45 Years Apart
Nov 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A Rhode Island man who sold his hard wrenched 1939 Ford hot rod nearly a half century ago managed to find the car and buy it back. Hell, he’s probably thrashing on it as you read this! As a man...
Insane Wreck Video: The First Doorslammer Blow Over We Have Ever Seen
Nov 26, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Mention the term “blow over” to any drag racing fan and visions of Top Fuel dragsters flying through the air upside down fill their heads. After watching this video, that vision may be...
The Parting Shift: Coolest Gasser Video Freaking Ever Edition
Nov 26, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
After watching this video 10-20 times and still loving every second of it, we’re not sure if we’ll ever be able to find anything as good for our weekly Parting Shift blog item. In this...
Video of the Week: The Crappiest Drag Strip on Earth
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We have to thank, or blame, our chassis builder pal Jon Sandahl for shooting us a link to the video below. It was apparently shot at a place calling itself a drag strip somewhere in the Caribbean....
