Cool Video: Old School Monster Trucks Crushing, Bogging…and Floating!
Dec 16, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The modern day monster truck is a true marvel of engineering. They leap and fly like no other vehicles of their size and weight on Earth. Their engines and chassis technology allow them to launch...
BangShift Christmas Wish List: We Want the new 720hp LSX454R
Dec 16, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
Yeah, yeah, we asked for a 2012 Cobra Jet the other day, but our brand allegiances are pretty weak around here. We have love for pretty much all of ’em, especially when 720hp are involved. GM...
A Perfect Christmas eBay Find: A Rat Motored 1980 Toyota Corolla!
Dec 16, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Now this is BangShift approved hot rodding. Found by one of our members and posted on or forums, this 1980 Toyota Corolla sports 454ci of big block Chevy power. Amazingly the motor fits into the...
Breaking News: Memphis Motorsports Park to be IHRA Sanctioned
Dec 16, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift has learned from reliable sources that the recently purchased Memphis Motorsports Park will operate under an IHRA sanction in 2011, assuming that the closing on the property concludes with...
Funny Wreck Video: A Rally Car Hit and Run
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
This video combines all the elements we love. There some surprise, some humor, and some one-in-a-million carnage. You’ll see a Toyota Celica coming hauling into a corner way too hot for the...
Caption This Photo: A Home Engineered Battery Repair
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We got this photo from our buddy Jay Spinella. Jay’s brother Tom bought a riding lawn tractor from a co-worker and upon the initial start up noticed that the motor was making some bad noises....
Book Review:The Street Machines Idea Book by Sue Elliot
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The latest in Motorbooks’ popular “idea book” series, Street Machines: classics, muscle cars, and modern, by Sue Elliot touches all the bases in the current world of street machines...
Memphis Motorsports Park Sold for $1.9M to PBIR Owner
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
USA Today is reporting that Joe Lubeck, the managing partner at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida purchased the former Memphis Motorsports Park at a public auction on Tuesday. The reported...
BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive Equipped Lenco
Dec 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back at SEMA, Gear Vendors President and CEO Rick Johnson did the impossible. He made us crave a Lenco transmission even more than before! With the engineering and release of a Gear Vendors...
eBay Find: A Real Yenko ZL-1 That Still Has Never Been Run!
Dec 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
How about a super rare $50,000 aluminum big block Chevy for your project car? That price may not be accurate though. The starting bid on this amazing 1970s era Yenko ZL-1 engine is $50K so if there...
Video: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel says “We Drive Our Junk!”
Dec 14, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We love the guys over at Ridetech, and the fact that everything they own gets beat on. We’ve always said that their products are Bret Tested which means you can’t possibly be...
Video: Mooneyes Christmas Party Drags and Cacklefest 2010
Dec 14, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We already showed you the 400 plus photos that we took at the Mooneyes Christmas Party and Drags, but now we are bringing you the video. We’ve got Factory Experimentals, Gassers, and Top Fuel...
ADRL Releases 2011 Schedule, Adds Two New Venues
Dec 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The American Drag Racing League has released the schedule for its 2011 tour. The series will visit two places it has not seen before, Maple Grove Raceway in PA and Palm Beach International Raceway...
BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet
Dec 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
With less than two weeks before the fatty in the red suit squeezes down our chimney, we decided to list off some of the stuff we’re asking for this Christmas. We’ll drop one item on you...
