Event Gallery: The 2011 Pacific Street Car Association Spring Break Super Show
Mar 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
As we continue to assault you with galleries today, we’re going to switch gears from show to GO! BangShift reader Zach McNary attended the PSCA Spring Break Super Show, held at Fontana,...
Event Gallery: Goodguys Scottsdale 2011 – Scottsdale, Arizona
Mar 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Our own Chad Reynolds serves as the announcer for the autocross events held at Goodguys Rod and Custom Association shows across the country. When on his lunch break, Chad grabs his camera and hauls...
Event Gallery: The Temecula Rod Run – Temecula, California
Mar 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The Temecula Rod run is one of the neater car events that happens at this time in the year. The show, which draws over 500 cars that show, shine, cruise, and parade around the Old Town area of...
BangShift Project Spotlight: A 1972 Camaro That Stepped Right Out of a 1970s Time Warp
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
For ages, the looks of 1970s street machines have been scorned. Their ass high stance, too big tires, square hood scoops, velocity stacks, and gold anodized everything led to the monochromatic pastel...
The 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Television Show Airs Tonight!
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge is truly the premier competition amongst the best Pro Touring cars in the country, and the world. Taking place each year, the weekend after the SEMA show...
AFCO Racing Joins the BangShift Sponsor Family
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We are proud and honored to announce that AFCO Racing, one of the most diversified companies in the high performance aftermarket has joined on as a sponsor of BangShift.com. With product lines...
Painful Fail Video: A Snowmobile Crosses a Creek and Eats a Tree
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Here’s a video that shows how one can go from hero to bone crushing failure in about half a second. In the film, you’ll see a snowmobile launch off to skip across a creek somewhere out in...
Awesome Roadside Find: A Stepside Cadillac Eldorado
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Intrepid BangShift reader Eagle Kammback was cruising the streets in his native New Jersey when he came upon what may be the single greatest roadside find in the history of the internet. This is an...
Video: A Fuel Injected Pro Stock Hemi Tuning Session on Ray Barton’s Dyno
Mar 10, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We teased you the other day with a short video of an 1100hp full race Hemi screaming into the night through the exhaust system of the dyno at Ray Barton Racing Engines, now here’s the whole...
New Jersey Motorsports Park Declares Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Mar 10, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
These are tough times to be running a race track in. Recently, the operators of New Jersey Motorsports Park, a multi-use racing facility in Millville, NJ declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in order to...
Stop and Gawk: Header Flaming Wheelstand Drag Race Photo Coolness
Mar 10, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Kevin Blalock’s photos have appeared on the pages of BangShift before, but they have always shown cars exploding, on fire, or barfing parts. This time he sent one along that is just pure...
Racing Junk Find: A Beautiful Bonneville Racer 1955 Chevy
Mar 10, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
While there are probably a number of practical racing arguments against owning this absolutely awesome 1955 Chevy LSR machine, the non-practical reasons for owning it number in the thousands. The...
Bitchin’ Old Video: A Collection of 1936 Chevrolet Newsreels
Mar 09, 2011Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Old promotional newsreel films are always a gas. This collection of Chevrolet-centric films from 1936 does not disappoint. There’s a bevy of bathing beauties using the car as a water slide and...
Robby Gordon Placed on Indefinite Probation by NASCAR
Mar 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Robby Gordon, the multi-faceted driver that sees action in NASCAR, off road, and open wheel racing has been placed on “indefinite probation” by NASCAR officials after an scrum with his...
