Funny Video: Eight Minutes of Pace Car/Safety Car Fails
Aug 12, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
One of the great gearhead movie exchanges of all time went down between Robert Duval and Tom Cruise in, “Days of Thunder”. Duval tells Cruise to pull out on the track and hit the pace...
2011 Orlando World Street Nationals “Rescheduled” until 2012
Aug 11, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 2011 Orlando World Street Nationals have been effectively cancelled and the race may be run again in 2012 according to a press release on the Orlando Speed World Dragway website. Carl Weisinger...
Big Fire Video: A Mustang Blows a Transmission Line and Lights Up Like a Roman Candle!
Aug 11, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
This video, shot at the currently dormant Gateway International Raceway just outside of St Louis does a great job of depicting the volatility of transmission fluid when it hits red hot exhaust parts!...
Project Car Video Update: The 1983 Mustang GT Packing 545ci of Big Block Ford Prepares for Drag Week!
Aug 11, 2011Brian LohnesFORD, Project Cars
About a year ago, BangShift forum member BigBlockRanger decided to switch project gears and ditch the little truck that housed his large block Ford mill and find something that he could...
eBay Find: A 5hp Oldsmobile for More Than $33,000
Aug 11, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Yesterday we told you about a Camaro on RacingJunk that was selling for $100k and came with three super powerful engines. Today we’re spinning the dial in the other direction and inviting you...
Bonneville Video: Amir from Spectre Talks Us Through a 350mph Streamliner Run
Aug 10, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Speed by Spectre ‘Liner will be running at Bonneville next week and we’ll be there to cover it. Chad will be bringing the fight to the salt starting on Monday. But we digress. If...
Project Car Update: The 454 Powered 1970 Caprice Gets Some Tire Fitment Mods, a Clean engine bay, a Tuned Carb, and a Transmission Fix!
Aug 10, 2011Brian LohnesCHEVY, Project Cars
Regular BangShift readers will recognize the name Scott Liggett. He’s our SoCal photo maven who contributes lots of great shots from shows and cruises from the land that rust (kind of) forgot....
Instructional Video: Don’t Put Your Face There Kid
Aug 10, 2011Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Being a gearhead, especially a young one, means living through many rites of passage. The first time you push a wrench with a closed fist and rip all the skin off your knuckles, the first time you...
Pick Sides: Will the Future of OEM Engines Be Dominated by Superchargers or Turbos?
Aug 10, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
You don’t need to be a rocket genius, or even a regular genius to know that the future of OEM engines is about small displacement and boost. There are major manufacturing companies lining...
Cool Video: A Guy Tests Out His Homebuilt Quarter-Scale Jet Dragster!
Aug 10, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
We’ve seen lots of neat miniature race cars, engines, and tractors in our day, but we’ve never seen a freakin’ home made jet dragster! This thing rules all and is even capable of...
Racing Junk Find: A Cool 1990 Camaro Door Slammer With Three Flavors of Rat
Aug 10, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
There are lots of cool and fast doorslammers for sale on Racing Junk, but few of them come with three different nitrous snorting big block Chevy engines of varying displacements. The seller wants...
Major Wreckage Video: A Wheelstanding Mustang Barrel Rolls Down Mobile Dragway
Aug 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Having just spent a nice Saturday announcing a drag race, I can appreciate a door slammer that yanks the wheels in the majestic fashion that this Mustang does. After all, what gearhead worth his...
Tuesday Time Killer: Watch the 1950s B-Move “Drag Strip Girl” Full Length and Free!
Aug 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
When hot rodding was viewed as a major public menace, it became the focal point of movies, lots of them in the “B” genre. Parents were scared as hell of the “hot rod problem”...
Busted: Aussie Man Busted For Drunk Driving While Piloting Motorized Cooler
Aug 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
While the occasional, “guy drunk driving on his lawn tractor” gives us a smile, this is a new twist to an old saw. A man in Australia was caught by the coppers driving a motorized cooler...
