Killer Gallery: Awesome Photos From the 2011 Season at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield California
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California is one of our favorite places. We broadcast the March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion live from the track. As it turns out, photographer Liam Garritty...
Intense Wreckage Video: Urban Hillbilly Videos Releases Trailer for Carnage-Fest Volume 3! We Want it in our Stocking!
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Sean Melton and the crew at Urban Hillbilly Action Videos crank out some of the most intense drag racing DVDs on the market. While their race videos have been admired for years due to their great...
Book Review: Shelby Cobra – 50 Years by Colin Comer
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Colin Comer’s last book was a very detailed look at the whole range of Shelby cars but this one, “Shelby Cobra: 50 Years” concentrates itself on just the iconic Cobra that put...
Evan Knoll Competency Hearing Postponed Again – Goverment May Be Bringing More Charges
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Evan Knoll’s first big day in court was once again postponed by a judge for multiple factors, one of which seems to indicate that the Feds will be bringing more or different charges against the...
Big Show Gallery: The Goodguys Car Show at Del Mar California
Nov 27, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association had yet another huge season of cart shows and events across the country in 2011. Our own Chad Reynolds was at most of them serving as the announcer for the...
Video Replay: 2011 California Hot Rod Reunion Rerun Right Here
Nov 25, 2011Chad ReynoldsDRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
We figure that by this morning you must be getting tired of you in-laws being at your house, and are looking for some reason to get away, and we’ve got it right here. BangShift.com presents a...
Historic Video Bonanza: The Story of PT Boats – Giant Killing Hot Rods of the Water
Nov 24, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve established the old war planes strike the fancy of many BangShifters out there. How about old war boats? We’re pretty enomored with PT boats, which we think are truly hot rods from...
Good Read: The Ford Versus Chevy Rivalry Lives Again and it is More Than Lip Service
Nov 23, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is the rivalry that has driven domestic automotive production for one hundred years and after a long period of cooling tensions and business struggle, Ford and GM are back throwing hay makers at...
Scary Video: A Russian Driver Runs Out of Talent on a Snowy Road With Disasterous Results
Nov 23, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Anyone who lives in a cold weather climate has a pile of snow driving stories. I’m not sure I know a single person who didn’t have either a crash or a near miss as a kid learning to drive...
Amazing Video: A Man Builds The Smallest V12 Engine in the World and It Runs!
Nov 23, 2011Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
Normally we spend out time around here talking about engines that are massive. Sonny Leonard builds 1,000ci engines in his sleep these days. If you show up to the strip in a serious car with less...
Book Review: Mustang Boss 302 – From Racing Legend to Modern Muscle Car
Nov 23, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
As we are speeding toward Christmas and gift buying and giving season, we’re going to be rattling off several book reviews in the coming weekend for you bibliophiles out there who dig reading...
Must See Video: A New Zealand Man Survives a Wild Helicopter Crash!
Nov 23, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
A veteran helicopter pilot with two decades of experience escaped death in New Zealand yesterday when the chopper he was flying crashed in dramatic fashion while he was working to place a Christmas...
KCIR is Dead – Historic Drag Strip Killed by Politics and Powerful Neighbors
Nov 22, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Kansas City International Raceway is dead. Despite the best efforts of track supporters and members of the community, the facility could not be saved and it is now destined to be a “city...
Funny Video: Watch a Ferrari Take Out a Crowd While Touching No One
Nov 22, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Alain de Cadenet is a name lots of BangShifters are probably familiar with. He is an accomplished racing driver, engineer, and he’s on television a bunch. His most famous role on the small...
