BangShift Approved Documentary: Hogslayer – How Two Wisconsin Drag Racers Dominated Top Fuel Motorcycle Racing in the 1970s
Feb 08, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
There are lots of great stories in the annals of drag racing that deserve attention, so we’re always interested when one does. Jim Cutting is the man who made the documentary, “Hogslayer:...
Show Gallery: The Pavilions Cruise Night – Scottsdale, Arizona
Feb 08, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Car Shows
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Bob’s last dispatch from his western vacation adventure comes from the nice city of Scottsdale, Arizona. Since the climate permits them to cruise and drive their...
Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night Gallery
Feb 08, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Shop Tours
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – New York’s Rolling Bones Hot Rod shop is known throughout the nation as a place that turns out killer traditional hot rods. They are also known for driving the...
eBay Find: A straight axle, street legal, 1967 Nova that punches our DO WANT button!
Feb 08, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
By now, you know that we salivate like one of Pavlov’s dogs when we see a cool straight axle car for sale on eBay or any other venue. This eBay Find is further proof of that! The 1967 Nova...
We Test the New BFGoodrich G-Force Sport Comp-2 on the Track
Feb 07, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, RACING & ACTION, TECH, Videos
First let us say, that we have NEVER been to a tire test like the one that BFGoodrich put on at AutoClub California Speedway in Fontana this past week where they let us put their new G-Force Sport...
Watch a VW Transaxle Explode and Spread Its Guts Across the Pavement During a Burnout
Feb 07, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
In my time announcing drag races, I have had the pleasure of seeing all manner of junk explode with different levels of ferocity. From Funny Cars that literally blew their bodies into a million...
Project Car Spotlight: An Abandoned 1940 Ford Gets New Life in a BangShifter’s Home Shop
Feb 07, 2012Brian LohnesFORD, Project Cars
When it comes to iconic body styles in the world of hot rodding, the 1940 Ford is one of the great examples. The cars can be made into killer gassers, street rods, Pro Street machines, moonshiner...
Allan Mest Vintage Ford Emporium – Historic Ford Nirvana on Earth
Feb 07, 2012Brian LohnesGallery, OTHER
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Yesterday we brought you a photo tour of the super cool Desert Valley Auto Parts junkyard in Arizona, and today we’re bringing you to one of the coolest vintage...
Flying Wreckage Video: An Aussie Rally Driver Launches Himself Over a Cliff and Into the Drink!
Feb 07, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift member Zombie289 posted this wild video on our forum section yesterday. It shows an Australian racer, competing in the Targa Wrest Point missing a pretty high stakes corner and launching...
Ex-Jungle Jim Monza For Sale in Hemmings Classifieds
Feb 07, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
If there is one thing that gets old timey drag racing guys to sit up and take notice, it is ex-Jungle Jim race cars. For a while it seemed like every old Monza funny car that came up for sale was...
Video of a Small Block Chevy on 75% Nitro Running Through the Mufflers!
Feb 06, 2012Brian LohnesENGINES, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This could be the most insane BangShift reader project of all time but it is also the coolest. Scott Darrow is a BangShift reader and forum member. He is also a guy who makes his living wrenching on...
Action Gallery: Flat Track Motorcycles and Mini-Sprint Cars at the LoneStar State Flat Track Nationals!
Feb 06, 2012Brian LohnesAutocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER
(Photos by Charles Wickam Photography) – When Charles asked if we wanted him to cover a monster truck event or the LonsStar State Flat Track Nationals which would include wild flat track...
Chadmouth: Super Bowl Commercial Edition
Feb 06, 2012Chad ReynoldsChadMouth
Football is uniquely American, and yet Baseball and Apple Pie are always the things that get quoted. We can’t forget my favorite though when General Motors President, and U.S. Secretary of...
Tech Gallery: A Detailed Look at How a 25.5 Cage Goes into a 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang
Feb 06, 2012Brian LohnesGallery, OTHER, Tech Stories
(Photos by Jon Sandahl) – With lots of Ford Mustang Cobra Jet racers pushing their cars to speeds and elapsed times no one would have thought about just a couple years ago, the factory...
