Bitchin’ Nitro Video: Top Fuel and Funny Car Warm Ups From the 2012 March Meet
Mar 12, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We often joke about trying to add “Smell-O-Vision” technology to the BangShift streaming drag race broadcasts to inject the scent of nitro into the shops and homes of viewers all over the...
Buddy Ingersoll, Drag Racing Turbo Pioneer Passes
Mar 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
A true innovator and pioneer in drag racing, Buddy Ingersoll passed away on Sunday. Among his accomplishments were an IHRA Modified Eliminator World Championship, volumes of innovations and...
Watch Lunatics Literally Rip the Motor Out of a VW Golf With a Tree – a Chain – and Violence
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Time for some Friday afternoon video stupidity. This clip has been floating around for a little while but for sheer destructive goodness, it simply cannot be beat. Basically this is footage of a...
Awesome March Meet Video: Four Days of Madness – See All of 2012’s Thrills and Spills!
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The killer media keeps flowing from the 2012 March Meet. This latest piece we were tipped off to was created by our friend Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian who is an awesome drag photog and video maven as well as...
Senna is Now Available on DVD – Fantastic Film is a Must See for BangShifters
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Full disclosure: I was offered a freebie review copy of the documentary Senna that is about the life and racing career of Ayrton Senna. The film has been out for some time but is now available for...
American Powertrain Has the New Tremec Magnum XL Transmissions For SN197 Mustangs – Ditch the Weak Suck Stocker!
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News
This is not a newsflash for S197 Mustang owners but the stock Getrag MT82 manual transmission essentially blows goats for all out performance driving. There have been lots of customer complaints...
Wild Photos and Video: A Log Impales a Mini-Van – Driver Miraculously Survives
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Well this would certainly get your attention! A guy driving down the highway, minding his own business in Mississippi had the close call of a lifetime yesterday when a logging truck was involved in...
Sad News: IHRA’s Jim Weinert Passes
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
“Big Jim” Weinert, the mountain of a man of oversaw track prep and safety at IHRA events for many years has passed away. Weinert was one of the sport’s true characters and his skill...
Watch the Crusher Camaro Hit the Strip and Run 10s!
Mar 09, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Freiburger and Finnegan are at it again, this time with the well known Crusher Camaro. The Camaro has been a part of Hot Rod off and on since the mid 1990s when it was saved from being crushed at a...
eBay Find(s): Two Massive Pontiac Wagon Airport Limos
Mar 08, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
Old school airport limos are neat in a freakshow kind of way. Unlike modern limos that just have four doors and a large passenger area with a wet bar, TV, hot tub, stripper pole, and snappy lighting,...
Breaking News: 2012 COPO Camaro Confirmed by Chevrolet Performance – 69 Cars to Be Built
Mar 08, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 2012 COPO Camaro is not longer a concept car, the model will be produced by Chevrolet and 69 of them will be manufactured this year. The announcement came from Chevrolet Performance today and it...
Feature: A Day In the Life of the Champion Speed Shop Nostalgia Top Fuel Team
Mar 08, 2012Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Red Line Synthetic Oil) – Race fans in the aging wooden grandstands at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield let out a collective breath as a pair of Nostalgia Top Fuel...
Watch Some Crazy Swedes Go Nostalgia Drag Racing On Ice!
Mar 08, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
This is literally one of the coolest drag races we have ever seen! BangShift reader Arlid (who hails from Norway) tipped us off to this video from Sweden that features six minutes of action from what...
