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BangShift Announces Sponsorship of Nissan Pro Stock Team! What do you think?

HA!!! We got your attention with that one didn’t we? LOL  Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves. Brian is off playing on a Pro Mod this week so I’m left to my own devices which means...

Snavely is BACK! Plus We Release His Epic Crash Video from SCSN 2011

For those of you who weren’t watching during our huge LIVE broadcast at the 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals, you missed an amazingly scary crash. For those that were with us, you know the...

Chadmouth: The IndyCar Edition Including Photos and Video!

So, the Monday before the Long Beach Grand Prix our guy Jimi Day, with Optima Batteries, calls and says “Hey bud, Optima is a sponsor of the World Challenge Series and I have some credentials for...

Live Blog: We’re Working on the Crew of an ADRL Pro Mod This Weekend

In a decision he will probably regret for the rest of his life, NHRA and ADRL Pro Mod racer Peter Farber invited me along to work alongside his crew this weekend at the ADRL event in Bristol,...

Watch a Blown Altered Flip Onto Its Roof at the Drags In New Zealand – Southern Hemisphere Wreckage

Racing an altered can be a real handful as this racer and the crowd at a New Zealand drag strip recently found out. As the car is launching, it gets way out of shape and ends up rolling onto the roof...

Gallery: Autocross Photos From the 2012 Running of Mopars at the Strip

(Photos by Hotchkis Sport Suspension) – While rain certainly did its best to dampen the drag strip action at last weekend’s Mopars at the Strip event in Las Vegas, the Hotchkis autocross...

Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School Loves Jiffy-Tite Fittings and You Should Too!

Whenever Chad and I are chatting up Jiffy-Tite fittings with people, one of the first questions is always, “Well how many times can you take them on and off before they leak?”. The easy...

eBay Find: A Half-Million Dollar Modern Rendition of Big Oly – Street Legal Trophy Truck

For starters, I can say that I have seen this truck up close and personal at the SEMA show a couple of years ago and it is freaking awesome. This is one of the neatest trucks I have ever seen and as...

Watch Freiburger and Finnegan Take on Pewe and Fred William From 4-Wheel and Off Road in a Cheap Truck Challenge

We’re late to the party on this one, but Freibuger and Finnegan’s latest Roadkill adventure has been set live on the interwebs and we think it is a pretty good one. The guys take on...

Question of the Day: What’s the Coolest Wheel Ever?

Wheels are such a huge part of the look and performance package of any car. There are thousands of different designs out there, from the classic steel “rally” wheels that adorned so many...

Dirt Slingin’ Sprint Car Gallery: ASCS Winged Sprints at Battleground Speedway – Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last weekend, the ever intrepid Charles Wickam went to Battleground Speedway in Texas to take in some of the wildest four wheeled machines in the world, winged...

Amazing Sprint Car Wreckage Photos – American Sprint Car Series from Battleground Speedway – Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – With respect to unpredictable action, it doesn’t get much better than winged sprint cars. Charles Wickam was at Battleground Speedway in Texas last weekend to...

BangShift New Car Review: The 2012 Buick Regal GS [w/video]

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buick fans, it’s time to tell your friends that “Going Fast with Class” is back! After seven days and seven hundred-plus miles behind the wheel of a 2012 Buick...

MSD’s 8th Annual Employee Picnic/Car Show Coming May 4th – BE THERE!

The annual MSD employee picnic and car show is coming on May 4th. If you are in the greater El Paso, Texas area you need to make a point of stopping by to hang out. The employees of MSD are not just...