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Gallery: The Brock Yates Cannonball Run Exhibition At The Saratoga Auto Museum

(Photo by Joe Grippo) – Brock Yates is a guy we openly idolize here at BangShift. He’s one of the most important and influential automotive journalists ever and his list of books,...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Green Onions – Booker T and the MG’s (1962)

If we were creating the “soundtrack of our lives” we’d have this song playing in the background every time we walking into a room. The tune may not be a dedicated “car...

Video: The Places They Raced – Episode One – Fantastic Racing History From California

A week or two ago we told you about an upcoming documentary series based on the great Where They Raced books by Harold Osmer. We’re happy to report that the first episode of the series has been...

Event Coverage: PSCA Record Breaker Nationals Wheels Up Photos

Thanks to BangShifter Dave Stoltz, we’ve got some great photo coverage of the 2013 PSCA Record Breaker Nationals. Dave shot plenty of on track and pit shots all weekend, and this is our first...

Bitchin’ Video: A Cool, Stylized Look At Jet Hot’s El Toro, California Autocross Event – Cool Cars and Camera Angles

BangShift Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings have made themselves a big presence at autocross events all over the country. From the Goodguys series to their own Get Started Racing series, the company...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Non-Mainstream Engine?

After watching those two killer drag motor dyno pulls, our thoughts wandered off the beaten path to engines that we’ve owned, wanted to own, or will own in the future. While a small cadre of...

Dyno-gasm Videos: Watch A 400ci V8 AND A 500ci V8 Both Spin To 10,000 RPM — Indescribable Sounds!!!

When most normal people think of angels playing trumpets in the heavens they picture symphonic, musical noises. On the other hand, we picture the sounds generated by the two engines featured in the...

Gallery: Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night 2013 – Awesome Rods, Engines, And More!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The recently wedded Joe Grippo attended an open garage night at the famed Rolling Bones hot rod shop where he hung out with a bunch of people and blasted a ton of...

Craigslist Find: A Z/28 Crossram Topped With Twin Camden Superchargers And Predator Carbs!

Talk about something that is absolute period pro street perfection! This intake manifold was found by BangShift forum member Bamfster who lives in the Denver area where it is up for sale. It is...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Free Ride – The Edgar Winter Group (1973)

Don’t even think of trying to name a harder rocking albino person than Edgar Winter because that person does not exist. Winter has been jamming hard since his rise to fame in the 1970s on the...

Video: A Preview To The New Rich Christensen Drag Race Show – “Won And Done” – Will You Watch?

Love him or hate him, Rich Christensen caught drag race lightning in a bottle with his shows Pinks and Pinks All Out which both had successful multi-season runs on the Speed channel before going off...

Welcome The Hedman Performance Group to BangShift: Hedman Hedders, Trans Dapt, Hamburger’s and Hedman Husler Hedders

Today we are proud to announce that the Hedman Performance Group, which is made up of legendary brands Hedman Hedders, Hedman Husler Hedders, Trans Dapt, and Hamburger’s has joined up as a...

Video: A Cool Peek A Mike Moran’s Monstrous 4400hp All Billet Hemi – 637ci Of Hell’s Fury!

Of all the cool stuff we have laid eyes on at SEMA, PRI, and the events we have hit so far, nothing has totally taken our breath away like Mike Moran’s newest engine creation. Moran’s...

Action Video: Ride In-Car As A Great Sounding B-Production Corvette Attacks The Autocross Course

Like good drag racing videos, some of our favorite autocross clips are just when the camera is flipped on and records all the raw video, sound, and action from inside the cockpit of the racing...