BangShift Daily Tune Up: “No Trash In My Trailer” – Colt Ford (2009)
Jul 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsBS Daily Tune Up
If you can’t relate to this song at some level then you are probably a bit upper crust for us around here. You are still welcome, but you might want to try hanging an engine from a tree or...
It Really Is A Disease I Have Suffered From For Many Years, And Was Exacerbated By “Estate Sale Delirium”
Jul 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
(Text and Photos: Scott Payton) I tend to spend way too much time dreaming about cars. Not the finely polished, show winning, race track pounding variety; my wife, family and friends might actually...
Craigslist Find: If Wanting This Is Wrong We Don’t Want To Be Right. Jumping It Would RULE!
Jul 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsCraigslist Find
So who’s loaning us the money for this bad boy? With 444 horsepower at the tires, a great cage, tons of spares, and perfect black paint, we’ll look good jumping this thing for all...
Friday FunDay Video: Awesome Jump Compilation Video That Rules And Makes Us Want to Jump Stuff
Jul 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsCRASH & BURN
This is the kind of video that “inspires” you to get on Craigslist and buy some hunk of crap for $200 and go jump it. I wish I could actually tell you that this should be your goal for...
Firebird aka Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Has Multi-Million Dollar, 120 Day Renovation Plan
Jul 25, 2013Chad Reynolds1320 NHRA News
We’ve been following the closing and opening and management changes at Firebird Raceway since the beginning of the drama at the famed Arizona facility. And throughout the adventure we have said...
New: Rocket Racing Wheels Offers RPM7 “Magnesium Gold” For All New Rocket Wheels
Jul 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsNew Products, Sponsor News
Remember how all the Magnesium wheels, blowers, and valvecovers of the ’60s and ’70s were sort of a gold color? Well that gold color was actually a coating called DOW 7 and was applied to...
SummerNats Top 10 Burnouts. The Aussie’s Own The Title “King’s Of Smoke”
Jul 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION
After running the 1320 Video Burnout Contest video yesterday I had tire smoke on the brain and decided we needed more. A lot more. So, here are the top 10 Burnouts as judged at the 2013 SummerNats in...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Vintage Drag Car?
Jul 25, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Looking at Joe’s photos from Beaver Springs yesterday had us totally cranked up on nostalgia drag racing. That’s led to more than a couple conversations regarding our favorite old drag...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Surf City” Jan and Dean (1963)
Jul 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsBS Daily Tune Up
“I bought a ’34 wagon and we call it a Woodie, Surf City here we come, You know it’s not very cherry, It’s an oldie but a goodie, Surf City here we come.” How can you...
Nostalgia Video: 1966 Lion’s Drag Racing Video By French Film Crew. Excellent Quality Footage.
Jul 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION
Too bad we don’t have a clue as to what the hell they are saying, but we don’t really care. All we know is this is some of the best quality footage we’ve seen from Lion’s in...
Ebay Find: If The Blues Brothers Built A Pro Street Car, This Is What It Would Look Like. BangShift Approved.
Jul 25, 2013Chad ReynoldseBay Find
When we get stuff like this in the BangShift.com In Box, it always make us giggle like little girls. No matter how many times we see something weird, like this Blues Brothers inspired Polara Pro...
Super Slow Motion Video: A Fox Body Mustang Stands On The Bumper And Slo Mo Is Awesome!
Jul 24, 2013Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION
This is great video of a Fox Body Mustang GT Convertible drag radial car leaving the starting line and standing on the bumper. In fact, you can see that the rear tires actually leave the ground if...
This Is It! The Final Gallery From Meltdown Drags At Byron. 100 More Great Shots.
Jul 24, 2013Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries
Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk are the hardest working, unpaid sonsa…. Uh….they work really hard to send us great photos and we don’t pay them. They rule. And you should love them for...
New Product: Painless Performance Unveils New Nostalgia Harness. Simple And Black Is Where It’s At.
Jul 24, 2013Chad ReynoldsNew Products
The guys at Painless Performance have been building high quality wiring harnesses for decades, and we’ve installed dozens of them. One feature of a Painless harness that makes it super simple...
