Caption This Photo: Lanny MiGlizzi’s On His Knees Bowing To The Gods Of Traction
Jan 23, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Lanny McGlizzi knows traction. Lanny is the “track specialist” for John Force Racing and his job is to monitor the drag strip conditions on the most detailed level as is humanly possible...
Gallery: The 2013 Motorsports Expo – Greater Philadelphia Expo Center – Oaks, PA
Jan 23, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Every winter, hot rodders, racers, and gearheads of all backgrounds in the greater Philadelphia area gather at the Philadelphia Expo Center for the annual Motorsports...
Epic BS Video: A Half Hour Uncut Interview With NHRA Funny Car Driver Ron Capps – NAPA AA/FC
Jan 23, 2013Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
One of the great highlights of our 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up coverage was a half hour video interview with Ron Capps, the driver of the NAPA AA/FC and one of the great funny car pilots of all time....
BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Do You Listen To For Advice On Speed Parts?
Jan 23, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
A major part of hot rodding is sitting around bench racing ideas and talking about what we’re going to do to our cars next. Whether it is suspension and brakes, camshafts and cylinder heads, or...
Quick Tech: How To Use Steel Braided Hose As A Tool To Remove Burrs From Cut Pipe
Jan 23, 2013Brian LohnesOTHER, Tech Stories
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – Those who work on cars for a living often find time saving ways of getting the job faster and easier. Our friend, Yannick Sire of Sire Custom Performance,...
Gallery: An Awesome Collection of Antique Motorized Bicycles At The Dezer Collection
Jan 23, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, Historic Photos, OTHER
We’ve been taking you through the massive and diverse Dezer Collection Museum in Miami, Florida this week and we continue today with this gallery of some seriously neat stuff. One section of...
Caption This Photo: Oh, Hey! A Quarter!
Jan 22, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
If you have ever watched a professional drag race team on the starting line you know that there are usually a couple of guys working as “wipers” these fellows are in charge of making sure...
New CDS Alternator and Accessory Drives From Chris Alston’s Chassisworks
Jan 22, 2013Chad ReynoldsNew Products, Sponsor News
Chassisworks Component Drive Systems (CDS) are the most bitchin way to drive your centrifugal supercharger. Their also able to drive your water pump, alternator, and more. In fact, the newest...
Video: Death Defying Tractor Tug Of War Gone So Wrong It’s Right!
Jan 22, 2013Chad ReynoldsCRASH & BURN
Since the dawn of time men have played tug of war with anything available. Men, wagons, tractors, trucks, cars, and toys have all been used to determine who is the strongest. And for some reason,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Funny Car Or Top Fuel? Which Would You Rather Drive?
Jan 22, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
With incredibly rare exception, every drag race fan on the planet has dreamed of driving a nitro powered machine. And we’ve all got ideas and reasons for wanting to drive a Funny Car or Top...
Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners Form Real Pro Mod Association (RPM)
Jan 22, 2013Chad Reynolds1320 NHRA News, BangShift News
In a move that gives NHRA Pro Mod Drivers and Team Owners some power in numbers, they have formed Real Pro Mod, aka RPM, in an effort to preserve and promote the future of Pro Mod Racing. Despite...
Gallery: Batmobiles, General Lee, Starsky and Hutch, Famous Movie/TV Cars at The Dezer Collection
Jan 22, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, Historic Photos, OTHER
Miami, Florida’s Dezer Collection car museum has a massive grouping of famous movie and tv cars like one of the original Batmobiles (#3 made), a General Lee, the Monkeemobile, a Starsky and...
Buford T Justice 9C1 Caprice Update: Metal Fab,Head Work, A Good Surprise, An Awful One
Jan 22, 2013Brian LohnesBuford - 9C1 Caprice, Project Cars
As promised, we’re back with another update of Project Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice. In the last installment we took the car to the dyno and thrashed all day bolting on more than 20hp...
BangShift.com Daily Tune Up: “Little Deuce Coupe” By The Beach Boys
Jan 22, 2013Chad ReynoldsBS Daily Tune Up
Between Jan and Dean, and the Beach Boys, they transported the ’60s surf music crowd into the street racing and hot rodding scene. Songs about the cars, the races, and the culture were king. No...
