Bitchin’ Video:Jim Pace Eats Up Full Race Vipers and Porsches On The VIR Road Course In A Stock Car
Jan 07, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Jim Pace is a guy whose talents we have showcased on BangShift before. Pace is a super talented road racer and we’ve showed him driving vintage Can-Am cars, historic road racing iron, and other...
eBay Find: A 1968 Buick Electra 225 That Lays Frame and Rubber With a Turbo LS Motor – Magnificent Car!
Jan 07, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
They literally don’t come any longer and lower than this! We’re fully in love with this professionally built 1968 Buick Electra 225 that has been channeled some three and three quarters...
Irwindale Speedway Signs Deal With NASCAR! More Racing To Come
Jan 04, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
For the past year, Irwindale Speedway, now known as Irwindale Event Center, has been living in a drama filled world thanks to bankruptcy of the managing company, sponsorship changes, and more. Today...
Video: Watch Don Garlits Make Passes In A Very Quick Electric Dragster – Don Gives Us The Scoop!
Jan 04, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
When we saw YouTube videos of Don Garlits making hits in an electric rear “motor” dragster we had to follow up with Big Daddy and get the inside dirt on just how well this brand new...
Troy Ladd’s Hollywood Hot Rods: Behind The Scenes Presented By Comp Cams
Jan 04, 2013Chad ReynoldsMISC
We’re lucky enough to know Troy Ladd pretty well, and love what comes out of his famed Hollywood Hot Rods shop in Burbank, California. It’s not the biggest place, it is certainly not the...
Caption This Photo: The WTF Were They Thinking? Edition
Jan 04, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Our pal Danny Popp put this one up on his facebook page, and we couldn’t resist. Words can’t even describe it. I especially like the way that the holes were reinforced. I don’t know...
Question of the Day: What’s Your Best Field Repair Story? (On A Car or Truck…Unless You Have One Involving A Tank Like These Guys)
Jan 04, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Following up on Chad’s question from yesterday, which had you sharing your best stories of parts and pieces falling off of your car, I’m here today to raise your spirits from the depths...
Good News: Firebird International Raceway Looks To Have A Future – NHRA Planning on 2014 Event
Jan 03, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
A recent memo from the operator of Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona is being refuted by news reports and statements from Tom Compton. The facility published a memo quoting Charlie...
PowerShift LIVE: REPLAY AVAILABLE NOW. CLICK HERE. It’s the Chad and Brian Show!
Jan 03, 2013Chad ReynoldsFUNNY STUFF, TECH
It’s our first PowerShift LIVE of 2013, and we’ve got plenty to talk about! Join us for an hour of recap on what’s going on in the motorsports world, here on BangShift.com, and in...
BIG NEWS: All New COPO Camaros Will Be Holley Equipped! HP EFI Is Standard
Jan 03, 2013Chad Reynolds1320 NHRA News, Sponsor News
We are huge fans of the new COPO Camaros around here, although I am still pissed that one of the COPO owners has not let me make some passes in one, so we were super excited when we got the press...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Worst (Most Embarrassing?) Part To Ever Fall Off Your Car?
Jan 03, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
After two days of video showing driveline parts falling out of, or being ejected from, race cars, it seemed appropriate to have our BangShift Question of the Day be about parts falling off your car....
Project Fat Lane Update: The Tin Is Going In and Go Fast Parts Arrive
Jan 03, 2013Brian LohnesFORD, Project Cars
Project Fat Lane, the 2,500hp Ford Fairlane drag car being built at Tube Chassis Designz in Hanson, Massachusetts is on the move yet again. Actually it is still on the chassis table, but the project...
Here’s The Answer To Our “What The Hell Is This” Challenge From Yesterday – Tons of Info and Photos!
Jan 03, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Yesterday we showed you photos of an odd looking like trucklet thing. Well, the owner of that odd looking little trucklet thing is one Brian Earp and Brian was kind enough to send us a ton of info,...
Photo Highlight Reel: Bob Chiluk’s Favorite Photos From 2012 – Top Fuel, Pro Touring, and Barn Finds!
Jan 03, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – My interest in cars and anything with wheels always presided over my interest in photography. But those grade school days reading Hot Rod magazine and seeing...
