Watch a Dirt Track Dwarf Car Become a Single Seat Stunt Plane – The Landing Sucks
May 31, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
We got tipped off to this video by BS reader OldSchoolCamaro who is a member in a dirt track racing club that competes with dwarf cars. As you’ll see, these little motorcycle engine powered...
Watch An Old IROC Second Generation Camaro Formerly Raced By Al Unser Eat The Hay HARD At Goodwood
May 31, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Driver John Truslove was giving this cool black Camaro a pretty good run up the course to the delight of the massive crowds at the event when he lost the handle on the car and put it face first into...
Crazy Photos: The Most Insanely Used Up Brake Rotor in the History of Mankind
May 31, 2014Brian LohnesApex Driveline Tech, BangShift APEX
(Photos by Jay Spinella) – Admittedly, when I got these photos from Jay Spinella on Saturday, I had imbibed a few adult beverages, so you’ll understand when I was wondering what in the...
Noted Car Collector Ron Pratte Is Selling His Entire Collection At Barrett-Jackson In Scottsdale!
May 30, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Barrett-Jackson has just announced that ultra famous car collector Ron Pratte is going to be selling off his entire collection at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale. Pratte is known for being...
This Winnebago Burns The Hides Better Than John Force! A Motorhome Burnout Video You Won’t Believe.
May 30, 2014Chad ReynoldsFUNNY STUFF
You know how much we dig old motorhomes around here, and since the kids are all getting out of school and parent’s should be embarking on road trips, we are hoping that some of you BangShifters...
The Parting Shift: Powershifting Second Gear From Third Gear Is Not Good
May 30, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Thus far we’ve showcased guys really getting it done with manual transmissions with our Parting Shift items. Today we take an ominous turn into the world of fail. See that tach needle buried...
Friday BOOM: Here’s A Massive Nitrous Explosion From The 2009 Shakedown At E-Town
May 30, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This is Jeff Rodgers’ Executioner Pro Mod at the 2009 Shakedown at E-Town in Englishtown, New Jersey and at that race the car suffered one of the more massive nitrous pops we have ever...
A Classic Camaro Hit This Camry And The Camry Exploded Like It Was In A Jerry Bruckheimer Movie
May 30, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift APEX
We’ve been trying to dig up more photos and information on this crash that happened the other day in Kentucky but at this point we’re coming up empty handed. Basically the story is that a...
Craigslist Find: Is This 383 Chevy Powered, 1984 Pontiac T1000 Worth $4,000?
May 30, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
BangShifter Chris Cabe gets the credit for finding this mean spirited little car for sale on Craigslist and sharing it with us. The mean machine is a 1984 Pontiac T1000 which packs a 383 Chevy small...
USCA Daytona Gallery: Big Fun On The Tall Banks Of A Legendary American Racetrack – Pro Touring Gets Real
May 30, 2014Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries
(Photos by Mike Mendenhall/RideTech) – If the Ultimate Street Car Series has proven one thing thus far on the 2014 tour, it is that pro touring is not longer some sort of passing thing that was...
Mr. Bean Helped Save A Rich American Guy Who Wrecked His McLaren F1 In Italy
May 30, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift APEX
Rowan Atkinson, the British actor who plays the role of comedically weird Mr. Bean on stage and screen recently help rescue a rich American businessman who wrecked his McLaren F1 while on a driving...
Watch Tim Arfons Make A Run In His Front Engine Turbine Dragster – Now With The Devil’s Cigarette Lighter Fire Show
May 30, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
We’ve showed you video of Tim Arfons’ awesome recreation of the Green Monster front engine turbine dragster that he debuted last year before but this is the first one we have seen in 2014...
RideTech’s USCA Daytona Weekend Was Awesome – See How The Cars Performed, How They Thrashed To Fix Carnage, and More!
May 29, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, Apex Sponsor News, Apex Spotlight, BangShift APEX
Last weekend, the USCA visited the high banks of Daytona International Speedway and RideTech was there in force with a fleet of haul ass cars. The “house” cars were as varied as the...
Barnstormin’: Starting To Appreciate Less Than Eight
May 29, 2014Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
As you have seen here on the front page of BangShift, from time to time we review new cars. I actually get to drive a lot more cars than you see on these pages. Why? Well we pick and choose the ones...
