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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

Snavely is BACK! Plus We Release His Epic Crash Video from SCSN 2011

For those of you who weren’t watching during our huge LIVE broadcast at the 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals, you missed an amazingly scary crash. For those that were with us, you know the...

Chadmouth: The IndyCar Edition Including Photos and Video!

So, the Monday before the Long Beach Grand Prix our guy Jimi Day, with Optima Batteries, calls and says “Hey bud, Optima is a sponsor of the World Challenge Series and I have some credentials for...

SEMA Needs Help to Exempt all Pre-1981 Vehicles from SMOG in California!

Editors Note: California sucks with regards to Emissions Laws. Regardless of their impact on the environment, we can’t change parts unless a company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars...

DIYAutoTune.com: New 4-barrel Throttle Bodies plus Spy Photos of other cool stuff!

If you are a guy who likes tweaking on electronic stuff, and you haven’t checked out DIYAutoTune.com, you are missing out. Not only do they have great products for the do it yourself EFI...

BIG NEWS FROM FAST: LSX-R 102mm Intakes are Smog Legal and EZ-EFI is Guaranteed Forever!

FAST just announced that their 102mm LSX R intake manifolds are now legal in all 50 States, and that FAST EZ-EFI now comes with a Lifetime Guarantee, which reminded us that we are a bunch of spoiled...

Viva Las Vegas 2012: Traditionals, Metal Flake, and Chicks Galore

In true BangShift fashion, our dudes on the street have once again delivered. Newell Ruggles, one of our crack photographers, has a bunch of cool photos from the Viva Las Vegas show in Las Vegas this...

Traxxas Race Day: Kids get in FREE at NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at ZMax, RC Funny Cars, and More

Traxxas,The Fastest Name in Radio Control, not only has the baddest RC cars on earth, but has stepped up in a big way as the title sponsor on Courtney Force’s Fuel Funny Car and has a killer...

Ron Capps Gets a New Crew Chief: Rahn Tobler to turn the screws after restructuring at Don Schumacher Racing.

BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Rahn Tobler has been named crew chief for the NAPA AUTO PARTS Funny Car of Ron Capps effective immediately, team owner Don Schumacher announced Wednesday. Tim Richards...

Chadmouth: Rental Cars Rule! You paid for them, so use them.

Let’s face it, most of us don’t drive like idiots all the time. Sometimes…but not all the time. Sure, we will do the occasional burnout, hang the ass end out, or brake check our buddies, but...

BangShift FREE LIVE Streaming Video of the So Cal Challenge Pro Touring Event March 29!

We told you we would be bringing you more Pro Touring action in 2012, and it starts tomorrow! Black Ink Media and No Limit Engineering have brought together a killer cast of characters, including our...

Gasser Racing Series Announces 8 Race Schedule for 2012 Season

If you haven’t heard of the Gasser Racing Series, you are missing out. With only two classes, a requirement for open headers, and an everything goes except Nitro mentality, this series is...

The NHRA Winternationals Saturday Qualifying…Three rounds only, due to rain!

After some drizzle and delay in the morning that virtually assured Sportsman racers that they would be having their final rounds on Monday here at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals,...

The NHRA Winternationals “Behind the Scenes: Wet Edition” Saturday 2012

It was supposed to maybe drizzle on us on Saturday morning of the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona on Saturday. It did. It also drizzled on us some more in the afternoon. Then...

NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel, and Funny Car Action Gallery Day Two 2012

We had a busy day at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals on Friday. The sun was out, the crowd was thick, and there was plenty of racing action to catch. In fact, so much that we had a...