Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Car Anyone In Your Family Ever Owned?
With our BangShift Daily Tune Up being the “Little Old Lady From Pasadena”, it made me think about having a Granny that had a Super Stock Dodge. That would be cool! And then it got me...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” by Jan and Dean 1964
She’s the terror of Colorado Blvd, “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena”, and she loves her brand new shiny red Super Stock Dodge. So do we. And even though the song says that if we...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Custom Machine” By The Beach Boys 1963
Why don’t they write simple songs like this anymore that talk about how bitchin cars were and what was done to them? Who knows, but we sure dig listening to the old ones since they are so...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Do You Listen To For Advice On Speed Parts?
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...
New CDS Alternator and Accessory Drives From Chris Alston’s Chassisworks
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!
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?
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)
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...
BangShift.com Daily Tune Up: “Little Deuce Coupe” By The Beach Boys
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...
Ridetech Is Hiring! Have You Always Wanted A Gig With One Of The Aftermarket’s Best?
Ridetech, manufacturers of bitchin coil over and air ride suspension systems, is hiring! And if you have been looking for a new job in the aftermarket, or are looking to get into the the automotive...
Video: Fire, Fire, Fire! Fuel Line Failure At Motorvation 2013 Australian Supercruise
Dom O’Loughlin sent is this one yesterday, and it’s awesome in a bad way. While participating in the Motorvation 2013 Supercruise, where cars are going down the dragstrip and making laps...
Video Highlights From The 2013 PRO Winter Warmup NHRA Top Fuel And Funny Car Test Session
If you missed BangShift.com’s exclusive LIVE broadcast from the 2013 PRO Winter Warmup Top Fuel and Funny Car test session, where all of NHRA’s top nitro teams made their first passes of...
Video: Courtney Force Runs “World’s Fastest”, 322.73 MPH Funny Car Run, At PRO Winter Warmup
When Ron Capps ran 3.964 at 320.89 miles per hour at Englishtown during the 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season, it knocked the world on it’s ear. Well that same scenario went down in West...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Dead Man’s Curve” by Jan and Dean. Corvette vs Jaguar XKE vs Dead Man’s Curve
We’ve had some cool songs on our BangShift.com Daily Tune-Up, and when we ran the Beach Boys “Shut Down” a while back we asked if it was the ultimate street race song. A lot of you...