Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Car Toy You’ve Ever Gotten?
With the holidays over, it’s totally legit to take back that sweater than Aunt Elma sent you so you can trade it in on car parts, or booze, or fun car toys. Here at the West Coast headquarters...
Irwindale Speedway Signs Deal With NASCAR! More Racing To Come
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...
Troy Ladd’s Hollywood Hot Rods: Behind The Scenes Presented By Comp Cams
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
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...
PowerShift LIVE: REPLAY AVAILABLE NOW. CLICK HERE. It’s the Chad and Brian Show!
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
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?
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....
10% OFF Everything Sale At American Powertrain Through Jan 12th!
So many of you BangShifters bought stuff from American Powertrain during their two end of the year sales in 2012 that they decided they might as well do another one. And you guys are the ones that...
ALL BURNOUTS! Nostalgia Video From The California Hot Rod Reunion. Les Mayhew Has Outdone Himself
If you are like me and don’t give a damn about all the football games going on today, then here is something that will make your day go much, much better. Les Mayhew has put together another...
Thank You BangShift Sponsors! Here’s To Another Great Year Together
We got started late this morning because we figured that most of you would be sleeping one off after last night, but we just wanted to give one more shout out here on Day One of the Best Year In...
Ridetech Announces 1,000,001 Mile Shock and Strut Warranty. No BS, Their Stuff Will Last, And They Are Standing Behind It!
A few weeks ago Ridetech President and Owner Bret Voelkel sent me an email asking me what I thought of a new program that he wanted to launch where any Ridetech shocks bought after January 1, 2013...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! From All Of Us At BANGSHIFT.COM!
Happy New Year!!! It’s been a wild and crazy but super bitchin ride in 2012 for us here at BangShift.com and we hope that you have enjoyed it as much as we have. We also hope that 2012 has been...
Thank You BangShift.com Contributors! We Owe You For All The Crashes, Wheelstands, Stories, and Coverage.
WE RULE!!! No, really, we do… BangShift.com is the coolest place on the web because we have the greatest guys and gals ever contributing to what we do. Each and every week throughout 2012,...
Lucas Oil Needs Your Help: They Need 78 More Likes On Facebook To Hit 40,000. LIKE THEM NOW!
We’re excited for Lucas Oil because they are almost at 40,000 likes on Facebook and need your help to get over the hump today! We have to help them do it today because that was they can start...