Slo-Mo Video Perfection: 427ci, A Four Speed, A Wheelie, And All On Hammerhead IRS!
Jul 06, 2017Brian Lohnes4
Our pals at Hammerhead IRS shot us a link to the video below and we know that our big block loving, wheelie appreciating, four speed hammering readership would be totally into it. The Hammerhead IRS...
Project Weapon X Update: The Drag Week Project Thrash Advances – Big Progress!
Jul 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1
(By Robert Willliams) – With my departure date for Power Tour set for tomorrow as I write this, the Weapon X project is still behind schedule, but ground is being made up. With the rearend...
Meet The Enemy: This Monster Pontiac Grand Am Is Brutal In All Of The Right Ways!
Jul 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Meet The Enemy: This Monster Pontiac Grand Am Is Brutal In All Of The Right Ways!
“The Enemy”. If there was one car that could be considered the enemy, the N-body Pontiac Grand Am was certainly it. One of the many clone copies of the same car pouring out of GM in the...
Super Summit 2017 Photo Coverage: When The World’s Speed Shop Throws A Party At Norwalk You KNOW It’s Fun!
Jul 05, 2017Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Listen, it isn’t like you needed us to reinforce this fact but but when one of the largest speed parts peddlers on Earth throws a party at a drag strip they...
Mopars At The Grove 2017: Killer Chryslers In The Pits and On The Strip!
Jul 05, 2017Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While we all know Joe Grippo as a resident Ford loving maniac here at BangShift his better half is a Mopar owner and that’s why he keeps a foot (half a foot?) in...
Sad News: Terry Chandler Has Passed Away – Drag Racing Lover, Philanthropist, Supporter Of Make A Wish and Infinite Hero Funny Cars
Jul 05, 2017Brian Lohnes6
(Photo credit: Don Schumacher Racing) – You’ll read a lot about Terry Chandler in the coming days and it is all true. She has had a great and positive impact on a great many people in...
Have You Been Missing The J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Shows On Fox Sports? Start To Catch Up Right Here!
Jul 05, 2017Brian Lohnes2
If you are a fan of the NHRA J&A Service pro mod series and have been looking to watch the J&A Service NHRA pro mod shows on Fox Sports but missed them, boy have we got a deal for you! The...
Danny Gerber’s Consistency Wins First Of Two UNFC Northwest Invitationals!
Jul 04, 2017Darr HawthorneComments Off on Danny Gerber’s Consistency Wins First Of Two UNFC Northwest Invitationals!
(Photos by Kim Fuller) This year, United Nitro Funny Cars has stepped-up the competition on the west coast by holding two Invitational drag races in the Pacific Northwest, one at Spokane County...
Watch Tony Zizzo’s Massive Engine Explosion From The 2015 US Nationals – So Intense You Can See Actual Parts!
Jul 04, 2017Brian Lohnes2
One of the personal highlights for me at the 2015 US Nationals was seeing Tony Zizzo and his family running their top fuel dragster again. I know Tony from when he was a staple runner on the IHRA...
Certified For Street Use: This Ford Wagon Aims High At The Coffeyville Street Drags!
Jul 04, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
We were live at the Coffeyville Street Drags recently, and got to see the cool action that the folks from Urban Hillbilly Videos had known about for some time. Ok, let’s be accurate: Chad was...
Ate Up With Motor: The Metronome – The Craziest Car In English Drag Racing History
Jul 04, 2017Brian Lohnes3
Most people in the USA have never seen or heard of a Bond Bug micro car unless you watch the rebroadcasts of the English car show Wheeler Dealers or you’ve run into one at a museum. A Bond Bug...
Napierville BOOM! Watch This Camaro Blow Its Hood Off When Trying To Restart At The Strip
Jul 02, 2017Brian Lohnes2
If there is one thing that stinks for nitrous racers it is when their car quits, the nitrous is still flowing and they hit the starter button. This is evidenced clearly by the guy in the video below...
Watch This Awesome Sleeper Saturn SL2 Destroy A Fifth Gen Camaro On The Strip
Jul 01, 2017Brian Lohnes3
BangShifter Scott Sousa has one of the most awesome little humiliation machines we have ever seen and he was cool enough to send us the inside dirt on the car along with the some video of the thing...
Ouch! Watch This High Powered Dodge Dart Spit Its Rear Axle Out While Terrorizing The Streets
Jul 01, 2017Brian Lohnes2
We have all had a public automotive “whoopsie” in our hot rodding careers, right? Maybe you threw a driveshaft out pulling hole shots, maybe you got busted doing a burnout, or maybe that...










