Benoit Pigeon 2016 Photo Highlight Reel: His Favorite Images From The Year That Was
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Our man Benoit Pigeon has had one hell of a 2016. The guys attended events all over the place, shot zillions of photos, and even launched his own publication which...
Best of 2016: Watch The First Side By Side Three Second Pass On Drag Radials – M/T Tires Of Course!
Let the great big book of drag racing history show that the first two guys ever to turn side by side three second elapsed times on drag radials were Dwayne Mills and Scott King. Mills was driving his...
We Want This Rare Opel Kadett Wagon So Bad We Almost Didn’t Share It
After drooling over the Famoso Speed Shop Opel Kadett last week, you can imagine our excitement when we say the wagon version for sale on our local Craigslist, especially given our infatuation with...
Roadkill! It’s The Roadkill Boys and the Mighty Car Mods Dudes Together At Last!
Here’s an episode that many Roadkill and Mighty Car Mods fans have been waiting for. For the first time we see two of the internet’s most popular automotive tandems together and having...
Best of 2016: 3-53 Detroit Diesel Powered 1970 Road Runner: Driving Video Of The Wackiest Swap Ever
We were tipped off to this video of a 3-53 Detroit Diesel Powered 1970 Road Runner by longtime BangShifter Erich Von Dussen who forwarded us the link. What you are about to see is a walk around and...
This Barn Find Barracuda Will Be Epic On The Strip Again
When you see an ad for a car like this Barn Find 1966 Barracuda, it makes the hair on your neck stand up. And when you read the ad, look at the photos, and realize what’s been done to this...
This 1973 Mercury Comet Is Stupid Clean And Would Great With The Front Wheels Up
As in wheelstands baby! Can’t you see this thing on an Outlaw 8.5 or MX 235 tire with the wheels in the air huffing nitrous or taking all the boost you could give it? Some would say that is a...
Holy Crap We Want This 7.50 Cert 1969 Toyota Corolla Drag Car! $9999!
We’re sure the Hemi headed 4 banger with the giant Precision Turbo on it is a great thing, but we’re glad this sucker is being sold as a rolller. We’d do something different. But...
Customs and Hot Rods of Andice Is Building An Insane, Steel, 1950 Mercury Coupe For Drag Week!
(Photos John Jackson/Good-guys.com) – In the realm of “HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME”, the 1950 Mercury coupe that Customs and Hot Rods of Andice is building for Hot Rod Magazine Drag...
Brighten Up Your Man Cave With One Of These ‘Legends Of Nitro’ 2017 Calendars!
Every year our friends at Stith Printing and Legends of Nitro compile some of the best photography available to create real, old school, wall-hanging printed calendars. In previous years, owner Kevin...
Minitruck Monday: This 1977 King Cab Datsun Is Street Machine Ready!
This is just one of three Minitrucks that we’ll be drooling over this Monday morning. We’ve decided that we’ll pick three from Craigslist, and spotlight it for one of three uses,...
Merry Christmas Done Right! The Guys From Joe Dart Racing Fry The Hides With A Tree On The Roof
Brandan Gant and his Dart may be familiar to BangShift readers as Gant is a multi-time participant in Hot Rod Magazine Drag Weekend and in 2015 Gant won the end of event bracket race in the very Dart...
2016 Drag Racing Memories: Shane Westerfield and Jeff Jones Nearly Marry Two Funny Cars In Dallas
I saw a LOT of close calls in 2016 during my time calling drag races. Whether we’re talking wild NMRA and NMCA small tire stuff to the traditional NHRA scene, there’s never a shortage of...
