Moist Turkey: A History Of American Sports Cavalcade Swamp Buggy Coverage Hosted by Steve Evans! He Raced!
Nov 22, 2018Brian Lohnes2
Two things that we’ve made abundantly clear since BangShift started are (1) Steve Evans ruled the roost when it came to racing announcers on TV and (2) watching Swamp Buggy races on TNN’s...
Stuffed Turkey: The First Mustang Was Built In The Late 1940s, Not By Ford, And It Looked Like This – Cool Story!
Nov 22, 2018Brian Lohnes2
Ford is set to reveal the 2015 Mustang on December 5th and we’re in for a year of Mustang celebrations because 2014 is the 50th anniversary of the famous pony car’s debut. What if we told...
Craigslist Find: This 1962 W300 Dodge Power Wagon Is Big, Burly, and Just Rough Enough
Nov 21, 2018Brian Lohnes3
Well I have to blame or thank my pal Alan Reinhart, voice of the NHRA for the tip on this big, rumbling 1962 W300 Dodge Power Wagon that’s currently for sale. The truck is what I would call...
Lube Job: You Can Add Driven Racing Oil Products To Your COMP Cams Order And You Should
Nov 21, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Lube Job: You Can Add Driven Racing Oil Products To Your COMP Cams Order And You Should
If there is one critical decision you have to make beyond what the specs of your camshaft and valve train parts have, it is what oil you’ll add to your engine after their installation. We hear...
Watch A WWII Runway Get Rolled Out Like A Carpet – 14 Hours From Wheat Field To Air Strip
Nov 20, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch A WWII Runway Get Rolled Out Like A Carpet – 14 Hours From Wheat Field To Air Strip
Color us surprised! We knew that there were loads of methods of creating air strips quickly during WWII but we had no idea that one of them was basically rolling one out like a carpet! The video...
SEMA 2018: Our Pals At Flowmaster, B&M, and Hurst Had Loads Of Cool Stuff To See!
Nov 20, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2018: Our Pals At Flowmaster, B&M, and Hurst Had Loads Of Cool Stuff To See!
(Photos by the author) – When it comes to amazingly diverse product lines, our pals at Flowmaster, B&M, and Hurst kind of lead the way. We’re talking exhaust systems that sound great...
Racing Junk Find: You’ve Never Craved A 440ci Chrysler Big Block Powered Pulling Freightliner?
Nov 19, 2018Brian Lohnes3
Big rig pulling trucks are awesome in whatever form they show up in, seriously. Whether they are worked, long-nose big rigs with huge diesel engines or machines like this with a stubby design and of...
Stop! It’s Already Dead: This Ford Ranger Takes A Brutal Beating At A Tough Truck Course!
Nov 17, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Nothing lasts forever. Nothing. It doesn’t matter how well you try to preserve something, eventually time and age will have their way with the materials and soon it will return to the Earth...
2018 GALOT Motorsports Park Monster Truck Throwdown Action Photos – High Flyin’ Fun With Awesome Trucks
Nov 16, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 GALOT Motorsports Park Monster Truck Throwdown Action Photos – High Flyin’ Fun With Awesome Trucks
(Photos by David Whealon) – When we look at these great action photos taken by David Whealon at GALOT Motorsports Park during the 2018 Monster Truck Throwdown event we can’t but help...
2018 Monster Truck Throwdown At GALOT Motorsports Park – Flying Trucks, Mashed Up Cars!
Nov 15, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 Monster Truck Throwdown At GALOT Motorsports Park – Flying Trucks, Mashed Up Cars!
(Photos by David Whealon – DWPhotos) – GALOT Motorsports Park continues to be one of the true gems of the American racing landscape these days through the diversity of events that they...
With New Chevrolet Performance Parts, You Can Turn Your Colorado ZR2 Into An Off-Road Beast
Nov 15, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on With New Chevrolet Performance Parts, You Can Turn Your Colorado ZR2 Into An Off-Road Beast
When the Chevrolet ZR2 appeared on the new S-10 in 1994, it was a model that required attention. This wasn’t just a callout four-wheel-drive model…sporting a three-inch lift, a track...
This Vintage 1980s Monster Truck Video Features Rare Beasts: Six-Foot And Super Pete Among Them!
Nov 14, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on This Vintage 1980s Monster Truck Video Features Rare Beasts: Six-Foot And Super Pete Among Them!
When it comes to things that instantly take me back to my childhood, 1980s monster truck video clips are just the ticket. Pressing play on the video below will likely do the same for you and...
Is That Even A Road?! Russian Extreme Off-Roading Looks Like Automotive Ultimate Survivor!
Nov 14, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
In American videos of off-roading, you see old trucks, sport-utes and anything else with four-wheel drive climbing over rocks, splashing through water and playing in the mud until the eventual point...
One Good Turn Deserves Another: The Story Of “The Pandra” And The California Wildfires
Nov 13, 2018Bryan McTaggart8
The Camp Fire that is burning in California right now is the state’s most deadly fire on record. As of writing, the death toll is up to forty-two, over 20,000 acres have been blackened, over...










