Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Frozen Speed Video: ORSA Weekend Ice Land Speed Racing From Sweden
Mar 14, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Frozen Speed Video: ORSA Weekend Ice Land Speed Racing From Sweden
As we mentioned, we’ll have a big gallery of photos from the ORSA Weekend event held in Sweden last weekend. This is land speed racing on a massive frozen lake in Sweden. Everything from rocket...
The 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Television Show Airs Tonight!
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on The 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Television Show Airs Tonight!
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge is truly the premier competition amongst the best Pro Touring cars in the country, and the world. Taking place each year, the weekend after the SEMA show...
Painful Fail Video: A Snowmobile Crosses a Creek and Eats a Tree
Mar 11, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Painful Fail Video: A Snowmobile Crosses a Creek and Eats a Tree
Here’s a video that shows how one can go from hero to bone crushing failure in about half a second. In the film, you’ll see a snowmobile launch off to skip across a creek somewhere out in...
Bitchin’ Old Video: A Collection of 1936 Chevrolet Newsreels
Mar 09, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Bitchin’ Old Video: A Collection of 1936 Chevrolet Newsreels
Old promotional newsreel films are always a gas. This collection of Chevrolet-centric films from 1936 does not disappoint. There’s a bevy of bathing beauties using the car as a water slide and...
New Video From the Best Engine Explosion Ever, HD Detail of The Exploded Mill!
Mar 09, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on New Video From the Best Engine Explosion Ever, HD Detail of The Exploded Mill!
A short while back, we found video of the Never Satisfied pulling tractor exploding and launching the engine right out of it’s chassis. We were actually the first people to post that video and...
The Parting Shift: Pulling Gears With the Front End in the Sky!
Mar 05, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift: Pulling Gears With the Front End in the Sky!
We’ve been Parting Shift delinquent for the last two weeks, so we wanted to get back into the groove with a good one. This helmet cam video shows Doug Lambeck, racing his A/Stock Automatic...
Video: Parts 1 through 4 of Ridetech’s Johnny Merder Hot Rodding his Grand dad’s 1965 Chevy Pickup
Mar 04, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Parts 1 through 4 of Ridetech’s Johnny Merder Hot Rodding his Grand dad’s 1965 Chevy Pickup
Some of us are lucky enough to own a car or truck that once belonged to a beloved family member. And some of those cars and trucks were bought new by said family member. Such is the case with Johnny...
Car Feature: 800 Horsepower 1964 Dodge 330 by Renteria Bros.
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Car Feature: 800 Horsepower 1964 Dodge 330 by Renteria Bros.
Mike Renteria Sr.’s 1964 Dodge 330 makes 800 horsepower out of a 496ci big-block Mopar wedge motor, gets driven and shown regularly, and belongs to a man who is 70 years old. Mike is the father...
Video: A BangShift Approved Wheelstander Golf Cart
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: A BangShift Approved Wheelstander Golf Cart
Wheelstanders rank as our favorite drag strip exhibition attractions. Sure, the jets are cool and put on a great show, but damn if we aren’t caught up in the idea of steering a car with the...
Splosion Video: A Mud Bogging Lincoln Trar Literally Grenades a Transmission
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Splosion Video: A Mud Bogging Lincoln Trar Literally Grenades a Transmission
Transmissions really bear the brunt of a lot of automotive abuse. Mud bogging may be one of the harshest environs for a slush box to operate in. This video proves that statement in a damned graphic...
Cool Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Take Hot Rod’s Crusher Camaro on a Road Trip to Arizona
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Take Hot Rod’s Crusher Camaro on a Road Trip to Arizona
Hot Rod Magazine’s Crusher Camaro has seen many engine and transmission combinations over the years. The current version is certainly a fan favorite. Decked out in 1980s spec garb and sporting...
Awesome Video: The Trailer for a Documentary on Mike Charlton’s Bucks Down Quest for the Motorcycle LSR Record
Mar 01, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: The Trailer for a Documentary on Mike Charlton’s Bucks Down Quest for the Motorcycle LSR Record
Eastlake, Ohio’s Mike Charlton is a man of action, not empty words. He’s build and ridden his supercharged V8 exhibition drag bike for years. He constructed a jet powered semi-truck for...
Pomona NHRA Top Fuel Winner Interview: Morgan Lucas Talks to BangShift During Pre-Season Testing
Feb 28, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Pomona NHRA Top Fuel Winner Interview: Morgan Lucas Talks to BangShift During Pre-Season Testing
When we scheduled all these interviews to run here on BangShift, we had no freakin’ clue that Morgan Lucas was about the kick eveyone’s ass out in Pomona, but hey, it worked out great for...
Pro Stock Chat: Catching Up With Shane Gray at the Las Vegas Pre Season Pro Stock Test
Feb 28, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Pro Stock Chat: Catching Up With Shane Gray at the Las Vegas Pre Season Pro Stock Test
Here’s the younger half of another father/son tandem on the NHRA tour, Shane Gray. Shane’s dad Johnny was most recently a Pro Stock driver who has made the leap back into the nitro Funny...





