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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

BangShift Question Of The Day: Does It Bother You That People Always Want To Exploit Wrecks And Stuff Before They Know Everyone Is OK?

If you read my Chadmouth for today, you know that it pisses me off when people rush to the fence at a drag race, autocross, midget race, or whatever, and pull out their phones to take pictures and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Closest Racing Facility To You And Do You Support It?

The earlier item we ran with the cool old drag racing video from Missouri and Iowa in the late 1960s featured two tracks that are currently dead and gone. It got us to thinking about our local...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Is The New Delta Wing Coupe Super Cool or Too Weird?

The Delta Wing race car has been running at tracks across the world for a couple of seasons now. Originally designed as a replacement chassis for IndyCar, the innovative machine was not chosen for...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is the Most Annoying Thing You Have Ever Had Happen To You, Or Have Seen At A Race?

As an announcer, one of the things that annoys me is when racers can’t follow directions. When they end up staging up for a run group or class and are in the wrong place. When they can’t...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which American Factory Turbo Car Stands As The Coolest Ever?

There have been lots of turbocharged cars trotted out by American manufacturers over the years, with varying levels of success. Today’s landscape is far different than the days of yore with...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Weirdest/Coolest Thing You’ve Seen At A Swap Meet Lately?

While cruising through the swap meet in Bakersfield, I happened upon the contraption below and it stopped me dead in my tracks. It appears to be a propane draw through carb and turbo setup that is on...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Important Is Paint To You?

After seeing a lot of cool cars with fantastic paint in the Detroit Autorama gallery earlier today and then the little mini-feature on the 1954 Chevy we say at Famoso, today has been filled with...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Event Are You Most Looking Forward To Attending This Year?

After a great weekend of action at the 2013 March Meet, one of the things I was most excited to do is in the books. It’ll be a busy year for us here at BS with event season really starting to...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Ugliest American Car?

So this one may ruffle a feather or two. We’re interested in hearing your opinion on the ugliest American car of all time. There’s the low hanging fruit of blurting our something like the...

Caption These Photos: Bringing A New Meaning To Road Ranger

(Photos by Jon Wall) – My pal and funny car driving hot shoe Jon Wall went on a mission on Saturday to NJ with another dude to inspect a funny car that was for sale. On the way down they passed...

Question Of The Day: What Would The Hot Rodding And Aftermarket World Look Like If The LS-Engine Never Came Out?

Kind of an interesting thought, right? The Pontiac guys are probably still boiling about the Trans Am we posted earlier, the Mustang guys see red when a Fox body has an LS in it and then there are...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Off-Road Race Would You Most Want To Drive In?

I’ve been to Baja, have been a Paris Dakar fan for decades, think WRC drivers are awesome, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing rules, and know that most all of the drivers at any of these, or countless...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Engine Swap Would Be The Ultimate Sacrilege?

Last night on PowerShift LIVE, Brian and I discussed some crazy engine swaps and was was wrong and/or right about them. Swaps like the 426 Max Wedge Engine that was found in the Barn Find ’57...

Cool Or Creepy: Retro Body Kits For Chevy Trucks

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Ok, so as of late I have been pretty harsh about body kits and that type of stuff. Probably too harsh, but that’s over now. Greg Rourke sent in a couple of...