Category Archive: Event Coverage, OTHER
PRI 2014: A Collection Of Photos Featuring Engines And Just Engines – Gas, Diesels, V8s, Four Bangers, Turbos, Blowers, More!
One of the reasons we love the 2014 PRI show (like every other year of the PRI show) is that the whole thing is chocked with hardcore parts and components. There are no light up blinky things, no...
The Biggest Hell’s Angel That Ever Lived Was Also One Of The Scariest – The Story Of Armond Bletcher
(Perhaps the most interesting and frightening that BangShift stumbled upon in 2014 was Armond Bletcher. His story reads like it is straight out of the script from the Sons of Anarchy television show....
PRI 2014: The New FAST LSXr Tunable Intake Has Multiple Runner Options That You Can Swap Yourself! Tune The Intake For Your Combo And Grow With It
There’s a ton of new, innovative and interesting stuff here at PRI 2014 and this new FAST LSRx Intake is one of those things. With the ability for the end user to literally tune the thing to...
It’s A Treasure Trove Of History! Check Out These Old Chicago Auto Show Clips!
Photos and footage from any of the big auto shows are excellent snapshots into the history of automobiles, something we have spent tons of time perusing through YouTube for over the years. However,...
Historical Video: The Official Introduction Of The 1992 Dodge Viper
By the late 1980s Chrysler’s K-car renaissance was getting stale and sales showed it. The management knew that they had to bring out something special in order to stir up new interest, and...
If You Are Looking For Tips On How To Race Your Bike, This Video Will Show You Everything You Should Not Do
Drag racing, even at the amateur level, isn’t as easy as it looks. Hitting the gas and driving a straight line for a quarter mile can present it’s challenges, and most of them are at the...
Ford Confirms Formation of “Ford Performance” and Upcoming Focus RS
Details of Ford’s plans have started to appear a good month early of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and even the tiny confirmations are certainly hinting towards an...
PRI 2014: This Twin Whipple Blown, 640ci, 2,000hp On 93 Octane, Goodwin Competition Semi-Hemi Is The Most Awesome Engine Here
Wisconsin’s Goodwin Competition builds some of the nastiest drag race, truck/tractor pulling, and racing boat engines that we have ever seen. It is always neat to check in with those guys at...
See That VW Golf Smashed Between Those Two Trucks? Not Only Did The Driver Live, But Escaped Without Major Injury!
An English woman is exceptionally lucky to be alive after her Volkswagen Golf was crushed between a dumpster-hauling truck and a tractor-trailer yesterday in Essex. The 27-year-old woman was waiting...
Photos Of Race Cars And Cool Parts From Day One Of PRI 2014
PRI 2014, aka the Performance Racing Industry Show 2014, is like mecca for race car guys. No place else in the world has a cooler variety of race parts and race cars, all in one place where you can...
Question Of The Day: Could The 1964 Barracuda Have Outdone The Mustang If Plymouth Hid It’s Origins Better?
The Ford Mustang gets the credit for creating the pony car market, but it wasn’t the first car to take the compact car and try to sell it to younger people. That distinction goes to the...
Christmas Caroling, BangShift-Style: Punching A Trail Through The Snow In An AWD 300C To “Carol of the Bells”
Regardless of whether or not a metric ton of snow fell overnight, sooner or later you’re gonna have to go out in it. A good snowblower will take care of your driveway and maybe the first couple...
PRI 2014: MUST SEE! Holley’s HydraMat Just Changed The Fuel System Game In A Big Way!
We seriously didn’t see this coming. Holley is debuting a part on Thursday at the PRI Show that will change fuel systems forever! Seriously. Read on. In the past couple years, fuel system...
Second Man Who Stole Parts Off Paul Walker’s Porsche Sentenced To Jail
The second man who was involved with the theft of the roof panel of the Porsche Carrera GT that Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas died in has been sentenced to six months in jail and three years...