Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION
NitroAmerica’s Epic Behind The Scenes Video Of Tony Bartone’s First Win In Nostalgia Top Fuel
At the 2013 New England Hot Rod Reunion, we watched the fastest Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster in history get it’s first win. Despite previous attempts at victory at both the March Meet and...
Craigslist Find: This 1960 International B-162 Wrecker Is The Greatest
I once considered myself lucky to be surrounded by gearhead friends. You know the ones. The people always supporting wacky ideas regarding project cars, the ones you’d drink beer and thrash...
This Video For The 2014 Claas Xerion Will Make You Understand Why I Love Tractors
…or it won’t, either way I’m good with it. I have to thank BangShift reader Jason Reinert for sending me the link to this video in an email entitled, “Holy crap you will love...
Video: This 10,000 RPM Dyno Pull Of A 500ci A/Dragster Comp Eliminator Motor Is The Best Thing You Will Hear All Week
Book Racing Engines is a place we have told you about before. From pro stock mills to competition eliminator killers, the crew at BRE build some really awesome engines. In this video you’ll see...
PRO Winter Warmup 2014 Racing And Interviews Video Replay
Here you go folks. If you missed any of our LIVE streaming video broadcast from the 2014 PRO Winter Warmup at Palm Beach International Raceway, you missed a lot. But don’t fret, cause...
Racing Video: Watch This Subaru Bang Gears Into The 8s
I have a serious infatuation with Subarus, to be more specific the ‘93-’01 generation of Impreza WRX and STi. For reasons still inexcusable to me, the remainder of the world was offered these...
Action Gallery: The 2014 Chili Bowl! Wheels Up, Sideways, Clay Flying Photos!
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – So, it’s the middle of winter and all the drag cars are still in hibernation in our neck of the woods and we needed a fix of racing fuel fumes to help...
Ridetech’s Barrett Jackson Week Is Over: Both Cars Sold And Fun Was Had By All
Last week, and through the weekend, the guys from Ridetech were at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale Arizona. We were completely jealous because of all the cool stuff they got...
An Awesome Henry J Gasser Project We Found On Craigslist And Want Bad!
Gassers are cool. And Henry J’s are cool as gassers, so when we found this one on Craigslist here in Southern California we started drooling immediately. It’s got some cool patina to it...
This High Speed On-Truck Video From Ford’s Dakar Effort Is Screaming V8 Goodness
While the Ford V8 powered Ranger completed the 2014 Dakar Rally and landed in 22nd place and fought through some troubles along the way, we’d call the effort somewhat of a success. First off,...
BangShift Becomes Official Media Partner Of ChumpCar World Series! Your Home For All Things Chump Is Right Here!
We’ve never argued the fact that Chad and I are a couple of chumps, but we have now made it 100% official! We’re beyond proud to announce that BangShift.com is now the official media...
Action Video: Watch Jimmie Lynch Torture A 1936 Plymouth!
When it comes to “Best job to talk about at a party”, stunt driver must rank pretty far up the list. Sure, being an astronaut would take the cake and being a doctor isn’t shabby by any means,...
Bitchin’ Video: Watch a Seriously Bad Ass 1973 Camaro Attack the Autocross
So in this video we have a hood view of Brian Hobaugh’s gnarly sounding 1973 Camaro attacking the autocross. Brian’s orange screamer is well known and has gotten lots of ink in magazines...
Great Gasser And Funny Car Race Jim “Fireball” Shores Has Died At 86 Years Old
A tough weekend for drag racing legends for sure as Ken Dondero passed away and now news comes in that gasser and funny car great Jim Shores has died. Shores was the wrenching half of the famed...