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Category Archive: Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News

Amazing Sprint Car Wreckage Photos – American Sprint Car Series from Battleground Speedway – Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – With respect to unpredictable action, it doesn’t get much better than winged sprint cars. Charles Wickam was at Battleground Speedway in Texas last weekend to...

BangShift New Car Review: The 2012 Buick Regal GS [w/video]

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buick fans, it’s time to tell your friends that “Going Fast with Class” is back! After seven days and seven hundred-plus miles behind the wheel of a 2012 Buick...

MSD’s 8th Annual Employee Picnic/Car Show Coming May 4th – BE THERE!

The annual MSD employee picnic and car show is coming on May 4th. If you are in the greater El Paso, Texas area you need to make a point of stopping by to hang out. The employees of MSD are not just...

Swap Meet Gallery: The Spring 2012 Maple Grove Swap Meet

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – While lots of guys like to ring the “eBay killed the swap meet” bell, we’re not 100% buying it yet. Between the and this gallery of photos from the...

Viper V10 Maverick Project Update Video – The Project Moves Ahead!

Video guy Jason Lewis’s Ford Maverick that has been repowered with a Viper V10 is one of the nastiest home crafted projects we have seen in a while.  Jason is a regular schmo like the rest of...

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Watch a Triple Turbocharged DT466 Diesel Powered Dragster Run Down the Strip – Smoke A-Plenty!

We saw a link to this video posted over at YellowBullet and thought that the BS world would want to get a look at one of the weirdest and wildest dragsters we have laid eyes on in a good, long time....

Swap Meet Gallery: The 2012 Haul of Fame Swap Meet – Plainfield, CT

With a beautiful Spring Saturday looming and no plans to do anything, I was placed on the spot by my wife Kerri to find us an adventure. Being that it is still a touch early in the season to catch a...

Driveway Tech: Bodywork on Buford T Justice – We Close Our Roof Hole For Fun and (NO) Profit!

Few jobs will give you the self-satisfaction of repairing the outside of your hot rod, project, or racer. Yes, screwing together a fire breathing engine will give you levels of joy that will make you...

Event Gallery: The Orange Plaza Car Show – Orange, California

(Photos by Chad) – With the vibe of a small town center, a setting that has been used to film lots of commercials and tv shows, and the location that literally have Circle City Hot Rods their...

Irwindale Drag Strip to Re-Open 4/26 — SUPPORT THE STRIP!

Excellent news for LA area racers as it has been announced that the drag strip at Irwindale Speedway will be re-opening next week on 4/26. Apparently on 4/19 the new management will take control and...

The Parting Shift: A Bad Ass and Drama Free Stick Box Strip Pass

Yeah, we’re late with this week’s Parting Shift, but that is OK. The video of this expertly driven, slickly shifted Mustang is worth it. Normally I like to hunt down huge wheelies, or...

Scrapple: The BangShift Guide to Automotive Crap That Happened This Week You Care Nothing About

It has been far too long since we last came at you with some scrapple here on BangShift. Chad and I have been working our asses off on a model rocket project in North Korea as of late and that has...

Watch A 7-Second Aussie Ford Capri Barrel Roll Twice and Land on the Wheels at the Strip!

There is no such thing as a “good” way to barrel roll your car down a drag strip, but this racer seems to pull it off with the least possible amount of damage to his car. According to the...

Shop Tour: Schwartz Performance – Awesome Pro Touring Builds Inside!

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Jeff Schwartz has long established himself as one of the most innovative and creative thinkers in the realm of pro touring/g-machine type cars. From his own 1982...