Category Archive: BangShift News
COURTNEY FORCE ANNOUNCES TRAXXAS SPONSORSHIP FOR ROOKIE SEASON IN NITRO FUNNY CAR
Courtney Force announced today that she will field a nitro Funny Car with the backing of Traxxas remote control vehicles on the 2012 NHRA tour. She will of course be a part of the massive John Force...
CORVETTE DAYTONA PROTOTYPE QUICKEST IN DAYTONA 24 HOURS TESTING!
For the first time in the 50 years history of the 24 Hours of Daytona there will be Corvette bodied machines competing in Daytona Prototype category and it looks like they’ll be bringing the...
ROBBIE GORDON FACING DQ AT DAKAR RALLY – HAS BEEN DRIVING LIKE A MAN POSSESSED
Robby Gordon, who has been driving his Hummer entry at the 2012 Dakar Rally like a man with his hair on fire is facing a DQ on what seem to be some flimsy grounds, according to several news reports...
AWESOME SHOP TOUR VIDEO: AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT SCOTT SHAFIROFF RACING ENGINES
If you are a drag racer or drag racing fan you know the name Scott Shafiroff and more specifically his business, Scott Shafiroff Racing Engines. Scott teamed up with BS to help sponsor our live video...
CAPTION THIS PHOTO: WHAT ARE THESE GUYS SAYING TO EACH OTHER WHILE WRENCHING ON THE JEEP?
The original Jeep is one of the reasons we’re not a German or Japanese speaking country currently. Tough as nails, maneuverable, and able to traverse virtually every type of terrain it ever...
CLAY MILLICAN TO RUN ENTIRE NHRA SEASON WITH PARTS PLUS SPONSORSHIP
Clay Millican, the most dominant Top Fuel racer in IHRA history will be running the full 2012 NHRA schedule with packing from the Parts Plus automotive parts distributor network. This will be the...
WATCH CRAZY ARABIAN DUNE RACERS RIP UP THE SAND – NEW TOP FUEL PILOT AL-BALOOSHI AMONG THEM
One of the cooler motor sports we’ve never gotten to see in person is the unique style of sand drags/hill climbs that are contested over in Arabia. These are wild tube chassis trucks with...
SAD NEWS: RIGHT HAND MAN OF DON GARLITS T.C, LEMONS PASSES
Tommy “TC” Lemons died yesterday in Ocala, Florida. Lemons was the long time sidekick of Don Garlits and one of the men responsible for sorting out the rear engine Top Fuel Dragster along...
WATCH A SHIFTER KART RACER EXPERIENCE A SCARY WRECK FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT ANGLES!
Shifter kart racing is pretty serious business. These little demon like mechanical creatures own the track records at many road courses, are blindingly fast, and can corner like no one’s...
WATCH THE INFAMOUS SWEDISH ICE RACING CAMARO LET IT ALL HANG OUT ON A SNOWY AND ICY COURSE!
It has been a weirdly mild in and around BangShift eastern world HQ this year. We don’t have a flake of snow on the ground and temps have been in the 40s most of the time. Luckily for us,...
AMAZING 1920S ERA, 1900HP SPEED BOAT TO BE AUCTIONED – KILLER AQUATIC HOT ROD!
One of the coolest boat we have ever seen is going to be sold at a Florida auction late this month. The Miss America VIII, built by Garfield Wood and powered by, get this, two Harry Miller built V16...
CAPTION THIS PHOTO: HENRY FORD AND A THRONG OF REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CIRCA 1938
Henry Ford was a genius and one of the greatest industrialists who ever lived, but he was not exactly a people person. He certainly was not a media person, that’s why we were really interested...
TECH VIDEO: AMERICAN POWERTRAIN INSTALLS A 6-SPEED INTO THE 48 HOUR CAMARO
Our pals at American Powertrain are the true zen masters with five and six speed manual transmissions. If you have an application that you want a hard core stick box in, these are the guys to call....
FAMOUS HOT ROD 1 CAMARO TO HIT AUCTION BLOCK – FIRST EVER COMPLETED DYNACORN BODIED CAMARO
One of the coolest and most significant magazine project cars of the last decade is hitting the auction block. Hot Rod Magazine’s “Hot Rod 1” 1969 Camaro was the first car ever...