Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Watch a Nitrous Pop Blow the Scoop Off of a Mustang Drag Race Car and Then Kill the Roof Camera!
Mar 20, 2012Brian Lohnes2
As you know, we’re easily entertained around here, so when we saw this video of a Mustang suffering a nitrous backfire at Houston Motorsports Park we wanted to share it. While this certainly...
Video: Is This the Largest Group Burnout of All Time?
Feb 27, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Australia’s Street Machine Summernats celebrated its 25th anniversary this year and they certainly did it in style. Rather than just fly some banners and sell some anniversary t-shirts, they...
Watch a Merlin Tank Engine Powered Street Rod Tool Around!
Feb 22, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Since I am hung up on engines today, here’s a video highlighting a street rod project that is using a massive Merlin tank engine for power.The build, as you would expect, seems to be totally...
Watch the First Episode of Roadkill – Freiburger and Finnegan’s New Show!
Feb 17, 2012Brian Lohnes8
By now we’re sure you’ve heard that David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of Hot Rod Magazine are going to have a monthly web tv show called Roadkill. The first episode went live today and...
BangShift PSA: Drifting A Front End Loader on Ice in Siberia Will Get Your Boss Fired [w/video]
Feb 09, 2012Brian Lohnes2
For decades when someone screwed up in Russia, they were sent to Siberia, a frozen hellish place that sucked your spirit and broke your will. The good news is that nothing seems to have changed in...
Chevy Silverado Super Bowl Ad Takes Direct Shot at Ford!
Feb 03, 2012Brian Lohnes11
To use the title from a famous WWII era song, “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!” The crosstown rivalry between Ford and Chevy is 100% back on track and we’re all starting...
Awesome New Video: Vaughen Gittin Jr. Chasing R/C Vaughn Gittin Jr. at K&N HQ! Drifting Insanity!
Jan 30, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome New Video: Vaughen Gittin Jr. Chasing R/C Vaughn Gittin Jr. at K&N HQ! Drifting Insanity!
While we’re not the most versed drifting guys in the world, we know entertaining video when we see it! This three minute film shows drift-master Vaughn Gittin Jr. chasing a miniature of...
Funny Video: A Russian Army Fire Truck Prank That Looks Incredibly Painful!
Jan 18, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Once again, our electronic travels take us back to Russia, the land of crashing dash cam cars, insane river fording tractors, and the most painful pranks on planet Earth. We’ve all seen the...
HILARIOUS VIDEO: GUYS MOCK MALL COP WITH EVOS IN SNOW COVERED LOT
Jan 13, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on HILARIOUS VIDEO: GUYS MOCK MALL COP WITH EVOS IN SNOW COVERED LOT
No snow in southern New England this year means that we have yet to find a big parking lot and rip a few donuts for fun and profit. We are not sure where this video comes from but it shows two guys...
WATCH THE INFAMOUS SWEDISH ICE RACING CAMARO LET IT ALL HANG OUT ON A SNOWY AND ICY COURSE!
Jan 11, 2012Brian Lohnes2
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,...
WHERE ARE THEY NOW VIDEO: FORMER PRO MOD CHAMPION MITCH STOTT IS BUILDING RC PLANE LANDING GEAR?
Jan 06, 2012Brian Lohnes1
door slammer in the five second zone. He turned the trick back in 2003 at Darlington Dragway. He was a big force in the Pro Mod ranks through the 1990s and early into the 2000s. Then, like lots of...
COOL VIDEO: ACTION FROM THE GOODGUYS DEL MAR AUTOCROSS AND CHAD GETTING ATTACKED WITH PIE!
Jan 06, 2012Brian Lohnes1
So there I was, digging on this really neat video featuring action from the Goodguys Del Mar autocross and BAM! Right there at the end Chad gets attacked with pie. Is there anything better in the...
Cool Video: An Awesome Demonstration of the Shock Wave Generated by Top Fuel Dragsters
Dec 05, 2011Brian Lohnes4
One of the great pleasures that any long time drag racing fans has is dragging a couple of buddies to a race that have never experience a Top Fuel Dragster in person before. I’ve been lucky...
Crazy Video: Evidence of Why Russian Drivers Suck Ass at Driving
Dec 01, 2011Brian Lohnes2
We’ve run a ton of videos featuring the ineptitude of Russian drivers. They suck on dry pavement, the rain, especially in the snow, and telling you they blow on ice would just be wasting...