Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Video: Vans doing Burnouts!
Vans are cool, and so are burnouts, so when we found a video of a little Chevy powered van doing insane things in Australia, we got lost on youtube. Turns out there are lots of cool van related...
Video: Darrell Waltrip losing his lunch in an Australian V8 Supercar
We like the Waltrips, and Darrell has always been entertaining, but this video might be some of his best yet. While in Australia for the Bathurst 1000, Waltrip went out for a ride in one of the...
Video: Golf Carts rule! Big power, burnouts, and wheelstands.
Racers have been using golf carts as pit vehicles for years, but more and more of them are showing up on the street, the dunes, the racetrack, etc. We’re sure that EZGO and Club Car are...
Drag Video: The World’s Fastest Couch Takes on a Holden SS Ute
The world’s fastest couch was recently clocked at a crazy 101mph. Seriously. Naturally, when one owns a 100mph couch, the next logical thing to do with it is to drag race a hot car. In this...
BangShift Burnout Battle: A Huge Diesel Ford Takes on a Shag Nasty Chevelle — FINAL DAY OF VOTING
We’re loving these BangShift burnout battles and judging by the vote counts each week, you are too! In an effort to keep things interesting we have another pair of wild ones this week. They...
Fun Video: The General Lee and The Bandit Firebird In a High Speed Chase!
In the realm of fantasy car chases there isn’t a match up cooler than this one! The guys over at Hot Rod Magazine got a General Lee and a Bandit Firebird together for a good old fashion romp...
Instructional Video: Don’t Put Your Face There Kid
Being a gearhead, especially a young one, means living through many rites of passage. The first time you push a wrench with a closed fist and rip all the skin off your knuckles, the first time you...
Video: Tom and Jack Lohnes Pull out a Tree With Goliath!
After Dad Brian scored them a killer new Go Kart, the Lohnes boys, Tom and Jack, decided they needed more room on the Lohnes family homestead to create their own racetrack. Since Brian had also told...
Funny Video: The Toyota Prius Sucks as a Toy, Too
The silent, soulless, motorized appliance known as the Toyota Prius is the complete antithesis of BangShifty. It is amazingly complicated, reduces the role of the driver to that of a mindless drone,...
Killer Project Video: The Gixxer Kart Has A new Foe!
For years the golden standard of insane power to weight ratio on the internet has been the infamous “Gixxer kart” which mated the engine from a GSX-R motorcycle to the frame of a tiny go...
Video: A BangShift Approved Wheelstander Golf Cart
Wheelstanders rank as our favorite drag strip exhibition attractions. Sure, the jets are cool and put on a great show, but damn if we aren’t caught up in the idea of steering a car with the...
Smokey Yunick Video: How Ol’ Smoke Helped Develop the Corvette
Smokey Yunick is certainly a hall of fame BangShifter. He had his hands in innumerable projects over the years and developed everything from carbs to spark plugs. Yunick was also involved in the...
Nutso Racing Video: Roto-Tiller Drags From Arkansas
This is not anything like you expect it to be. This is not video of 2mph rototillers creeping along. Instead this is video of a truly wild event featuring (and we know this sounds totally insane)...
Funny Video: A Russian Dump Truck Clip With a Surprise Ending
After watching this video, we’re sure that comments involving Russian’s seemingly unquenchable thirst for vodka will follow. We looked at the video and nearly shut it off before the big...