Category Archive: BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
Watch the First Episode of Roadkill – Freiburger and Finnegan’s New Show!
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...
Watch a Restored Version of the First Zamboni Ever Built Go Back to Work on the Ice!
If you are a gearhead that’s ever attended a hockey game, you’ve wanted to drive the Zamboni. The Zamboni is of course the machine that lumbers out onto the ice between periods and...
This Goodguys Scottsdale Show Video is the Most Bitchin’ Thing You’ll See Today
We were tipped off to this artistic and frankly bitchin’ video of the 2011 Goodguys Scottsdale show. The video is set to some cool and non-intrusive music, has no voice over, and captures the...
WHERE ARE THEY NOW VIDEO: FORMER PRO MOD CHAMPION MITCH STOTT IS BUILDING RC PLANE LANDING GEAR?
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...
An Awesome Look Inside MSD Headquarters and Manufacturing in El Paso, Texas
It is always cool to peek behind the curtain of a company like MSD to see where the parts that so many of us use on our stuff get made. MSD is based in El Paso, Texas and that’s where this...
Mucking Awesome Video: High Flying Highlights From the Bithlo Hill-n-Hole Races – Huge Trucks in Flight
This video 100% solidified the fact that I need to visit the Bithlo Mud Racing complex next year. This is a highlight reel from the 2.5-ton class at a Hill-n-Hole event. The name does not mean the...
Neat Video: Max Papis Burns the Tires Off the Back of His Stock Car in Front of Fans in Italy
While we may not have invented the burnout here in America, we certainly perfected it. As you’ll see in this video, tire smoke is an international gearhead language. What makes this scene cool...
Fun Video: Lawn Mower Racing – A Profile of a Uniquely American Motorsport
Lawn mower racing is not a five mph sport. As you will see in this video, these highly modified machines can touch 60mph in less than five seconds. They are lowered and their suspensions are cut,...
Cool Video: Brett Voelkel of Air Ride and Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Hook Up To Hot Rod A CTS-V
Here’s a video that falls into the “how to make a good thing better” department. When our pal and OG BangShifter Brett Voelkel scooped up a used Cadillac CTS-V we knew that it would...
Video: Jay Leno Checks Out the Hand Built Magnolia Special at his Big Dog Garage
JT Nesbitt is a guy who defines what it means to be a BangShifter. After seeing a video on the Leno’s Garage website years ago, he decided to take up the challenge personally of building a sexy...
Awesome Video: Two Sons Track Down The Impala Their Father Bought New in 1965
Lots of us in this hobby have a strong emotional connection to a specific vehicle in our past. In my case it is the 1964 Pontiac GTO my dad restored when I was a wee lad. In the case of the two sons...
SEMA 2011 VIDEO: Chad Talks New Parts With Liz Miles of Holley
Chad has been heavy breathing about the new stuff from Holley for a couple weeks now, so when the opportunity came up for him to hang out with Liz Miles and get the inside scoop on their new fuel...
BangShift Burnout Battle – International Edition: A Delta 88 in England Takes on a Bitchin’ 1964 Skylark in the USA – FINAL DAY TO VOTE!
BangShift Burnout Battle fever has crossed over the ocean and landed in jolly ol’ England! This week we have for your viewing and voting pleasure a beautiful 1964 Buick Skylark ripping tires in...