Category Archive: MISC, Videos
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...
Powerful Video: The 9-11 Boatlift – How Men of Action Evacuated Manhattan That Day
Forgive us if you have already seen this video. It is making tracks across the web in record time and for good reason. This is the story, as narrated by Tom Hanks, of the men who sprang to action on...
Last Day of Voting: The First BangShift Burnout Battle Ends Today!
Consider this a sneak preview of coming attractions here at BangShift. We’re planning on a weekly burnout contest called the BangShift Burnout Battle! The details are still being worked out...
Killer Documentary Video Alert – Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary
Without question, the Buick Grand National is one of the greatest performance cars ever produced by General Motors. During a rather moribund time in the performance history of the Buick brand, this...
Kick Ass “Redband” Trailer For Car-Centric Movie Drive Released: Movie Looks Killer
You’ve undoubtedly heard some stuff about the upcoming movie, “Drive” starring Ryan Gosling. The premise of the movie pretty much rules. A Hollywood stunt driver supplements his...
Cool Video: A Guy Tests Out His Homebuilt Quarter-Scale Jet Dragster!
We’ve seen lots of neat miniature race cars, engines, and tractors in our day, but we’ve never seen a freakin’ home made jet dragster! This thing rules all and is even capable of...