Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Interview Video: Bobby Lagana, BangShift Top Fuel Hero
Chances are, if you’re a BangShift reader, you know Bobby Lagana and the multi-generational nitro racing Lagana family. One of the most compelling racing teams running Top Fuel today, they...
Interview Video: Johnny Gray talks about swapping Pro Stock for Nitro Funny Car
Johnny Gray may be the happiest man in America these days. Having just sold his petroleum and natural gas business for more money than some countries are worth, and changed professional NHRA classes...
Interview Video: We Talk to Spencer Massey About Coming Back to the NHRA and Racing with DSR
Spencer Massey is back amongst the ranks of drag racing’s elite, driving the Fram/Prestone Top Fuel Dragster for Don Schumacher Racing. DSR’s pulling of the well loved Cory McClenathan at...
Video: Catching Up With the Coolest Dude in Top Fuel, Antron Brown
With a fourth place finish in the Top Fuel category last season Antron Brown enters 2011 with some momentum behind him. Antron, since making the switch from Pro Stock Motorcycle to Top Fuel in 2008...
Video: Bob Tasca III Chats About Fords, Funnies, and Family History
BangShift is lucky to have a great relationship with the Tasca family. We’ve been given sneak peeks at their race cars, tours of their awesome Shelby Mod Shop and some juicy inside information...
Awesome Video: The Story Behind Yannick Sire’s Twin Engine Speed Buggy
When we tell you that this video is flat out amazing, we’re not overselling it. Shot in HD and using some beautiful, creative techniques, this video about Yannick Sire, his shop, and the twin...
The Parting Shift: Working the Tree Mounted Shifter in a Sweet 1961 Galaxie
It has been a long time since we featured someone making a three on the tree shifter work. In this case the car is an awesome 1961 Galaxie with a 390 that has been fortified with factory hi-po parts....
The Parting Shift: Suicide Shifting the Coolest Custom Harley We’ve Ever Seen
In the nearly 100 Parting Shift items we have published over the last couple years, we never thought to include a motorcycle with a suicide shifter. Why? Clearly it is because we’re morons, but...
Video: The Mystery of the Psycho Pulling Truck Has Been Solved, Sadly
Long about a year ago, we ran an item on the blog about George Stinnett’s legendary Psycho pulling truck. The old Ford Econoline truck became famous for dragging the sled with the front...
Video Bonanza: Weird, Wild, and Cool Russian Off Road Vehicles
We have no idea what the Russian word for redneck is, but some of the stuff show in the videoswe dug up was certainly built by Russian rednecks. Yes, there is a military truck or two in there defying...
BangShift Interview Video: We Catch Up With Bill Caswell at SEMA 2010
We’ve been keeping you abreast of the latest news and information regarding our rallying pal Bill Caswell as he prepares to attack the Baja 1000 in a BMW Baja buggy of his own construction....
SEMA 2010 Video: We Tour the Cherry Bomb 1968 Disturbing the Peace Camaro
When Cherry Bomb’s Matt Graves told us about the company’s “Disturbing the Peace” Camaro at SEMA 2009 we were cautiously optimistic. Matt told us that there were several...