Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Failure Video: Why Running “Stretched” Tires On Your Car Is A Recipe For Disaster
Of the current popular automotive trends among “the kids”, weirdo camber and stretched tires are two that we don’t understand and outside of looking weird have some pretty bad...
Check Out This Awesome 1920’s Dodge Promo Video Of A Sedan Mud Bogging In An Oil Field
This video rules. Seriously rules! Watch as this 1920’s Dodge Brothers Sedan mud bogs like a mad man through all kinds of killer terrain that would leave your new Dodge Ram stranded axle deep...
Crazy video: Watch This Insane Snowblower Eat A Geo Metro
Buying tools for the house is a slippery slope when you are a gearhead. Don’t believe me? I’ll change your mind with a few short statements, followed by your expected response. – If you...
Bitchin’ Video: A Look Back At The Glory Days Of Modified Eliminator! Famous Racers Talk And Small Blocks Scream!
Bobby Bennett at CompetitionPlus.com is a BangShifty kind of guy. How do we know? Because he’s as hung up on the awesome past of drag racing as we are and he makes killer videos that...
Comedian Jay Mohr Makes Jokes At Danica Patrick’s Expense And She Ain’t Happy About It!
We think Jay Mohr is one funny bastard. He is one of those guys that doesn’t pull any punches at his show, and honestly was surprised when he was chosen as the host at the NASCAR Sprint Cup...
This Video Of Grain Trucks Racing At A Fair Is Hilarious
Classic medium duty trucks are my jam. I love the things and while the majority of them have rotted and broken in half up here in New England, there are still thousands of them pressed into service...
Watch A Mean, Wheelstanding Chevy Pickup Suffer A Major League Axle Failure With The Wheels Up
Of all the pieces that get pounded and punished in drag cars, the rear axle lives in a special kind of hell. Think about it. The housing and the contents inside of it are responsible for taking every...
Watch A Huge Dump Truck Nearly Scuttle A Floating Bridge In Siberia – Cars Almost Float Down River!
This video will provide reason 6,342 why you should be super glad to live anywhere BUT Siberia. After showing you Siberians literally zip-lining a station wagon over a raging river we’re back...
Three Way Drag Race: A Modified Porsche, A King Of The Hammers Truck, And A Coyote Powered ’70 Mustang Get After It!
We’ll start your Monday with some good old fashioned straight line battle…with a twist. Instead of a “normal” drag race between similar cars, Mike Finnegan, Fred Williams, and...
Video: A Rear Tire Explodes During A Fuel Altered Run and The Driver Saves The Car!
Like we always say, great drag racing drivers are the guys who know what to do instinctively when the crap hits the fan. Such was the case recently at North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas during an...
Crazed Drag Racing Video: Out of Control and Going the Wrong Way Up the Strip
Imagine a drag race where car launch from the top end area and speed up the track, using the starting line of the strip as their shut down area. This is footage from such a race, called King of the...
Video: Watch A Rock Buggy Climb A Near Vertical Cliff, Cheat Death, And Actually Make It Over The Top!
You don’t have to like rock buggies, trucks, off roading, or nature to appreciate the sheer levels of massive balls and complete insanity you’ll see in this two minute video. Quick...
Best of BangShift 2012: A Titanic Nitrous Exposion From The Yas Marina Drag Strip in Abu Dhabi
We’re re-running some of our favorite content today because we’re thinking that the junk weather in CA is going to put the kabosh on the Mooneyes Christmas parts. Roast your chestnuts on...
Destruction Video: AM General M151 Crash Test Results In Big Carnage
This looks like it must have been an official government test from some time in the early 1970s. In case you’re alarmed at the human carnage in the photo, don’t worry, those are crash...