Category Archive: RACING & ACTION
Video: Speed Demon 410mph Run At Bonneville Speed Week From The Push Truck
We were lucky enough to ride along in the Poteet and Main Speed Demon Push truck earlier this morning with Ron Main and Kenny Duttweiler and have video from the push truck for you to check out....
The World’s First 200 MPH Stock Bodied ’55 Chevy! Bob Johnson, Kent Waters, And Keith Dorton Do It!
August 15, 2013 UPDATE: THEY HAVE DONE IT!!! BOB JOHNSON, KENT WATERS, and KEITH DORTON MAKE A STOCK BODIED ’55 CHEVY RUN 200+ AT BONNEVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. Last week we told you that...
Quick Videos: The Sights Ad Sounds Of Nitro On the Salt At Bonneville Speed Week
One of the things that really blew me away on the salt was the sheer number of cars running nitro and how much of it they were running. This wasn’t some weak suck 30% load that guys were...
The Parting Shift: Take A Ride Underneath A Screaming Super Stock/L Stick Shift Mustang!
We’ve featured the slick shifting Bobby Fazio on the pages of BangShift before but never like this! In one of the more unique angles you’ll ever see stick shift super stocker run down the...
Video: Bringing An Old Army Truck Back To Life And Four Wheeling It In Alabama – Dirt Every Day!
I’ve been enjoying the Dirt Every Day series of videos that have been appearing on the MotorTrend YouTube channel. Fred Williams of 4-Wheel and Off Road magazine is the lead man on these and...
Videos: The Motorcycle Engined Mini-Slingshot Hits The Dyno And A Clandestine Testing Location In England!
The Postman Pat guys have their new tiny slingshot dragster pretty well sorted out and are making final prep to get the car onto a drag strip asap. These two videos below show the car running at a...
Wreckage: This Is The Worst Mud Bog Racing Crash We Have Ever Seen – Driver Walks Away!
We’ve got to thank the guys from Lucas Oil on this one as they were the folks that pit the footage of this amazingly violent wreck up on YouTube. The video shows a racer with the ironic last...
Video: An Incredible Look At Art Arfons Quest For The LSR Record In The 1960s – Ultra Rare Interviews, Period Footage, Must See!
With Bonneville Speed Week nearing its end tomorrow, I’m still living on a salt high from our time at the event. As such I wanted to share one of the coolest Bonneville and land speed racing...
Wild Video: A History Of Insane Rally Crashes At WRC Finland From The 1980s To Today!
I’ve begun wading through all the emails and notes we received on the tip line over the last week since Chad and I have been AWOL in Bonneville and there’s some real gold in this mine!...
BangShift Daily Tune Up Bonneville Edition: “Spirit Of America” The Beach Boys with Breedlove Video
If you are new to Bonneville and Land Speed Racing, you may not have heard of Craig Breedlove, but he was an American Icon in his Spirit Of America Land Speed Cars. He was the first man to average...
Awesome Video: Watch The Incredible Forging Process For Wheels Expected To Go 1,000 MPH On The Bloodhound SSC Car
Richard Noble, Andy Green, and a literal army of engineers, scientists, and other brainiacs have been working ’round the clock for years on the design and construction of the Bloodhound SSC....
Video: The Theatrical Trailer For “Out Of Nothing” A Feature Level Film On Four Close Knit Bonneville Racers
We happened to stumble across this awesome trailer for the film, “Out of Nothing” recently and have watched the thing about 100 times since. It is a feature level film about four guys who...
Wreckage Video: Watch Lucas Oil Sprint Car Racer Robbie Wolfgang Suffer A Wild Wreck – In Car and Out Of Car Video!
So Tony Stewart’s broken leg has gotten all of the attention in the sprint car world this week but the guys at Lucas Oil aren’t taking that laying down. Nope, they found video of Robbie...
Scary Video: Watch Two Funny Car Crewmen Get Wiped Out While Starting Said Funny Car – Everyone Is OK
We often say that running a nitro car is serious and dangerous business. These videos (one from in the car and one from outside the car) are further proof of our claims. The videos show the crew of...