Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
THE PARTING SHIFT: THE CHEVY RESPONSE TO THE SCREAMING MUSTANG FROM LAST WEEK!
Tony Fillipone is a long time New England based drag racer who runs a pair of kick ass, small inch, Chevy IIs in Super Stock competition. He’s also a die hard stick shift guy that takes plenty...
FUNNY VIDEO: A LAWN TRACTOR DEMO DERBY FROM SCOTTSVILLE, KENTUCKY
When photo contributor Charles Wickam sent me an excited text asking if I had ever seen video of a lawn tractor demolition derby, frankly I got excited. Of course I hadn’t seen video of a lawn...
BREAKING NEWS: JUST RELEASED GM PERFORMANCE VIDEO OF COPO CAMARO TESTING
GM Performance just released their killer video documenting the first days of testing the “concept” COPO Camaro in Florida a couple of weeks ago. This is a full on HD video with some...
INCREDIBLE HISTORIC VIDEO: PRE WW2 DRY LAKES HOT ROD RACING – NEVER BEFORE SEEN
This is truly historic video. This is some of the earliest known footage of early hot rodders racing their stuff on the dry lakes in the western portion of the country. There are amazing roadsters,...
GEARHEAD VIDEO: A SUSPENSION EYE VIEW OF THE DETROIT SPEED 1970 CAMARO TEARING AROUND CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS PARK
This is one of those videos that gearheads find fascinating and the rest of the world wonders what’s wrong with us. Proud BangShift sponsor Detroit Speed and Engineering put a Replay XD camera...
QUICK TECH VIDEO: PROPER FLAT TAPPET CAM BREAK IN PROCEDURE FROM COMP CAMS
While we know that this video is not advanced science, people screw up and wipe out flat tappet cams all the time. Incorrectly, people often cite the cam manufacturer for selling them a defective...
THE PARTING SHIFT: A SUPER STOCK 289CI 1965 MUSTANG BUZZSAW!
It has been weeks since we last ran the weekly homage to manual transmission prowess called, “The Parting Shift”. There have been shows, live broadcasts, and holiday weekends in the way...
Engine Video: Hear the Crazy 12-Rotor Engine Fire Up and Run!
Last week we told you about and showed you a wild 12-rotor Rotary style engine that was on a stand at the 2011 PRI show. In that blog item we mentioned wanting to hear it run. Well, we no longer...
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...
Crazy Video: Wild Rides Crashes and Wheelstands 2011 by NitroArt Video
Kevin at NitroArt Video is a BS forum member and a super talented guy with a video camera. He shoots a ton of door slammer and small tire races around Texas and the Southeast. His DVDs of the races...
Video: The COPO Camaro Makes Public Drag Strip Passes For the First Time
While GM is still calling the COPO drag race Camaro a “concept” and that they are still judging “public reaction” while showing it, we’re telling you for 100% sure that...
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: An Awesome Demonstration of the Shock Wave Generated by Top Fuel Dragsters
One of the great pleasures that any long time drag racing fans has is dragging a couple of buddies to a race that have never experience a Top Fuel Dragster in person before. I’ve been lucky...