Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Great Vintage Video: Chevy Vega Development Footage From 1970!
We’ve featured vintage film from the old “Car and Track” show before, but this could be the coolest ever for a variety of reasons. As usual, Bud Lindemann leads us off on the...
Wild Wreck Video: In-Car Footage of a Dragster Rolling Over at Speed
The advent of the affordable on-board camera has made the wonder of in-car video a rather normal thing these days. Footage of cars crashing from the inside out never gets old in our book. We were...
Video Bonanza: Steam Tractors At Play
It has been too long since we attacked you with some good ol’ fashioned tractor action. Our open love of tractors is shared by a good portion of the BangShift universe, so when we were tipped...
Pikes Peak Video: In-Car Footage of Bill Caswell’s Trip Up the Mountain in the Infamous BMW
Our pal Bill Caswell dropped us a note recently to let us know that he had uploaded the actual in-car footage from his recent adventure at Pikes Peak. It is some awesome viewing. His world famous...
ChadMouth: Bonneville. It’s folks like Gary Brauer, it’s horsepower, and lots of salt.
If you are reading this newest Chadmouth, you have no doubt seen all of our 2010 Bonneville Speedweek coverage, presented by Spectre Performance. And you are likely jealous that you couldn’t be...
In-Car Video: Charlie Westcott Jr and Senior Making Runs in Their SS/AH Barracudas
The US Nationals are coming up fast and that means that the ultimate Mopar Hemi Shootout will be going down on Friday of the race weekend. SS/AHemi racers all over the country are flogging their...
Bonneville 2010: Spectre Performance puts the Speed in Speedweek
The 2010 SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speedweek rocked, and we owe our boys at Spectre Performance, and their 2100 horsepower Cadillac powered Speedliner, for a lot of the excitement. Spectre owner Amir...
BangShift Bonneville Video: In the Push Truck and At the Top End With the Speed Demon Crew
The salt is quiet once again and as such our coverage of the SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speed Week 2010 is winding to a close. The vaunted Hot Rod Magazine Top Time trophy was awarded to the team of George...
Crank it up Video: Outside Car Footage of Lee Sicilio’s Daytona at 230 MPH at Bonneville
Our video from earlier this week showing Lee Sicilio wheeling his massive, Ray Barton Hemi powered Charger Daytona down the salt on a record qualifying run was met with a great response. The...
BangShift Bonneville Video: Catching Up With Poteet and Main After a 400MPH Run
Barring an “out of nowhere” performance from another competitor, the team of Poteet and Main will be taking home the Hot Rod Top Time honors at the close of Speed Week today. They have...
Bonneville Video: Hillbilly Flamethrower Hijinks at the Bend in the Road
We’ve heard from Bonneville Speed Week veterans that one needs to camp at bend in the road to get the full first timer’s experience. After watching this video of some hooligans having fun...
Bonneville Speedweek 2010 – Wednesday video, action, and pictures.
The crowds might be getting smaller, as the 2010 SCTA Bonneville Speedweek moves into the final few days, but the action is only getting hotter. Records have been set and reset, gauntlets have been...
BangShift Bonneville Video: In-Car With Lee Sicilio at Bonneville in His Hemi Daytona Clone at 230 MPH
First off we have to give props where they are due. Scott Clark (known as DieselGeek on the BangShift forums) gave us this awesome in-car footage of a 230 mph run in Lee Sicilio’s awesome Dodge...