Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This 1964 Film Called Art Arfons And His Green Monster Is Spectacular
In terms of Bonneville history, the 1964 land speed battle on the salt waged between Art Arfons, Craig Breedlove, and to some degree by Walt Arfons will stand in history as a crowning moment. This...
Video: Line, Capps, and Pritchett Score Victories At Brainerd, See How They Did It Here!
It was a banner day for Don Schumacher Racing in Brainerd, Minnesota on Sunday as the team won both the top fuel and nitro funny car class Wallys while Jason Line collected the victory in pro stock...
Scary Art: Watch Steven Odendaal’s High-Side Save From The Czech MotoGp Race!
As a general rule of thumb, when you high-side a sport bike, you are going to become the human equivalent of the rock flinging out of Bart Simpson’s slingshot. That’s it, the end, start...
RideTech StreetGRIP Video: Have A Tired Second Generation F-Body That Needs To Be Tightened Up! This Is The Ticket!
The second generation F-bodies, particularly the Herb Adams designed WS6 suspended Trans-Ams were great handling cars for their era. In terms of modern cars, they are not really even comparable this...
This Film Celebrating The 1958 NASCAR Southern 500 Is Amazing – Pre-Race, History, and Racing Action
I’ve been on a bit of an obsessive kick recently and that obsessive kick has been about 1950s racing. From drag racing to Grand Prix competition and NASCAR events, racing in the 1950s was big...
Redline? What’s That? Check Out Some Of The Most Wound-Out Cars Found On The Internet!
We often get excited when we hear cars with screaming, 9,000 RPM engines going for broke…the one that immediately comes to mind is “Bloky”, the 9,600 RPM capable, NASCAR-engined...
Double-Down: Formula Offroad From Akranes, Double Backflip Included!
At first sight, Icelandic Formula Offroad has all of form and regulation of a mosh pit at an In Flames concert. Screaming V8 engines, paddle tires, and contraptions that look like low Jeeps flying up...
Morning Symphony: Rally Finland 2019 – Where The Air Is Big And The Roads Are Waiting
Finland has, per capita, more successful drivers in different disciplines of motorsport compared to most countries. A land that is roughly as wide as West Virginia and about as long as the distance...
No Prep Means Big Power: Watch Alex Laughlin Run His Camaro On The Hub Dyno!
No Prep drag racing has evolved swiftly over the last few years. What was once a scene that appeared at small tracks across the country has crossed into the mainstream of the sport in a major way....
Real Micro Machines: The Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Hit The Dirt Track!
There’s something kind of sad about hearing a Power Wheels in action. We’re not sure if it’s the fact that they always sound like an electric drill that’s about ten seconds...
Salt Ghost: Check Out The Story Of This Triumph’s Return To The Salt After Nearly Forty Years!
As a whole mess of antsy racers wait for the salt flats at Bonneville to dry out for speed trials, we felt like this would be the perfect time to showcase the story of a Triumph motorcycle that has...
Bonneville Record Breaker: This 1963 Film Shows Andy Granatelli Hauling On The Salt
Here’s some fun Bonneville video but it ain’t from speed week! Nope this video was made in 1963 by Studebaker to promote the safety and performance of the beautiful Avanti model. The...
Flyin Blind: Watch Jim Pace Haul Around Spa In Driving Rain Looking Through A Broken Opaque Windshield
Jim Pace has been our adopted road racing boss here at BangShift for years. This video may be his crowning one here on these electronic pages. Why? You are about to watch the man take one of the most...
Disaster Video: Incredible Footage Of The Yellow River Drag Strip Calamity Has Surfaced – 50 Years Ago, 11 Killed
50 years ago the worst disaster in drag racing occurred at a little known, little spoken about track about 40 miles outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Yellow River Drag Strip was like so many places in...