Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Watch Stormy Byrd Smoke The Tires For A Full Quarter Mile At Eagle Field!
If you have watched BangShift’s live streaming coverage of events like the March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion then you have seen Stormy Byrd’s awesome Blown Fuel Modified Roadster...
Action Video: Watch A BMW M235i Drift Without A Driver!
A week or so back Brian wrote about cruising down to Virginia in a 2014 Cadillac XTS-V Sport with adaptive cruise control. (Read about it HERE) In the blog item he marveled at the fact that the car...
The Hard Guys Funny Car Team Plans To Expand Schedule In 2014 – Look Out World, The New Englanders Are Coming!
One of the coolest on-going stories we have been following here at BangShift over the last couple years has been the creation and evolution of The Hard Guys nostalgia nitro funny car team. Lead by...
Ride Along On A Bad Fast Factory Five Cobra On The Autocross Course – Great Sound and Big Speed
It has been a while since we took you on a blazing ride around an autocross course. That’s mainly because the closest thing to an autocross at this time of the year is an ice race and half the...
Historic Drag Video: Watch Mickey Thompson Take On The Mooneyes Dragster In England Circa 1963!
Here’s some really neat video that will bring you back to a cool time in drag racing history, 1963. British interest in drag racing was on a growth spurt then and since the sport was...
Historic Video – See Dean Moon’s Moonbeam In Action Along With Dozens Of Other Bitchin’ Cars At The 1964 Brighton Speed Trials
The Brighton Speed Trials in England is one of the world’s most enduring racing events. First run in 1905 it was and always has been a “sprint” race as the British call it. What...
Dakar 2014 Is ON! Ford’s Bad Ass Raptor Powered Rangers Included — Video Of These Trucks Here!
The 2014 Dakar Rally is on and although it does not actually take place in Dakar anymore, it is still the absolute ultimate off road race in the world. Ford has built and is currently racing a pair...
Awesome Trophy Truck Action From The Baja 1000 Five Mile Qualifying Trials
At the Baja 1000, Trophy Truck starting positions are determined by a 5 mile time trial. The guy that finishes quickest gets to start first. It’s pretty simple. The Trophy Truck teams usually...
Take A Look At The Punishment A Trophy Truck Takes During Baja 1000 Testing
We were just out in the desert testing a cool new truck we’ll be able to tell you about in the coming weeks, but what we can tell you is that it’s a riot driving across the desert at...
Nitro Burning, Header Flaming, Ass Kicking Top Fuel Motorcycle Run As You’ve Never Seen Before!
One of the most significant and significantly under reported occurrences in drag racing during the 2013 season happened late in the racing year. Said moment was the final round match up of...
Bitchin Fuel Altereds Footage, Including Fire Burnouts, From LA Country Raceway 1986
The now defunct, LACR aka LA Country Raceway in Palmdale, was one of the icon dragstrips of Southern California back in the day. I got to run there twice, and have the distinction of running the last...
The 1966 World Series of Drag Racing – See The First Rear Engine Dragster To Break 200 In Action
When I find some barely watched old school drag racing video on YouTube my little heart usually skip a beat but when we find video with a crazy car we have never seen before, consult drag...
Watch This Old Holden Suffer Some Super Gnarly Axle Hop While Trying To Get A Burnout Going – Slow Motion Violence!
If you have ever been in a vehicle experiencing wheel hop, axle tramp, axle wrap, or whatever else you want to call it, you’d remember it. One of the most violent and destructive things to your...
Tribute Video: Shawn Nault 1965-2013 Driver Of The Arctic Thunder Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car
Shawn Nault, Driver of the Arctic Thunder Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car, lost his bravely fought battle with cancer on December 21st. As a member of the drag racing fraternity, he’ll be missed. As a...