Category Archive: MISC, Videos
BangShift Approved: A racer’s last pass.
On September 29th, 2009 Jerome Miller, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away at age 72. You can read his obituary here. We didn’t know Jerome. Heck, we had never even heard of him until...
Video: Dan Wilkerson Walks Away From Wild Funny Car Wreck in Memphis
Dan Wilkerson, nitro Funny Car racer, and son of nitro Funny Car racer Tim Wilkerson was involved in a violent and bizarre crash at the rain delayed NHRA Mid-South Nationals, held at Memphis...
BangShift.com Day of Destruction: It’s a Wrap
October 5, 2009, marked the first ever BangShift.com Day of Destruction, where we brought you action videos every hour on the hour all day long, with every video loaded with crushing, exploding,...
Destruction Video: Vintage Crash Tests
As our last item on the BangShift.com Day of Destruction, we bring you back to the old school with a crash test video from the 1960s, one that is probably from the 1940s with a ’30s car, and a...
Destruction Videos: Mopars Getting Mangled
Anyone who watched enough Dukes of Hazzard as a kid got filled with enough Dodges and Plymouth destruction to last a life time. Consider this a little dessert. If you only have the stomach for one...
Destruction Video: Amazing Industrial Accidents
So far today, the BangShift Day of Destruction has been all about the wrecking of motor vehicles. But a lot of car guys like anything with an engine and power, and the ability to wreck things, and...
Destruction Video: Road Rage Gone Wrong
Not that we endorse road rage or acts of violence against the Man, but every once in a while some chucklehead combines the two with results that backfire right in his face. Like the gentleman in the...
Destruction Video: When Animals Attack Cars
Here’s something you probably didn’t worry about on your drive to work this morning, but there was a chance that your car could have been attacked by a pack of wild baboons, or maybe a...
Destruction Video: Worst Drag Car Fire Ever?
This is a nasty, nasty bit of video of a car that burst into a raging fireball in a matter of 1 second at one of the Big Dog races at Piedmont Dragway a few years back. We happen to know that the guy...
Destruction Video: Stupid Burnouts Followed by Stupid Roll Overs
Burnouts are fun until someone gets hurt. Then they’re hilarious. Actually, we don’t think anyone really got hurt in any of the videos below, but it’s amazing how a little tire...
Destruction Video: Bus and Truck Crash Tests Gone Wrong
Planned crash testing for science and engineering is entertaining enough, but what happens when the crash testing becomes an accident in itself? These two videos answer that question. If you’re...
Video: Day of Destruction Starts Now with Old-School Daredevils
As we announced on Friday, today, October 5, 2009, is the landmark first-ever BangShift.com Day of Destruction. We’ll bring you great compilations of automotive stuff getting trashed every hour...
Video: 7-Second AMC-Powered Gremlin!
BangShift member Eagle Kammback tipped us off to this Gremlin that just ran 7.91 at Milan with a 463-inch AMC motor that uses the stock block and stock-based crank! It also has a Liberty five-speed,...