Category Archive: CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Videos
Video: GM Performance Parts SEMA Unveiling with Nate “The Great” Marquardt and Skyscrape.
The 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas officially opens today, and after weeks of preparation and setup, the top manufacturers in the industry are ready to show off the latest and greatest the automotive...
Killer Video: Cruising in a 650hp, 409 powered, 5-Speed, 1955 Chevy
One of the coolest cars owned by a BangShift forum member is the 1955 Chevy owned by our forum freak Monk. This car is equipped with a 650hp 409, and most importantly a 5-gear manual transmission. We...
Vintage Drag Video: A Cool 1970s TV Ad for England’s Santa Pod Raceway
This cool video caught both our eyes and our ears when we first saw it. Our eyes because it shows some awesome old school drag iron running down the strip, and our ears because of the voice over...
The Parting Shift: How to Scare Your Wife With a Four Speed
With Halloween just a couple days away we have the ultimate stick shift fright video. The driver of this blown Mustang decided that he was going to scare his wife and tape it. To say that she...
Video: Hanging with Paul Romine and the Man o War Funny Car Crew at the California Hot Rod Reunion
Along with sponsoring our live broadcast of the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion, Aeromotive Fuel Systems also helped three time IHRA Top Fuel Champion Paul Romine and the Man O War Nostalgia Funny...
Video Burnoutapalooza! ! ! ! ! ! ! Have the Aussies perfected the Burnout?
Burnouts rule. Let’s face it, if you are into cars, you like tire smoke. Granted, some of us enjoy blazing the tires more than others, but nothing stirs a crowd of car lovers up more than the...
Cool Promo Video: Jon Lundberg Introduces Project 1320
Project 1320 is a bold effort to record the entire history of the sport of drag racing in serial documentary form, like Ken Burn’s Jazz or Baseball works. The work is being backed and supported...
Nelson Racing unveils 2000 Horsepower Twin Turbo Supercar #004
If 572 cubic inches of twin-turbo Big Block Chevrolet making 2000 horsepower doesn’t excite you, you should be checked for a pulse. And if having all that power stuffed into a sinister black...
SEMA Sneak Peek Video of GM’s SEMA 2010 Display Vehicles
GM has let us have a sneak peek at some of the cars and trucks debuting at SEMA 2010 in Las Vegas next week, and lucky for us it’s on video. BangShift.com will be at SEMA all week to bring you...
Detroit Speed Open House this Weekend: Plus their Chevy II Test Car Video
If you are going to be in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area this weekend, you are going to want to keep your Friday night open for the Detroit Speed Open House and BBQ. Just a hop, skip, and a jump...
Video: The Winged Express pulls off its craziest burnout yet!
Wild Willie Borsch and his famed Winged Express Fuel Altered were always known for smokey, sidewall deflecting, sideways burnouts, so it’s only fitting that the legend continues today. At this...
Video: Bill Caswell to Build Baja BMW at SEMA, We Help
Our rally pal Bill Caswell, of BMW jumping, crashing, and hooning fame will be at the 2010 SEMA show in the Miller booth. Caswell will be transforming a BMW into a Baja 1000 competition vehicle which...
More Diesel Death Video: A Land Rover Smoke Machine
We can’t help ourselves. After seeing the Toyota van run itself to death we kept on searching for videos and found one featuring a Land Rover that had just been started for the first time after...
Not Green: A Runaway Toyota Diesel Dies In a Massive Cloud of Smoke
The runaway diesel engine is an interesting thing. The condition can be brought on by a number of factors. In this case it was apparently caused by overfilling the engine with oil. With no throttle...