Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Cool Video: Bigfoot Burning Up the Strip
For the second year in a row, the ADRL has had the Bigfoot monster truck come out to their event at Gateway International Raceway outside of Saint Louis to make some laps. The Bigfoot guys had a good...
The Parting Shift: Bumper Cam Footage of Bob Self’s 218mph Ford GT From Loring, Maine
Bob Self’s totally bad ass 2006 Ford GT can lay claim to being the fastest car at Loring, Maine during the 2010 LTA event. Bob ran this monster to a 218mph lap and it sounded as sweet as...
Video: In-Car Foootage of a Run Up The Big Eliminator at Gravelrama
If there is one event we’re going to commit ourselves to checking out in 2011, it is Gravelrama, held every year in Cleves, Ohio. A veritable orgy of horsepower, rock crawling, flat drags,...
American Thunder Video: A 1964 Fairlane 500 Hauls Ass on the ‘Ring
This is some of the greatest footage we’ve ever seen. This is video of a (modern) Holman Moody built 1964 Fairlane 500 being raced in Germany on the famed Nurburgring. It is in some sort of...
Video: More Mooneyes Summer 2010, With Cacklefest
We had a great time at the Mooneyes Summer 2010 show and brought you photos and video of the car show, cacklefest and drag racing action, but here is more! You’ll find cool customs, hot rods,...
In-Car Video: So You Want to Drive a Quick Altered?
Altereds are some of our favorite cars to watch go down the drag strip. The combo of far too little wheelbase and far too much horsepower makes for some spirited viewing. This video is great in the...
Video Bonanza: Loring Timing Association 2009 Meet Videos
By the time you read this we’ll be headed north to the uppermost portion of Maine to join a small band of dedicated speed freaks at the Loring Timing Association’s 2010 LSR Meet. The...
Preview Video: Bill Caswell Attacks Pikes Peak, We Attack Bill Caswell
You know the name Bill Caswell because he’s the dude who scooped up an old BMW on Craigslist, modified it himself, and started attacking rallies all over North America. He made a big splash...
The Parting Shift: Hemi on Hemi F.A.S.T Drag Racing Violence
Joel Nystrom is a BangShift.com forum member operating under the name of HemiJoel. He’s also a racer in the F.A.S.T series that pits cars which appear to the stock on the surface against one...
Freaking Awesome Drag Video: Nostalgia Pro Stocks at Ohio’s Thompson Raceway
When we heard about the Nostalgia Pro Stock Shootout that was scheduled to go down at Thompson, Ohio’s, Thompson Raceway on July 3rd, we were sad that we couldn’t make it. After all, it...
Cool Drag Video: The Story Behind Alexis DeJoria’s Scary 2009 E-Town Wreck
Alexis DeJoria is a hard running NHRA Alcohol Funny Car racer. She’s also the heiress to the Paul Mitchell hair products empire, as well as the Patron Tequila fortune. With that on the table we...
Video: Ridetech brings us Power Tour, Autocross, and the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge
Our boys at Ridetech not only build the coolest suspension systems on the planet, they also make some cool videos while on the road promoting their products and hanging out with hot rodders. Three of...
Detroit Power Video: The Greatest Truck Pull Footage Ever
If this were just a video of an International big rig pulling a weight sled it would be cool. If that International weren’t four wheel drive and equipped with what appear to be monster truck...
Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s K&K Insurance 1971 Daytona Clone Flying at Maxton
Bobby Issac and Harry Hyde famously bombarded the Bonneville Salt Flats with a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona stock car in September of 1971. Chrysler had chopped its racing budget and the wing car was...