Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Educational Video: Why Outlaw 8.5 Cars Rule
Mar 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Educational Video: Why Outlaw 8.5 Cars Rule
We’ve mentioned that the WCHRA race that we’ll be broadcasting live this weekend will feature an Outlaw 8.5 class. The great equalizer in this category is the fact that all competitors...
Preview Video: A Look at Some of the WCHRA Competitors You Can Watch This Weekend
Mar 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Preview Video: A Look at Some of the WCHRA Competitors You Can Watch This Weekend
We’re pumped up to bring you the live streaming braodcast of the WCHRA Spring Nationals this weekend. We’ll be bringing you live doorslammer drag racing action on Saturday and Sunday from...
Cool Video: A Top Fuel Sand Dragster On the Launch
Mar 23, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: A Top Fuel Sand Dragster On the Launch
Sand drag racing is a primarily west coast sport, but we’re still interested in it, and when we see videos, we just have to stop and watch. As cool as all the junk is, the nitro burning Top...
Crazy Video: A Turbocharged Camaro That Hates to Have the Front Tires on the Ground
Mar 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Video: A Turbocharged Camaro That Hates to Have the Front Tires on the Ground
This incredible video, showing Texan Kevin Cram in his twin turbo’d Camaro, beats all we’ve ever seen. Powered by a Proline Race Engines-built big block Chevy, and obviously dialed in by...
Crazy Video: 8-second passes on a small tire and only 200ci
Mar 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Video: 8-second passes on a small tire and only 200ci
While it’s kind of impossible to call a race car a sleeper, we’d never guess that a Cortina packing 200ci of straight six Ford power would be uncorking 8 second lap times all day long....
Cool Video: Big Wheelstand From Hemi-Powered Willys Gasser
Mar 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: Big Wheelstand From Hemi-Powered Willys Gasser
There are few things more iconic in the halls of hot rodding than a blown Willys Gasser. With rolling curves, bulging fenders, and propensity to swallow large motors at will, the Willys went from a...
Killer Video: A Big 4×4 Ford Truck That’s Way Too Quick
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Video: A Big 4×4 Ford Truck That’s Way Too Quick
What kind of lunatic builds an all-aluminum 511ci Ford FE engine and plugs it into a huge, lifted 4×4 truck for the purposes of drag racing it? A BangShift.com approved lunatic, that’s...
Awesome Video: Todd Moyer Saves His Drag Car From Certain Doom
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: Todd Moyer Saves His Drag Car From Certain Doom
ADRL racer Todd Moyer earns the BangShift.com unintentional stunt driver of the week award for saving his freshly updated race car from certain doom in this video clip. We got tipped off to it while...
Video: Blastro, The Pro Mod Astro Van
Feb 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Blastro, The Pro Mod Astro Van
Blastro is a blown, alky swilling, tube-chassis version of a Chevy Astro van. It’s bat poop crazy and we love it. After dropping the video of the A-Team van on you yesterday we needed a little...
Action Video: Cummins on Cummins Tug of War
Jan 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Action Video: Cummins on Cummins Tug of War
After reporting on GM challenging Ford to a tug of war last week, our wheels started turning and our fingers started searching YouTube for tug of war videos. They are there by the thousands, but this...
Video Bonanza: In Car Camera Footage From All Different Types of Racing
Jan 18, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Bonanza: In Car Camera Footage From All Different Types of Racing
The in-car camera has to be the most important development in racing media history. Being able to literally ride along with the driver and see what’s happening in the cockipit of the car makes...
Video: Test and Tune the Ridetech Way
Jan 13, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Test and Tune the Ridetech Way
We’ve known the gang over at Ridetech for years, and know that their manufacturing, testing, and quality are second to none. We just didn’t realize that they had so much fun proving it!...
Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
Jan 11, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
It’s the time of year when water turns solid, and that means the river in Merrill, Wisconsin, at Council Grounds State Park has become a frozen 1/8-mile drag strip. The Merrill Ice Draggers...
Killer Video: Russian Truck Racing
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Video: Russian Truck Racing
This is the total embodiment of the old adage, “people will race anything.” We’re taking you on a trip to the Russian countryside to check out some awesome racing action, complete...





