Concentrated Formula: This Motorcycle-Engined Power Wheels Mustang Will Kill You Twice As Fast!
Let’s talk for a second about the reputation that Ford Mustangs, especially 2005-newer ones, have built up thanks to morons behind the wheel. We now have “INSERT CROWD HERE”...
Best of 2018: “Jesus Built My Hotrod” by Burn The Priest (2018)
Let’s start off right: no, this isn’t Ministry. The original 1991 song that is a staple of many, many playlists was Ministry’s biggest and probably most well-known song, but it was...
Remembering 2018 – Francois Gissy, The Frenchman Known For His Incredible Homebuilt Rockets Has Died
It was a note from BangShift contributor Benoit Pigeon and the comments on a video I posted yesterday that floored me. Francois Gissy, the Frenchman who built a series of incredible rocket powered...
Best of 2018: 2018 Kia Stinger GT AWD – The Jokes Stop Here
Got any good Kia jokes? Yeah, I bet you do. You probably have a good horror story or two, or maybe you just have the acronyms lined up and waiting (“Keep it, asshole”). Or maybe you just...
Best of 2018: This Drift-Build Dodge Charger Is A Mutt Of American And German Engineering!
Stereotypes are rooted in truths. The stereotype of a Mopar fan is rooted in tradition, perfection, and an absolute abhorrence for any deviation from “as it was”, whether that was...
Best of 2018: This 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado Car Hauler Is Ready To Carry Your Race Car!
The one positive thing we can think of about a front-wheel-drive automobile is that the powertrain is one complete and neat package. Engine, gearbox, and drive axles all combine into one...
Best of 2018: How About A Coyote-Powered, RWD Ford Fusion?
The phrase I use to describe stories like the one I put up recently about the possibility of a four-door Ford Mustang is “smacking the hornet’s nest”. It’s not a good...
Best of 2018: What’s The Strangest Animal Encounters You’ve Had At A Race Track?
I’ve been around racing in some form or another since 1999, when I started volunteering for the SCCA events at Bremerton Raceway in Washington as a cone-shagger. I’ve bracket-raced,...
Best of 2018: Bradenton Motorsports Park SOLD: Young New Operator With History At Track and Commitment To Keep It Fresh
In news that is big time stuff through the drag racing world, BangShift learned that Alan Chervitz has sold his operating stake in Bradenton Motorsports Park, a track that he has been the primary...
Minis Are Cool, But This Chopped And Flared Hill Climber Is Something Special
Chopped, Flared, and a Hill Climber? Yeah, this is not your ordinary Mini now is it? Hell no, this piece was full of insane stuff and totally carries the torch for Mini racers and fans around the...
BangShift Top 11: McTaggart’s Highlights From 2018!
As far as BangShift is concerned, 2018 is over in my world. The presents have been opened, the photos have been stored away onto the storage hard-drive and the work to prepare for 2019 has all but...
We’e Got More Mooneyes XMas Party, Show, And Drags Photos!
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) If you are in Southern California during early December, then the must attend show is the Mooneyes XMas Party Show and Drag at Irwindale. After the track closed early this...
Best of 2018: Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire – Lighting The Candles One Last Time, Part Two
(Note: The Night of Fire event at Rocky Mountain Raceways was supposed to be a streamed event, but due to technical difficulties that didn’t happen. Instead, we shot galleries of the final...
Best of 2018: The 1967 Shelby “Little Red” Notchback GT500 – Factory Shelby Prototype!
(Photos: Craig Jackson) Until hours ago, this car officially had met the business end of a car crusher after it’s work as a prototype was over and done with. It was a myth, a legend, a phantom....
