50th Cobra Jet Reunion: The History, The Cars, The Horsepower, and The People Were At Norwalk
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – More photos of cool and historic Cobra Jet powered Fords from the massive 50th Cobra Jet Reunion a couple of weeks ago. Joe Grippo was in his glory both racing his...
AutoMeter Video: The Install of AutoMeter Extreme Environment Gauges In A Dirt Late Model Is Cool
We have been talking at you about the importance of proper instruments in your street and race car since, oh, the second day BangShift existed we think. This video which highlights the install of...
Watch Hot Rod Drag Week Here: 2018 Live Streaming Coverage Starting From Atlanta Today
It is that time of the year again, time to tune in and watch some of the most interesting, weird, wild, and fast street legal cars in the world compete at four tracks in five days and pound pavement...
Thirteen Years After: Photos, Personal Memories, And Botched Coverage Of Drag Week 2005 – How That Event Led To BangShift Existing
Some mistakes you can never escape and this is one of them. For whatever reason, while I was on the road covering Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005 for CompetitonPlus.com, I got hung up on the idea that...
Quaint Old Video: This Look Back At The 2006 Pump Gas Drags Seems Appropriate Today
As you are reading this, Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2018 has kicked off and more than 400 of the most awesome and fast street cars from all over the world are at Atlanta Dragway. Before Drag Week...
Holley LS Fest 2018: The Chevy High Noon Shootout – Winner Take All!
There is never a hurting for autocross action at LS Fest…the oval track at Beech Bend is usually open for business so long as it’s not time for drifting or the burnout contest. But leave...
Morning Symphony: The One And Only Porsche 961, The Factory Race 959!
In the late 1980s, two cars had truly earned their way onto posters, Trapper Keepers, and the imaginations of young and old: the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40. The Ferrari was, in the loosest terms...
This Amazingly Cool Video From Nick Ziter Gives You A Fistful Of Awesome From Bonneville Speed Week
This video is Part 1 of Nick Ziter Photography’s GoPro Bonneville Speed Week Video. It captures the emotion, the soul, and some of the essence that is Bonneville Speed Week through really cool...
Street Car Super Nationals Las Vegas To Run 4-Wide In November LIVE On BANGshift!
While at this year’s Spring Fling Million dollar bracket race in Las Vegas, at the newly 4-wide converted race track, we talked about just how cool it would be to run a race on the 4 lanes with...
Holley’s LSFest 2018 In Bowling Green Has Been Awesome! Here Are Recap Videos From Day 1 And 2
God and Mother Nature love LS engines, and Holley’s LSFest in particular, because both Friday and Saturday were supposed to be plagued with rain and ended up being great days to be at the...
Diesel Power Australia? This Duramax-Powered Nissan Patrol Is A Cloud Maker!
It isn’t that diesel powered vehicles aren’t common around the world, they are…it’s that outside of a few niche areas, diesel performance isn’t that popular and...
Is This Ex-Pro Stock Engine We Found On Racing Junk Cool Or What?
Growing up, one of my favorite classes of drag racing was Pro Stock. So much so that when I could afford it I signed up for Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School and got my Pro Stock license. That was...
I’ve Always Wanted To Chop The Top On Something, And These Videos Make Me Want To Even More!
Chopping the top on a hot rod or truck is one of the most timeless and classic custom body mods you can do. Whether for a traditional hot rod, custom, or show car, there isn’t much that garners...
