Watch Jim Yates Literally Steal One From Darrell Alderman In 1994 – Greatest Holeshot Ever?
There is a lot of win in this video, especially if you are a hardcore drag racing fan. Why? There are the people involved, the strategy involved, and the technology involved, all of which were played...
Question of the Day: What’s the One Restored Race Car You Would Want to Own?
We were talking with an old drag racer about a week ago and the guy kind of lamented that he’d never see his favorite car again and there was no real way to track it down. It is interesting in...
Funny Video: This Is What Happens When You Attempt To Autocross A Tiny, Three Wheeler BMW Isetta
There are certain things in the automotive world that we hold as self evident. The first is that performance cars have four wheels. Call us stodgy, traditionalist, resistant to change, respectful of...
Bubba Wallace Found Out What Driving A NASCAR Stock Car Without Any Brakes Was Like Last Weekend – OUCH
Bubba Wallace is a good dude. I have been fortunate to have been able to spend some time with him at the NHRA races over the years and the fact that he’s got a ride now is awesome. Last weekend...
Watch This Blown Alcohol Hemi Explode In Flaming Glory On The Engine Dyno – Wild Stuff
When things go wrong with an engine that makes thousands of horsepower they go wrong very quickly and they go wrong violently. Such is the case in this video where we see what looks to be a Fontana...
This 1975 Pontiac Astre V8 Swapped, Clean, and The Cure For The Common Vega
If you have been looking for something a little different, our man Rocco has you covered. He is the guy that dug up this sweet 1975 Pontiac Astre station wagon thats for sale in LA. The little wagon...
Retro Gallery: Speedy Photos From Speed Week 2017 To Get You Pumped For Our 2018 Speed Week Coverage!
BangShift is geared up and ready to go for another year of wall-to-wall Speed Week coverage on the Bonneville Salt Flats. This year the advanced reports have told us that the salt is as flat and hard...
The Bad Brit: Check Out This Classic Jaguar Mk1 Roasting Tires And Sliding Sideways At Goodwood
Now this is a properly American display from a British icon. The Jaguar Mk1 was produced from 1955-1959 and they were made in a couple of versions. First there was a 2.4L engine and later on there...
Love Fire Trucks But Really Need A Hauler? This Fire Truck Based Hauler Is The Answer!
Back in 2008 Spartan Fire Apparatus wanted to create a rig to haul their promotional trailer around to shows and events. Rather than just do the normal thing a buy a toter, the company put its...
Cool Old Video: This 1950s Dodge Promotional Video Is All About The Red Ram Hemi
The Chrysler hemi in all of its glorious forms is one of the great engines in hot rodding history. From the little hemi engines of the 1950s to the mighty second generation engines of the 1960s and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Engine In History Has Had The Best Factory Name?
One of the things that manufacturers have lost the plot on in recent years is naming their engines. Hell, we told you about one example coming from GM today as they are calling a new turbocharged...
Watch The Hampton Hooker John Deere Pulling Tractor Launch The Entire Engine Out Of Itself!
This is pretty amazing and not exactly in a good way. As stunning as it is to watch from a video screen we can only imagine what it was like to be in the driver’s seat of the tractor when the...
Watch Sonny Leonard Himself Rip A Naturally Aspirated 1,000ci Engine To 8,000 RPM On His Dyno – 2,000hp!
Sonny Leonard is now and will forever be considered one of the best big cubic inch engine builders ever. The words “mountain motor” have been defined by a handful of men over the years...
Video and The History Of Duke Nalon’s Rocket Assisted 1940s Indy Car Are Amazing!
Just ahead of the 1946 Indy 500, Chicagoan Duke Nalon did what any sensible racer would do to pull an extra few miles per hour from his race car: He strapped a 40-pound solid fuel rocket to it....
