From A Road Course Racer, To An LSR Screamer, And Now A 9-Second Warhead, This 2009 Dodge Challenger Does It All!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on From A Road Course Racer, To An LSR Screamer, And Now A 9-Second Warhead, This 2009 Dodge Challenger Does It All!
When the Dodge Challenger returned for the 2008 model year, Mopar fans who wanted two doors and rear-wheel drive were lined up around the block salivating, and Sam Uthman was right in line with them....
Want A Quarter Mile Drag Strip? Lonestar Motorsports Park In Texas Is For Sale! $2.7M
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes1
We thought it was pretty awesome when John Hennessey went into the drag strip business a couple of years ago with the purchase of Lonestar Motorsports Park in Sealy, Texas. After all, his shop is...
Jay Leno Shows You What Is Being Worked On In His Shop: A Hemi-Powered Cunningham, A Porsche Restoration, And More!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
Jay Leno is a car guy, through and through, there is no doubt about it, and he has the money to do whatever the hell he wants to do. But the reason we like what he does is that he didn’t...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Hammering A Classic 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury With Max Wedge Power Down The Quarter Mile
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes1
While the short throw shifter was a great innovation that helped make speedy gear changes much easier, there’s something awesome about seeing a guy really get after it with a long throw, old...
This Turbocharged Barra Six-Powered Ford Cortina Rules! Wheels-Up High With Turbo-Six Power!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
It might look like a lightly shrunken Mercury Montego wearing Valiant Charger headlights, but the Ford Cortina had nothing to do with a midsize Ford…it was just meant to look like one. Offered...
Bring On The Apocalypse! This Dodge Ram Cummins/Sno-Cat Combination Is Awesome!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
It is very, very difficult to look at this 2005 Dodge Ram and not immediately have images of it running over every possible thing on Creation while blasting “Ride of the Valkyries” out of...
When Mustangs Attack! Will Leaving A Car Meet In A Hot-Rodded ‘Stang Cause Mayhem And Property Damage? Cleetus Tests Out The Theory!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggart4
If you haven’t been on the internet in the last couple of weeks, you’ve been missing a meme war against the Ford Mustang of epic proportions. If you are a Mustang owner, chances are very...
Rough Start: This 1971 GMC Sprint Would Make An Excellent First Car…Truck…Whatever!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
Finding a reason to not plonk down the $5,000 you have for a project car on this 1971 GMC Sprint is going to be difficult. You don’t have to make the decision between a car or a truck. You...
Video: A Longtime BangShifter’s Son Is Living The Dream As A Crew Guy For Brittany Force
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes2
Perhaps the coolest thing about BangShift and its evolution over the years are the people that have and still are fans, readers, and participants of this place. It is more than just some website that...
NASCAR Welcomes Tony Stewart Back and Then Promptly Fines Him $35,000
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes11
Yesterday NASCAR sent out a short and kind of terse but overall nice statement regarding the return of Tony Stewart to racing. We, like every other media outlet in the known universe got it....
Mickey Thompson Releases ET Street Radial Pro In 315/60/15 – The Conquering Tire Gets Meaner!
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes1
While there are other people who make drag radial tires, Mickey Thompson is the recognized industry and performance leader. Their rubber has been on every one of the cars that have completely mangled...
LIVE WRENCHING! Watch The LIVE GM A-Body RideTech Street Grip Install
Apr 21, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on LIVE WRENCHING! Watch The LIVE GM A-Body RideTech Street Grip Install
We have told you about how great the RideTech StreetGrip system is to upgrade your muscle car with. We have showed you how easy the job is by doing it our damned selves but if you are still in need...
Someone On The Tiny Island Of Antigua Has A Nitro Funny Car (And Yes, They Have A Drag Strip!)
Apr 21, 2016Brian Lohnes14
You have likely heard of the island of Antigua. It is a popular tourist resort destination but you likely do not know that it is a hotbed of drag racing as well. In fact the entire Caribbean is a hot...
This Jeep SRT-8 Is Monsterous! Watch It Hang Tires At Cecil County Dragway!
Apr 21, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Jeep SRT-8 Is Monsterous! Watch It Hang Tires At Cecil County Dragway!
The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8s are the family haulers to end all family haulers. Hemi power, all-wheel drive and all of the attitude you could possibly want out of a muscle car fitted into an SUV...












