Disaster: Four Killed And More Wounded After Apparent Street Racing Crash In North Carolina – One Driver Ran Off
And here we are again. Here we are talking about more dead people, talking about how the “mainstream” media continues to improperly call street racing “drag racing” and...
Hope On The Salt? SCTA Says Area For Two Courses Located But Will Mother Nature Comply?
Like a parent cautioning their kids not to get too wound up over some positive news, the SCTA is reporting on their FB page that after searching and scouring the salt for days on end, they have...
ECTA Ohio (Half) Mile Action Photos – Land Speed Racing Under The Ohio Sun
(Photos by David Whealon) – A little bit of history went down in the small burg of Wilmington, Ohio last weekend as the ECTA held their first ever half mile land speed event on the same course...
Watch Randy Pobst’s Preparation For Pikes Peak: From Taming A Wild GT-R To That Accident, It’s Here!
Running Pikes Peak requires a driver to be one with the car they’re going to pilot up to the summit of the mountain. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bone stocker or an all-out race...
Mooneyes Open House 2015 Coverage: Check Out The Coo Iron Here!
We’re pretty sure that Dean Moon would have been smiling had he been able to attend the 2015 Mooneyes Open House in California. He has been gone since 1987 but as one of the most consummate hot...
This Bombardier Wrecker Has A 15-Ton Winch, Tracks, And A Look All BangShifters Can Love
Bombardier was born in the 1930s up in Canada when one man’s idea of building a vehicle that could drive over snow was realized. Over the years the design was refined and changed until it was...
I Am Riding Shotgun In A Rally Car With Ken Block Tomorrow – What Should I Ask Him?
The words themselves don’t even make a lot of sense when I type them, but as the title suggests, I am going to be riding shotgun with Ken Block in a rally car tomorrow as he prepares for the...
Brainerd International Raceway Battered By Storms – Heavily Damaged – Seeking Local Volunteers To Aid Cleanup
Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota was in the news yesterday but for reasons it really could have gone without. The track was at the epicenter of a massive and very powerful series of storms...
UPCG’s Caption This: What’s Greasy Enough To Turn Cardboard Clear? No, Not The Fast-Food Chicken…
There’s a statement about fast-food that I learned about in my younger days: if the bag is clear enough to see through, it is greasy and therefore tasty. So, naturally, I assumed that the best...
Multiple Sources Reporting That NHRA Will Leave ESPN At End Of 2015 And Move To Fox Sports 1 For Television
In the first of what will likely turn out to be a torrent of major news from the NHRA over the coming weeks, it is being widely reported that the company has decided to terminate their agreement with...
Decorated Pro Stock and Pro Mod Driver/Tuner Joe Lepone Jr. Passes – Forged Global Career
If Joe Lepone Jr’s drag racing career was defined by one thing, it was the willingness to do what it took to be successful in the sport. His time working as a crewman with Grumpy Jenkins led...
Bangshift Visits The Bare Cove Fire Museum: Vintage Firefighting Equipment Galore!
Here at Bangshift, you know we love big, old trucks, and we especially love the ones that were used to help save lives. Recently, we visited the Bare Cove Fire Museum in Hingham, MA to view their...
Facepalm: Guy Asks If He Can Attach Mustang Subframe Connectors To Car With JB Weld – Hilarity Ensues
There was a time before the internet where someone could ask a question out of left field and maybe their buddies would hear it and rib them and the thing would just float away and be part of the...
2015 Mooneyes Open House Coverage – We Were At One Of The Coolest Hot Rod Gatherings In The Country
Mooneyes has been a staple brand in the hot rodding world since 1950. Their famed logo has adorned more cars than any other in history and those two peeping eyes are still iconic more than a half a...
