Nitro And Pro Stock Action From the 2014 NHRA Winternationals – Header Flames Over The Wing!
Feb 14, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – Yesterday we showed you people and sportsman action from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals and today we show you the pros in nitro burning funny cars, top fuel...
The Battle For The Grand Championship – A Cool Look At The Cars And Competition At Holley LS Fest 2013
Feb 14, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Before last summer I had never been to the Holley LS Fest at Beech Bend. I had heard about the event and seen photos and video but for whatever reason, I had never attended. The weekend was a unique...
The 2014 March Meet Is Coming – We’re Planning On Being There And YOU Should Be, Too!
Feb 14, 2014Brian Lohnes1
March means a couple of things here at BangShift but most importantly it means that the greatest nostalgia drag race in the world, the Bakersfield March Meet will be happening and 2014 is no...
Italian Furniture Builders Built This BMW K100RS Cafe Racer Out of An Oil Drum and It’s DEADLY
Feb 13, 2014Craig Fitzgerald4
Vibrazioni Art Design isn’t known for building motorcycles. It’s recognized for building cool furniture out of old 55 gallon oil drums, the way half the bands in Jamaica built their drum...
Eargasm: 12-Minutes of Vintage 1960s Drag Strip Radio Ads With Out Takes And More – Screamers, Famous Names, Coolness
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes4
As cool as old drag racing movies and videos are, this collection containing 12-minutes of vintage drag strip radio ads from tracks all across the country blows them all into the weeds. The names...
Do You Like Things That Are Cool? If So Give AFCO A Like On Facebook! Racing Season Is Here!
Feb 13, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Do You Like Things That Are Cool? If So Give AFCO A Like On Facebook! Racing Season Is Here!
While we look forward to racing season, the crew at AFCO Racing really looks forward to it. Think about the starting line at a 100-meter dash at the Olympics. The way that the crew at AFCO hits the...
Awesome Racing Video: A Real Vintage Trans-Am Boss 302 Mustang at Laguna Seca
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes2
If there could be one thing cooler than owning a Boss 302 formerly raced by George Follmer, it would be owning and racing that Follmer-driven Boss 302. Brian Ferron is a man who does the latter,...
2014 NHRA Winternationals: Sportsman Gallery – Stockers Through Injected Fuel, They’re Here!
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – We know you wanted to see more sportsman action photos from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals, so here they are! Shooters Mike and Jeff Burghardt took these...
This Gnarly 5th Gen Camaro Set To Take On All Comers In European Endurance Series – Only American Car In The Bunch
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes6
The Blancpain Endurance Series is a road racing circuit in Europe for GT cars. Companies like Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Aston Martin, McLaren, BMW, Audi, and others compete. Now there will be at...
A Guy Is Asking $205,000 For This Gasser On eBay And We Think It Actually May Be Worth It — UPDATED WITH PERIOD PHOTO!
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes39
Why would a 1933 Willys gasser possibly be worth a couple hundred grand when we have no proof of who owned it, no proof that it was actually raced, and just some crusty photos of the thing jammed...
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Could Save One And Only One Of The Sinkhole Corvettes, Which Would You Save?
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes31
You knew this one was coming after the events of yesterday. In case you just got internet access last night and were unaware, eight Corvettes were swallowed by a large sinkhole inside the National...
2014 Winternationals Gallery: People and Pits Photos From The 2014 NHRA Winternationals
Feb 13, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on 2014 Winternationals Gallery: People and Pits Photos From The 2014 NHRA Winternationals
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – While the action at the drag races is always captured on the track, the story of any drag race is written in the pits. Like a great band that gains fame because of...
Safety on the job site is no laughing matter. Well, maybe a little – Shake Hands With Danger Scores High On Unintentional Comedy (Video)
Feb 13, 2014Brian Lohnes3
(Words by Greg Rourke) – Shake Hands With Danger is an industrial safety film produced in 1980. It was directed by Herk Harvey, best known as the director of “Carnival Of Souls”, a...
Video Of Corvette Museum Sinkhole Released – Helicopter Drone Footage From Inside The Hole!
Feb 12, 2014Brian Lohnes26
Here’s newly released video showing the sinkhole swallowing Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This does not show all the cars going in, but a few. It looks...