2014 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon’s Favorite Photos From The Drags, Land Speed Races, Road Races, Tractor Pulls, And More!
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY DAVID WHEALON) – While 2014 was my first year as a BS contributor it also had me entering my 6th decade of existence. Which I was not really looking forward to. Somehow...
Santa Forget Your Stuff? Buy One Of The Nicest A100 Trucks We Have Ever Seen On eBay – Mopar Goodness
The reality is that Dodge A100 trucks and vans on eBay tend to be one of two things. They are either (a) pretty rough and in need of lots of work or (b) all hot rodded and kind of hacked up. This...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Last Call For 2014!
What a year it has been! We have the Hellcat from Dodge, the flat-plane-crank 5.2L Voodoo V8 from Ford, and the LT4 blower motor from Chevrolet. We also have the EcoBoost four-banger from Ford...
Cheap Fun Is The Best Fun: Road Karts With Short Money Engines On Slick In The Dirt = BIG FUN (Video) – We Want In!
Recently, Chad and I did battle with a host of other guys at a karting event during the PRI show. While neither of us were the fastest in the group, we weren’t embarrassed either. Every time we...
How Far Is Too Far? Watch This Bronco Jump And Find Out At The 2014 Mega Truck Finals
There is always such a thing as “too much”. When it comes to playing off-road, too much airtime usually results in broken suspension parts, a snapped axle or hub, and about fifty thousand...
This John Deere 317 Garden Tractor With A 2.8L GM V6 Is 100% BangShift Approved – Think It Sounds Good With Zoomies?
So as you have undoubtedly noticed, we have been running lots of “Best of 2014” blog items over the last week or so. We’re going to spice things up over the next few days before New...
Auction Find: The Estate Sale of Roger Jones, Sr. In Oklahoma
Ron Ward gets the credit for locating the first big auction of 2015 in Oklahoma. Roger Jones, Sr., from Pryor, Oklahoma, was apparently a life-long gear head of sorts and had accumulated quite the...
Ridge Running: The Motorhead Hill Climb, At Mazda Turnpike In Hakone, Japan (VIDEO)
If you got a free pass on a local road, anywhere you could choose, to race, what would you pick? Some wide-open road in Nevada where you could put your foot to the floor and go chasing the setting...
Good Or Bad? Brian Finch’s Mus-Take Mustang Project Is Underway
When Brian Finch announced that he was going to be building a Mustang, that incorporated a 2011 front end with a 1967 back end, and was calling it Mus-Take, there were a lot of people wondering if it...
Best of 2014: Left For Dead In A Ditch: The Newfoundland Ravine Daytona
The photos look like a crime scene. The remnants of a T5 Copper 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona lay scattered, crushed, picked apart by parts looters among the trees and brush of a ravine in Newfoundland,...
Best Of 2014: The Oddest and Most Badder Asser Pickup In America Does a Burnout and Makes a Dyno Pull
This truck is one of those rare vehicles that when viewed one way is the coolest thing ever, but when viewed another way, is a little on the freakish side. In doing some digging around the internet,...
Video Bonanza: People Failing At Pulling Engines In Every Way Possible (Ok, Some Succeed)
Pulling an engine is one of those gearhead experiences that may be nearly universal among BangShifters. Sometimes it literally seems to remove itself and other times, these big lumps of iron and...
Best Of 2014: Watch A Gnarly Turbocharged Ford Mustang Literally Take Flight At Huntsville Dragway
When you combine the prodigious power made by modern turbocharged drag racing engines with the amazing traction of a well treated strip, you end up with cars literally levering themselves right off...
Best of 2014: Watch AJ Fiorelli Pull A 1200′ Wheelstand At The Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships – Longest Ever At Legendary Competition
There have been many incredible things that have happened at the World Power Wheelstanding Championships at Byron Dragway over the years but none of them have anything on AJ Fiorelli’s...
