Cool Old Press Photo: 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner
The big news from Ford in 1957 was the introduction of the Skyliner model in the Fairlane series. The Skyliner was the world’s first, and for a long time, only, mechanical retractable hard top....
Wild Video: 250cc SuperKarts Racing On The Road Course At The Isle Of Man
Ok, THIS is freaking nuts. We have to give credit to the crew at Motorsportretro.com for digging this video from the late 1980s or early 1990s up. What you are about to watch is on kart video of...
Big Burnout Video: A Compound Turbo Cummins Powered 1955 Chevy Truck Boils the Hides For A Long Time
Boy, is this some mean rig or what?! A bright red 1955 Chevy truck that is packing a seriously worked over B-series Cummins engine under the hood that clearly makes plenty of torque and horsepower....
This 1957 Chevy Pro Mod Has A Small Block Chevy Engine And A Supercharger That Whines Like Nothing We Have Ever Heard
How much whine are we talking about here? When I played this video my wife and kids (who were all in another room) asked what in the world I was watching because the noise was so nasty. That’s...
Watch Champion Tractor Puller Larry Koester Suffer A Broken Wrist During A Violent Hook In His Shell-Rotella Mini-Rod Tractor
We’ve talked a lot at how wild and violent the little Mini-Rod tractors are when showing you pulling videos or photos. The super short wheelbase, the massive wheel speed, and the fact that they...
Nitro Under The Lights At Historic Pomona Raceway For NHRA Finals Friday Qualifying
With two qualifying rounds crowded into a busy Friday of the 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Doug Kalitta raced to the lead in Top Fuel Friday evening....
Tom Bailey States That Goals For New Drag Week Car Are 5.50s Quarter Mile!
(Photo Credit: Tom Bailey Racing FB Page) – Wow, how about this for being serious? Tom Bailey stated on the Bailey Racing FB page that his goals for the next car he will roll out to Drag Week...
Crane Cams Rolls Out New Energizer Series Retro-Fit Hydraulic Roller Lifters For Performance Street Engines
Crane is on a rampage these days with the new stuff! This time we’re talking about a new line of Energizer retro-fit roller lifters for high performance street engines. They have applications...
Cadillac Introduces The ATS-V.R Race Car – 600hp Twin Turbo Motor FIA Legal For GT3 And 30 Different Series Around World (W/VIDEO)
Well this looks about 20 different shades of awesome. Cadillac has debuted their brand new ATS-V.R road racing car that will compete on a global level in the FIA’s GT3 category. In addition to...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Next Car That Should Be Made Into A Pro Mod? Great Examples Inside!
You know the names ID Motorsports Design and Stu Wotypka from their appearances on the pages of BangShift before. Stu has worked with some of the most well know chassis builders and body builders in...
2014 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational – One Last Look At Some Great Action Photos Of The Event And Full Results
All the competitors have gone home or have moved onto other events. Most of the cars are parked for the year, and some of the competition for next year have just come out of shops across the country...
Wreckage Sequence! Watch A Mud Racer Lost The Handle On His Truck At High Speed With Disastrous Results
(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM) – Recently, Charles Wickam was shooting mud drag racing action at the Brazoria County Mud Drags in Texas. We’ll have all his awesome race coverage next week...
This 1978 Volvo Bertone 262C Is An All Steel Bodied Freak That We’d Rock (After Making Some Changes) – eBay Find!
Do you ever wonder what happens to some of the crazy cars that are seen at the SEMA show? Lots of them go back to the people that built them, get sold, and live the lives of pretty normal hot rods....
Photo Highlight Reel: BangShift Contributors Mike Brooks And Jose Ferrer Crushing It With Gasoline Images Inc. – Great Photos Here
(Words and photos by Mike Books/Jose Ferrer) – (Editor’s note: BangShift contributors Mike Brooks and Jose Ferrer spend lots of their summer at events and tracks around the eastern USA....
