Rough Start, The Drag Week Edition: This 4th Gen Is A Power Adder Away From Greatness
Since the bosses are out enjoying Drag Week, I decided that my contribution to the events (besides keeping BangShift rolling along) would be to mess with the Rough Start parameters in the goal of...
BangShift Doorslammer Gallery: Action Photos From The PDRA Meet Last Weekend
(Photos by David Whealon) – When BS shooter David Whealon sent me a note saying that he was thinking of attending the PDRA Race at Rockingham Dragway and bringing his camera, I was pretty...
We Get The Inside Scoop On What It Was Like At The Inaugural Speedway Motors CAM Invitational Challenge
(Photos and words by Lance Hamilton) [Nutting: By now most Bangshift readers should be familiar with my daily driver 1987 Monte Carlo LS that I autocross on a regular basis in the Classic American...
Show Gallery: Cruisin’ For A Cure Car Show at Bruster’s Ice Cream in Bowling Green, KY
Most anywhere in America, you can find a car cruise of some type during the summer months. It might take a little investigation or a short drive but they can be found, and can vary from a few cars to...
Just In Case You Thought Dodge Had A Shred Of Sanity Left, Now You Can Lease A Hellcat
At just north of sixty grand, the Hellcat is a bargain for it’s power output. But one would think that people would straight-up buy their Charger or Challenger…while sixty large...
Craigslist Find: A Reader Suggestion For A BangShift Command Center
Lohnes and I have been going back and forth over a BangShift Command Center Vehicle. I want the overkill coach bus setup so that we can quit staying in crime-scene hotels and can have air...
Epic Craigslist Find: “I Know What This Car Is Worth Restored, Don’t Low-Ball Me”
Sometimes the truth is stranger than the fiction. It’s obvious that the only thing left to do to this Duster is to raid it for pieces and let it die a somewhat dignified death. Instead, I give...
This All Aluminum Hemi Small Block Chevy Hemi Uses Some Of The Most Rare Speed Parts Ever – A Never Assembled Freak!
There’s strange stuff, there’s weird stuff, there’s unobtanium, and then there is this. What you are looking at is a Leo Lyons small block Chevy hemi from the early 1970s....
Drag Week 2014: Photos And Results From Day One In Tulsa! Bailey Leads The Way, Lutz Is Fast, Cline Flies, Larson Runs 6.99
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – Few things often live up to the advanced hype before an event but the first day of Hot Rod Drag Week 2014 sure as heck did! Tom Bailey left Tulsa with the lead on...
Project Violent Valiant Update: Safety Equipment, Pre-Assembly, And The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Project Violent Valiant sure is coming along. We recently caught up with builder Kevin Tully at his shop, Ho Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois and he told us about the recently progress on the car,...
Caption This: Write The Craigslist Ad For This Poor Jeep
“It ain’t for sale. I’m gonna fix it up one day.” Ever hear that line? I have. From a ragged-out Camaro to a ’73 ‘Cuda in waist-high grass, it’s always the...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Eliminating The Middleman
We’ve focused quite a bit on both ends of the counter here, and I’ve taken a shot or two at a store manager before. But have you wondered what else could be affecting the morale and...
More Great Action Photos From The 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals – Huge Car Counts
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – I knew from the second the moment arrived at the house that the 2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals were going to be the biggest, baddest, and fastest ones yet. From the...
It’s Ba-a-a-a-ack! The Hot Rodded Volvo Tractor Is Back, With A Video To Show Ken Block How It’s Really Done
When we first saw footage of this Volvo BM Terrier tractor ripping donuts in the countryside a couple of years ago, we went nuts. Just the fact that someone stuffed a built Volvo turbo motor that, by...
