Tony Pedregon Chooses Prolong Super Lubricants As Primary Lubricant Sponsor For 2014
It is always cool when we see BangShift sponsors involved in the hot and heavy world of automotive competition and Prolong recently jumped into the deep end of the lubricants pool with Tony Pedregon...
Dyno Video: This Twin Turbo Viper V10 Makes 1200hp And Sounds Really, Really Good
The engine dyno at Nelson Racing Engines out in California has been assaulted by more powerful stuff than this twin turbo V10 that started life in a Dodge Viper but it is surely one of the most...
2014 Glory Days At The Grove Coverage: Gassers, Funny Cars, Street Freaks, and More
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we dropped the first group of photos by Joe Grippo on you and today we’re back with more from the 2014 Glory Days at the Grove nostalgia drag race....
This 1500+hp, Twin Turbo 454 LSx Powered Toyota Mini-Van Is An Aussie Toyota We Can Totally Get Behind
There’s an old expression that I like to use while announcing as a way to sum up a weird, different, or completely off the wall car. “If you are going to be a bear, you may as well be a...
Dragway 42 Opening Delayed Until 2015 – Construction Work Slowed Due To Poor Weather Conditions
Ma Nature can take the best laid plans and make mince meat of them and that’s about what’s happened to the team at Dragway 42 out in Ohio this Spring/Summer. The issue is rain and they...
Climb To The Clouds 2014 – Action Photos Show How Hairy This Sprint Up Mount Washington Really Is
(Words and Photos by Joe Staska) – David Higgins with co-driver Craig Drew broke the Mount Washington Climb To The Clouds record set in 2011 by roughly two seconds with an official time of...
This Hilarious Craigslist Ad Makes Us Want To Buy The Engineless 1978 El Camino It Is Pitching
BangShifter Jake McDonald gets the gold star for finding and pointing us in the direction of this hilarious and awesome Craigslist ad selling a 1978 Chevy El Camino in Oregon. We have seen some funny...
Awesome News For Northwest Drag Fans – Spokane County Raceway Joins IHRA
Ever since Orville Moe, the longtime owner and operator of Spokane Raceway Park was thrown out of his facility in 2008 by track investors and the courts, the County-owned facility has been in...
Watch This Subaru WRX Slog Through The Mud Pit At The West Coast Subaru Show
Subaru folks are a bit rabid about their cars, and for good reason. The turbocharged flat-fours are torquey, the AWD system works great, they can haul ass, and they can play in the dirt just as...
Rough Start: A Rally Sport Camaro Hiding In Maine Needs Your Help
Maine: The most northern and eastern section of the Continental United States, surrounded by seawater and Canadians, with a small path to New Hampshire acting as a connector. I wasn’t sure what...
Ebay Find: Pontiac G8 ST Phantom For Sale-Now You Can Own An Aussie Ute Legally!
It was not a good time to be a Pontiac fan in 2009. The only bright spot in the black hole that had formed in GM’s headquarters was the G8, which was the Holden Commodore being sold as a captive...
2014 Dunkirk Harbor Cruise Coverage: Weird Motors And Loads Of Cool Cars – See ‘Em All!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with another load of photos from the 2014 Dunkirk Harbor Cruise and thanks to Mike Brooks we have a load of neat stuff to show you. From Jag engines...
Watch This Monster Durango Go For Airborne Gold
Try, try, and try again. That’s what our mothers kept telling us when we were wanting to give up from repeated failure, in the hopes that if we pushed the limits one more time that we would...
Racing Junk Find: This 1972 Dodge Colt Wagon Is A Low 11-Second Bracket Bomber From Mopar Heaven
Dodge Colts are cool for a couple of reasons. Firstly, you don’t see them all that often. Secondly, they have interesting history in the sport of drag racing and were found in Pro Stock and...
