Burnout Video: Watch Kurt Johnson Break In A Set Of Slicks In A Naked Chassis Former Pro Stocker
One of the things that few people understand about the world of professional drag racing and pro stock specifically is that the work during racing season is on a 24/7 cycle. This isn’t a deal...
This 1951 Federal House Truck Is The Most BangShift Approved Home On Wheels We’ve Ever Seen
Federal house truck? First off, we don’t mean liked Federal Government because if they built it, the tires would be flat, the roof would be caved in, and…Ok, I’m stopping there. The...
Craigslist Find: The Most Unintentionally Comedic Listing Ever (Not Even Including the 1973 MG Rat Rod)
Powermaster’s Brady Basner has the hot hand on Craigslist. I don’t know how he does it but the man is able to find gems left, right, and center each week on the world’s biggest yard...
Tuscon Rodders Days 2014: A Celebration Of American Iron On The Streets Of Tuscon – Tons Of Photos!
(Words and photos by Jace Ray) – E = R…..famous racers motto….Effort equals Results. Tucson Street Rod Association definitely put out major effort for their 40th Anniversary Rodders Days...
’58 Ford Retractable goes up in flames north of Boston, and the owner’s blaming corn-based fuel
Over the weekend, the indispensable Boston news site Universal Hub posted this photo of a 1958 Ford Retractable engulfed in flame on Rt. 93 in Stoneham, 20 minutes north of the city. The owner...
Top Fuel Motorcycle Racing Legend Russ Collins Has Died: Multi-Engine Nitro Bikes, World Record Setter, Innovator
Russ Collins, the great Top Fuel Motorcycle racer, sometimes Top Fuel Dragster racer and survivor of a couple horrendous wrecks during his long and storied career, has died. Collins was a great...
Watch Craig Breedlove Tell His Story Of 1960s Land Speed Heroism In This Great Video – Great Emotion And Tons Of Old Footage
In many ways, Craig Breedlove was the ultimate California hot rod kid of his era. Who else was able to dream up and actually see through a futuristic looking, thrust driven monster of a car that was...
This video recreates all the locations from It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
When I was a kid, WLVI-TV 56 in Boston used to run It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World the Friday after Thanksgiving every year. I’ve probably watched it 40 times since. For a kid staring...
BangShift Exclusive: Support Your Local Sign Painter – The Greatest Documentation Of Hand Lettering And Striping A Funny Car Ever!
(Words and video by Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian) – A little over a month ago, I received a text message stating that several mutual friendswere going to collaborate on a paint scheme for a 1972 Vega...
One Lap Of America 2014 Is In The Books. They Visited DEI, And We Have Photos And Results.
Last Thursday the guys at DEI, Design Engineering Incorporated, played host to the 2014 One Lap of America. Racers came through Avon Lake, Ohio and DEI Headquarters, to stretch their legs, satisfy a...
The BangShift C7 Corvette Dissection: Into The Mortally Wounded LT Engine
(Words and photos by Dave Matyjasik) – (Editor’s note – Yesterday we started what will be a multi-part series on the dissection and reassembly of a C7 Corvette...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Brutal Honesty – Mr Nice Guy Has The Day Off
As a person, I have a special place in my heart for what I refer to as “blunt-force honesty”. It’s the kind of truthfulness that isn’t exactly respected or even desired, but instead leaves...
CL Find: This 1973 Satellite May Have Actually Been Customized In Outer Space
Custom cars are among the most individual genres of hot rodding. Cars that are heavily customized by their owners are little built for no one else but that one person’s taste. Sometimes there...
AJ Watson Dies At Age 90 – “The Wizard Of Indy” – One Of The Most Prolific Car Builders In Indy 500 History
A.J. Watson, the legendary race car fabricator whose machines dominated at the Indy 500 through the 1950s and 1960s has died at age 90. Watson constructed roadsters won six Indy 500 titles starting...
