Wheels Up, Gear Banging Drag Action From Central Illinois Dragway – Awesome Cars At An Awesome Track
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – A friend of mine at home recently asked me what the attraction to visiting new drag strips was because at the end of the day, they were all just a pair of lanes headed...
The BangShift History Of Railroad Crossing Signals PLUS Bonus Video Of A Locomotive Smashing A Big Rig In California Just Days Ago!
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Streets and railroads sometimes have to share the same space. Trains always have the right of way, so there must be a way to warn traffic of their approach....
Tough Break: Postman Pat Van Gets Crashed Over In England – Driver OK, Van Needs Work – Video And Photos Here
Our English pal Tom Armitage had a rough day at the strip recently when the Postman Pat van he was driving went through the traps at York Raceway and then became upset, flopped onto its side, and...
19 Year Old Kid In Oregon Passes Out While Holding Breath Driving Through Tunnel, Causes Three Car Wreck
The title pretty much sums up the basic story here but then again, like many things in life, the basic story doesn’t really seem to be the most logical, sensible, or believable tale ever told....
Watch The Awesome King Kuda II Of Bucky Hess Hit The Wall At Maple Grove And Come Inches Away From T-Bone Annihilation
One of the nicest looking and overall coolest drag cars on planet Earth is the Super Stock A/Hemi “King Kuda II” of Bucky Hess. Hess is a paint and body man and all of his cars have...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Favor Big Torque Or Big Horsepower?
The video we posted a little earlier today is a good illustration of brutal torque. Torque is the oft discounted and lesser admired brother of horsepower. As the old adage goes, “Horsepower is...
Listen To The Mighty Chrysler Hellcat Hemi Roar – Plus The Untold Angle No One Is Talk About Regarding This Engine
The news of the 600+ horsepower, supercharged hemi engine known as the Hellcat at Chrysler has rip sawed across the internet like a Japanese bullet train and rightfully so. This engine plants the...
Dummy Video: A Dirt Path Is Not a Drag Strip
We’ve long been of the opinion that street racing is dumb. Racing on public streets where innocent people and bystanders can be hurt isn’t smart. Because of this video we found, we now...
Vision Quest: This Period Perfect 1971 Demon Was Built By A Kid Born 20 Years Late
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We all do the hot rodding thing for different reasons. We have different tastes, different motivations, and different opinions on how to best capture the right look...
Watch Autocross Ninja Brian Finch Attack The Cones In His Completely Nasty Camaro At Goodguys Nashville – Screaming V8 Sound
Those of you familiar with the pro touring scene know the name Brian Finch. He’s been wheeling hardcore stuff around road courses and cones for many years and he’s been doing it with a...
Awesome Under Hood Video Of A COPO Camaro Making A Drag Strip – Watch What Happens To The Belt Tensioner
Ok, this video is pretty nuts and not because something explodes, catches on fire, or crashes, but because get a great look at what exactly happens to a serpentine belt during a drag strip pass with...
Crazy Carnage Videos: Guy Crashes a Top Fuel Bike…A Few Times!
The BangShift.com members come up with some cool stuff, and this time we got tipped by a forum post from user jword2001. He posted the video seen below that shows Top Fuel Motorcycle rider Korry...
The Life and Rocket Propelled Times of Captain Jack McClure, One of Drag Racing’s Most Incredible Performers
In May of 2009, we ran a story about one of the most truly insane drag racing vehicles of all time, the rocket propelled go kart of Florida’s Captain Jack McClure. We wrote the story and...
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Releases New Clutch And Throttle Position Activation Switch
One of the coolest things about modern hot rodding is that true modern hot rods have all kinds of interesting features built into them that can be tweaked and used for the gain of BangShifters the...
