We Salute Malcolm Durham, Drag Racing’s First Black Superstar And #48 On NHRA’s Top 50 Driver’s List
February is Black History Month, which got us thinking about men and women of color who have had an impact in racing. The first name that came to our minds is a legend in the sport of drag racing,...
The Bad Swede: Meet Oldvo A 1958 Volvo Duett PV445 – Dare To Be Different!
(Words Roger Davis – Photos: Rourke and Chiluk) – You know who hot rods a 1958 Volvo Duett PV445? The same guy who builds a street legal, nine second Geo Metro powered by a worked up...
Fenders N More Joins The BangShift Family Of Sponsors And Brings Fun Stuff With Them
We are very proud to announce that Fenders N More, the leading manufacturer of American made fenders, trailer parts, and wheel tubs, has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. When Wes and the guys...
Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night 2014 – Awesome Cars, Vintage Engines, BS Approved!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So my brother and I road tripped up to the Saratoga Springs, New York area last weekend to party with the Rolling Bones crew at their annual Garage Night...
Action Video: Think Drifting Is Lame? Let’s See If this Video From A 2013 Gatebil Event Will Change Your Mind
When I was growing up, I was taught that there were three subjects never to bring up at social events, as discussing them would inevitable result in an argument with neither side having changed their...
A 200 MPH Electric Tether Car?! You Betcha… This Thing Is The Speed Demon Of Tether Cars
When we saw the video of the Vector Electric Tether Car running 202 MPH, we just about fell over. If you have never seen a tether car run up close and personal, we can tell you that it is WAY cooler...
1970s Car Accidents Were BRUTAL – Scenes From A Very Bad Day On A Rural Vermont Highway Circa 1975
The University of Vermont runs an amazing photo archive called the Vermont Landscape Change Program. It’s chock full of photos from every era, a lot of which have contemporary photos showing...
Gasser Gallery: Wheels Up, Tire Smoking Coolness From Tulsa Raceway Park
(Photots by Brad Klaassen) – The other day we showed you some cool old school style straight axle drag cars and BangShift photo contributor Brad Klaassen knew that he had something to add to...
eBay Find: A Fantastic 1970 Mk1 Escort 1600GT – The Want Level Is High With This One
We all have a list, however short, of cars that we love and tell no one about because we’d probably be mocked by our pals. I have two cars on that list and this is one of them. I will some day...
The Tale Of Two Mid-$8,000 Craigslist Finds: The Fake Lamborghini Murcielago Based On A Dodge Stratus (W/Video!)
We know what you’re thinking. You’re like, “Sure I’ve had a few beers this morning before work, but I thought that said a guy made a fake Lamborghini Murcielago out of a Dodge...
The Tale Of Two Mid-$8,000 Craigslist Finds: Part One – The Cool Ramp Truck
It isn’t often that we come across two “share” worthy Craigslist finds in a single day that are priced within just a couple of hundred dollars of one another. Channing Ivey has the...
Bitchin’ Gallery: 1980s USHRA Photos! Big Foot 1, Art Arfons, The Orange Blossom Special, More!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Growing up as dragstrip rats there was only three things my brother and I liked about the winter…going sledding at the golf course, the ISCA Custom Car...
Look Ma, No Blower! This 1970 Aussie Valiant Burnout Machine Has A 358ci Dodge NASCAR Engine For Power – Screaming Hell!
Daniel Blok’s 1970 Valiant is one of the neatest cars we have seen in an Aussie “power skid” video because there’s no huffer, four guys in the car, and he completes a two...
Watch DEI’s Titanium Turbo Shield Withstand 3,000-Degree Direct Heat – The Boss Of Heat Management
Design Engineering’s line of heat management products is vast. From their spark plug boot protectors through header wrap, and into their turbo shields, these guys know how to keep heat where it...
