The Cars, The Classes, And The Drivers You NEED To Know For The 2014 March Meet This Weekend!
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos as credited) – (Editor’s note: This weekend it is GO TIME for the greatest nostalgia drag race known to man, the Bakersfield March Meet....
Gallery: Never Before Published 1960s Drag Photos From Great Lakes, Cordova, More!
(Photos by Darwin Busch) – Yesterday, photographer Brent Busch sent me a note and invited me to look at a bunch of photos that his dad took in the late 1960s at places like Grat Lakes...
When The Billet Cam In A Worked Up Diesel Fails At 4,000 RPM and 100psi Of Boost On The Dyno Bad Things Happen
One of the events I am super excited to be back at this year is the Diesel Power Challenge. This is the diesel truck guy equivalent to Drag Week that pits some of the nation’s hairiest...
Video: Check Out Rick’s Tanks First Gen Nova EFI Compatible Tank – Stainless Steel, Hand Made, And A BangShifter Stars In The Video!
You are used to seeing Justin Oney’s name here on the pages of BangShift as a photo contributor but in this blog item, the tables have turned! Oney is the host for a cool, quick video that lays...
Many BangShift Sponsors Hosting Seminars At The Detroit Autorama – View The Schedule And Sign Up Here – FREE Gearhead Schoolin’
The Hot Rod Industry Alliance’s Education Day at the 2014 Autorama is must attend stuff for any gearhead wanting to learn more about virtually any aspect of this car. We’re very proud...
Watch The First Sinkhole Rescue Corvette, The ZR1 Blue Devil Fire Up And Drive Out While Leaking Oil Like The Exxon Valdez
In what can only be described as a fantastic moral victory for all the Corvette enthusiasts and lovers of American automotive history out there, the first car has been plucked successfully from the...
eBay Find: Bobbed Deuce And A Half + 1970 Chevy Truck = Tough Job With Stunning Results
The only crappy part about owning this truck is that people will just look at it and assume all the builder did was to somehow jam a Chevy body onto a frame from an M35A deuce and a half army truck,...
Watch LIVE Streaming Video Of Corvettes Being Pulled From Museum Sinkhole NOW!
As you read this a crew of riggers using a couple of cranes, lots of safety gear, and all of their expertise are working on extracting the infamous “sinkhole Corvettes” from their pit of...
Video Of 88-Year Old Jack McClure Testing His Rocket Go Kart Emerges – The Hero Rides Again!
On a lonely and deserted road somewhere in Florida history was made recently when Captain Jack McClure sat it, staged, and fired the hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that powers his legendary go kart...
Autocross Season Is Upon Us! Does YOUR Region Offer the CAM class?
This last weekend I received a reminder email from the New England region SCCA club letting me know that the first points autocross event of the year is in less than four weeks. Say what?!?...
No Comments….DON’T PANIC! Here’s The Story And When They’ll Be Back
Hey everyone, sorry about the lack of commenting ability this morning. Many of you have asked what the story is so here’s the deal. We have a new version of BangShift’s front page that we...
Who Does This? Here’s The Most Beat Down Grand National For Sale In America Today
Get a load of this sad sack SOB of a Grand National? If there is a more worn out, beat up, tired ass looking GN for sale in the continental USA we’ve never seen it. This car appears to have...
Accidental Treasures: Stuff I Found in my ’79 Blazer
Over the last few weeks, I’ve published a few stories about the work I’m doing on my ’79 Blazer. You’ll read more about it every Friday for the next few months. I really got...
Tom Medley Dies At 93 – Original Hot Rod Magazine Staffer, Cartoonist, Publisher, and Hot Rodder
(Photo Credit: Hot Rod Magazine) – The story of Tom Medley is like so many stories surrounding the early influencers of the hot rodding world. He was a smart, talented, driven, funny guy who...
