Craigslist Find: A 1960 Fiat 500 “Pro Street” Edition – Screw Chad’s Pacer, THIS Is Your Drag Week Ride!
Jan 07, 2014Brian Lohnes13
So Chad wants you to buy a turn key, stroker big block Chrysler powered Pacer to hit Drag Week with but I think that is a terrible idea. What you NEED to do is to buy a completely ridiculous car,...
Ride Along On A Bad Fast Factory Five Cobra On The Autocross Course – Great Sound and Big Speed
Jan 07, 2014Brian Lohnes4
It has been a while since we took you on a blazing ride around an autocross course. That’s mainly because the closest thing to an autocross at this time of the year is an ice race and half the...
This Video Of A Plane Crashing Into An Icelandic Drag Strip Is Shocking, Sad, and 100% Real
Jan 07, 2014Brian Lohnes9
We have told you stories about airplanes landing on drag strips before. Some have done with permission, safely. Some have done it with permission and caused a giant disaster. Some have done it out of...
Gnarly Dyno Video: Watch MSD Test Its New Digital Rev Limiter For Circle Track Cars On The Dyno
Jan 07, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Here’s a little sneak peek behind the curtain at MSD as the company performs what the military would call a “live fire exercise” with a race car on the company dyno. The crew down...
Vintage Video: An 80’s Bigfoot Music Video Tribute So Bad It’s Good
Jan 07, 2014Dave Nutting2
Today, Brian will be trying his hardest to convince you that the cars from the year he was born (1980) were better (Well, less awful, really) than the new cars from when I was born (1984). Rather...
If One Of You BangShifters Buys This Pacer And Takes It On Dragweek We Will Love You Forever
Jan 07, 2014Chad Reynolds18
This would be the single coolest car on Drag Week if one of you guys bought it and took it. PLEEAAASSSE someone buy this awesome drag race 1975 Pacer so you can be the cool guy. It’s close to...
BangShift Top 11: The Top 11 Coolest Cars/Trucks From The Year I Was Born (1980)
Jan 07, 2014Brian Lohnes14
So yesterday, Nutting unveiled his “Top 11” list of cool cars and trucks from the year he was born which was 1984. When we talked about the story no mention was ever made about whether...
The BangShift Way To A Cool G: We’re Building A 1,000hp LS!
Jan 07, 2014Chad Reynolds14
(By Richard Holdener (OnTheDyno.com) The start of any build up should always begin with a goal. That said, the goal should be both realistic and achievable-blah, blah, blah, oh to hell with it,...
Historic Drag Video: Watch Mickey Thompson Take On The Mooneyes Dragster In England Circa 1963!
Jan 07, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Here’s some really neat video that will bring you back to a cool time in drag racing history, 1963. British interest in drag racing was on a growth spurt then and since the sport was...
Wild: 2015 Corvette To Have Built In Data Recorder That Takes High-Def Video, Uses Telemetry Overlays, Downloads To SD Card
Jan 06, 2014Brian Lohnes7
The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette will include a really neat built in data recorder that will allow drivers to record their driving on race tracks, autocrosses, or wherever else they want, add telemetry...
Florida Is Getting In The Street Outlaws Game! Pass Time’s “Big Schwag” Leads The Charge
Jan 06, 2014Chad Reynolds19
The Florida Street Outlaws group has become the talk of the street racing web recently, and so when the group launched their website we decided to check it out. First off, the Florida Street Outlaws...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Overused Word In Car Ads?
Jan 06, 2014Chad Reynolds29
Whenever we see those shows on TV about new houses or remodels or whatever they always use the word “spacious” when describing a room. It bugs the crap out of me. Nobody has the balls to...
BangShift Top 11: Top 11 Vehicles From The Year Nutting Was Born (1984)
Jan 06, 2014Dave Nutting20
This week, Brian, Chad and I are going to be listing eleven of the best production vehicles from the year that we were born. which in my case is 1984. Setting some ground rules here, I’m going to...
RideTech To Auction The Famed ’33 And A Classic GTO Drop Top At Barrett Jackson 2014
Jan 06, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on RideTech To Auction The Famed ’33 And A Classic GTO Drop Top At Barrett Jackson 2014
Today must be auction news day, eh? As the title so succinctly states, our pals at RideTech are bringing two cars to the 2014 Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona and one of them is the...












