Question Of The Day: What Are Your Gear Head Resolutions For 2014?
Jan 01, 2014Dave Nutting17
Ah, New Year’s Day. Year after year, the majority of the population lies to themselves about things that they are going to start doing and/or stop doing, and gym membership numbers temporarily...
BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel – Johnny Gaudette’s Favorite Shots!
Jan 01, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Johnny “The Kid” Gaudette) – Johnny Gaudette is our youngest contributor. You may notice his submissions come in cycles. Mostly the spring through the end of the summer....
Watch This! Playing With Nitromethane Is Fun. Don’t Try This At Home Kiddos
Jan 01, 2014Chad Reynolds8
If you burn your garage down lighting nitromethane on fire, that’s on you, not us or NitroAmerica. On a recent visit to Jason Rupert’s shop here in SoCal, Les Mayhew and the gang decided...
Watch This Old Holden Suffer Some Super Gnarly Axle Hop While Trying To Get A Burnout Going – Slow Motion Violence!
Jan 01, 2014Brian Lohnes6
If you have ever been in a vehicle experiencing wheel hop, axle tramp, axle wrap, or whatever else you want to call it, you’d remember it. One of the most violent and destructive things to your...
The 2013 MotorManiaTV.com Crash Highlight Video Is Right Here!
Jan 01, 2014Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The 2013 MotorManiaTV.com Crash Highlight Video Is Right Here!
Mark Walter, and the entire MotorManiaTV family, are great friends of BangShift.com and have put together an amazing collection of crashes, spins, flips, and fires from the 2013 racing season. All of...
Ford Will Be Best Selling Brand In 2013 In America- GM Outsells Everyone With All Brands In America
Dec 31, 2013Brian Lohnes3
As we literally close out 2013, it is time to look at the sales numbers of the big OEM companies to see who is going to wear the crown (or crowns as the case may be) as the best sellers in the...
BEST OF BS 2013: This V12 LS Engine Is Real And It Really, Really Rules (w/VIDEO!)
Dec 31, 2013Brian Lohnes24
Pal O’ BangShift John Coyle tipped us off about the existence of a truly amazing project that has been documented on the forums over at LS1Tech. There’s a couple of guys who are actually...
More Horseless Carriage Club Of America Photos From Irwindale For The 2013 Holiday Excursion
Dec 31, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on More Horseless Carriage Club Of America Photos From Irwindale For The 2013 Holiday Excursion
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) The Horseless Carriages Gather at Irwindale While much of the United States is under freezing conditions and shoveling snow, SoCal is under near-perfect...
THIS IS THE LAST DAY To Take Advantage Of Auto Meter’s Cash For Your Dash Rebate — DO IT!
Dec 31, 2013Brian Lohnes1
Chances are you got some dough on Christmas yesterday or you got some lousy stuff like clothing that you can return and end up with dough to spend on car parts. We’ve got the perfect place for...
Is The SCCA On the Verge Of Creating A Pro Touring Autocross Class? We Think So…Do The Proposed Rules Make Sense?
Dec 31, 2013Brian Lohnes7
Word is spreading around the internets about the possibility of the SCCA adding a specific class that would serve as a catch all for classic American pro touring style cars in autocross competiton....
Tribute Video: Shawn Nault 1965-2013 Driver Of The Arctic Thunder Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car
Dec 31, 2013Chad Reynolds2
Shawn Nault, Driver of the Arctic Thunder Nostalgia Fuel Funny Car, lost his bravely fought battle with cancer on December 21st. As a member of the drag racing fraternity, he’ll be missed. As a...
Action Video: Le Mans Cars Driven On The Streets Of Japan!
Dec 31, 2013Dave Nutting2
“Car porn”. This phrase is used to describe an automotive-themed photo or video that depicts something so amazing and/or beautiful it leaves you as slack-jawed as the first time you caught a...
Jim Murphy’s Simple And Ingenious Cure For Nostalgia Top Fuel Oil Downs
Dec 31, 2013Chad Reynolds6
In this video by our dude Les Mayhew, Nostalgia Top Fuel Veteran and Champion Jim Murphy shows the world his ingenious and simple cure for Nostalgia Top Fuel oil downs. He explains that as a...
Busy B’s Bakery Morning Cruise In. Where Hot Rods, Cinnamon Rolls, And Coffee Are King
Dec 31, 2013Chad Reynolds17
(Words and Photos by Dave McNurlen) It’s another year of Sunday mornings at the Busy B’s Bakery on the Benbrook traffic circle in Ft. Worth, TX. A bunch of us have been getting together...












