Click Here For The 2014 March Meet Event Schedule
Here is the full event schedule for the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet held at Famoso Raceway. This schedule tells you who is running when and on what days. It lays out the qualifying and eliminations...
The 2014 Cavalcade Of Cars – Gallery 2 – More Great Cars, Bikes, And Trucks
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – By the time you read this, I’ll be on a plane headed due west to escape the clutches of crap ass weather that have been pounding the daylights out of guys like...
2015 Jeep Renegade: The First All Foreign Jeep Is A Little Box On Wheels With The Heart And Guts Of A Fiat 500
(Words: Bryan McTaggart – Photos: Chrysler) – One has to wonder what is going on inside the Jeep office at Auburn Hills. We recently were given the new Cherokee, which Lohnes got to...
eBay Find: This 1977 GMC Astro 95 Is A Barn Find Big Rig Formerly Owned By NASA
The GMC Astro 95 had a good, long production run. Starting in the late 1960s and ending in the later 1980s, GM produced LOTS of these trucks in varying lengths and with all different kinds of...
Craigslist Find: Either The Most Hilarious Or Bull Puckey Laden V6 Mustang Ad Of All Time
The V6 Mustang is no longer the sad wheezing pile it was for many years. You can get yourself a V6 pony car these days with 300+ horsepower and enough suds to blown virtually anything but their V8...
Kurt Busch To Race Indy 500 And Coca Cola 600 This May – Fourth Man To Attempt Both Races On Same Day
Love him or hate him, Kurt Busch is a racer and today’s announcement that he’ll become the fourth guy in history to attempt competition in both the Indy 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600...
Gallery: The 2014 Cavalcade Of Cars – Hamburg, NY
(Photos and words by Mike Brooks) – While I’m still waiting for the weather to break here in western New York, I took the chance to head to Hamburg, NY to drop in on the 21st annual...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Blow By Blow Account Of The Busiest Day Of The Year….So Far
(Words: Unknown Parts Counter Guy) – It’s nice to see the reaction to this little bit of writing by everyone, and especially the ones who understand all too well the fun that I go through on...
Odds Makers: We Handicap The Top 26 Contenders For March Meet 2014 Nitro Glory – Are We Right, Wrong, Clueless or All Three?
(Words and photos: Darr Hawthorne) – As the nitro funny car class continues to grow and grow, any one of the following owners and drivers could make it the 2014 March Meet Winners Circle at...
Want To Drive Mary Pozzi’s Camaro? Now’s Your (Virtual) Chance!
(Photos courtesy of Sony Polyphony Digital) Ever wanted to drive a world-class Pro Touring car but didn’t have the time/money to build one yourself or know someone dumb enough to hand you the keys...
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...
