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...
FREE Registration For Upcoming OPTIMA Search For The Ultimate Street Car Even At Laguna Seca!
That’s right folks, it pays to be a BangShifter! We are proud to announce that if 30 of you register for the upcoming Optima Batteries Search for the Ultimate Street Car event at Laguna Seca...
Action Video: Matt Farah Of /DRIVE Tears Down Highway 341 In A 500 HP Syclone!
Have you ever seen a vehicle online, on TV, or in person and immediately thought, “This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen…Man, why didn’t I think of building it?” Admittedly I...
Study Shows 88% Of Adults Would Be Worried About Riding In A Driverless Car. Would You?
When Google started showing off their “Driverless” car back in 2012, and then Michigan, California, Florida, and Nevada made them legal in 2013, these driverless or autonomous vehicles...
eBay Find: A 1966 Ford Total Performance Drag Racing Press Kit That Any Ford Lover Would Kill To Own
Hey, this is pretty neat! We got tipped off to the sale of a 1966 Ford Total Performance drag racing press kit on eBay by a reader. The hilarious thing is that the kit is being sold by our very oen...
This In Car Video Of A Dirt Modified Race Has Insane Action And Ends With The Most Gentle Roll Over In Racing History
This video is great for multiple reasons. The first is that we get a great view of the action INSIDE a dirt modified, which is something totally nuts in an of itself. Along with the action we get a...
Gallery: Straight Axle Drag Car Coolness All Up In Your Business
(Photos from the BangShift archive) – With today’s modern suspension technology, we’re seeing performances out of cars with tiny tires that really boggle the mind. From shocks made...
RHS LS Block + 20lbs Of Boost + Z06 Corvette + Redline Motorsports Built = 8.30s At 170 MPH With Plates!
When we stopped in at Redline Motorsports in Florida a couple weeks back, the Corvette you see here was in the shop. This is kind of their “house car” where modifications, parts, and...
Buddy Holly Was a Motorhead And He Died 55 Years Ago Today – We Remember Him BangShift Style!
Fifty-five years ago today, Buddy Holly’s plane crashed and claimed the lives of three of the most up-and-coming rock and roll musicians the world knew to that point. But before Buddy Holly...
SMART Electric Car Goes Offroading: Our Second Favorite Super Bowl Car Commercial
It seems a little weird that we’d be choosing a commercial for an electric car as our second favorite car commercial of the 2014 Super Bowl, but we are indeed. After all, who would have...
RacingJunk Find: Andy McCoy Race Cars Is Selling Their Bad Ass Carbon Fiber 1969 Chevelle Bodies….WOW!
Pro mod bodies range from the cool to the totally bizarre. Over the years different styles have become super popular. There was the 1963 Corvette era, the Willys era, the Studebaker era, and now we...
Our Vote For Best Car Commercial Of The 2014 Super Bowl: Dodge And Bob Dylan
“Is there anything more American than America?” Well Dodge and Bob Dylan, I don’t think there is. Bob Dylan is described by many to be one of the most profound and talented poets in...
