Canadian Tire Commissioned A Functional Ice Truck And They Used It To Break A World Record….This Is A Thing That Happened
They’ve gone and done it now. Those rabble rousing sons-a-bitches at Canadian Tire have pushed the world to the brink of war with their latest attention seeking, headline making, world record...
Check Out This 1948 Ford COE Ramp Truck We Found On Craigslist!
Our pal, and epic BangShifter, Dannie Pinard sent this ad for a 1948 COE Ramp Truck to us yesterday with nothing more in the email than “I want this ramp truck…”. We couldn’t...
The Retro-Awesome Rocket Fire Wheel Will Be Available In Spring 2014 — Available Bolt Patterns and Sizes Here!
We told you all about the new Rocket Fire wheel that’s on the way from Rocket Racing Wheels when the design debuted at SEMA but the one thing we didn’t know was when you’d be able...
Craigslist Find: Nutting Finds You The “Class Killer” For The New SCCA Pro Touring Class
If you’re anything like me (And if so, God help you), you’re pretty excited about the new Regional class that the SCCA is looking to establish for old iron: CAM, or “Classic American Muscle”....
BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: Scott Liggett’s Big Year Of Shows, Races, Bonneville, And Cruising Across The Country
(Words and photos Scott Liggett) – As one of the Bangshift contributors, I had a slower year in 2013. There was a big change in my life this year that prevented me from turning in my usual...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Modification Do You Most Want To Make To Your Hot Rod This Year?
Yesterday Nutting put up our BangShift Question of the Day and asked you what your hot rodding resolutions were going to be for 2014. Well, today we’re asking one that is a little bit...
Bitchin Fuel Altereds Footage, Including Fire Burnouts, From LA Country Raceway 1986
The now defunct, LACR aka LA Country Raceway in Palmdale, was one of the icon dragstrips of Southern California back in the day. I got to run there twice, and have the distinction of running the last...
BangShift Welcomes Design Engineering To The BangShift Family Of Sponsors!
We have a lot of new folks coming on board with us here at BangShift.com over the next few weeks, and we’re excited to announce that DEI, Design Engineering Inc, is the latest addition to the...
DRD Photos 2013 BangShift Highlight Reel – Fire, Hot Rods, Action!
(Words and photos by DRD Photos/Dom Damato) – It seems like just the other day I was planning out what I wanted to accomplish and do in 2013 and here we are at the close of it and happier than...
The 1966 World Series of Drag Racing – See The First Rear Engine Dragster To Break 200 In Action
When I find some barely watched old school drag racing video on YouTube my little heart usually skip a beat but when we find video with a crazy car we have never seen before, consult drag...
Question Of The Day: What Are Your Gear Head Resolutions For 2014?
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!
(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
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!
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...
