What it Looks Like When a 4700ci Caterpillar Mining Dump Truck Engine Explodes
We received a tip e-mail from BangShift reader John Rasmussen that contained a series of photos that literally stopped us in our tracks. The photos, according to the text in the e-mail show a...
The Aussies Do Group Burnouts To Start Off Their House Parties! The Rest Of Us Suck
Seriously, I’ve never actually thrown a house party before. Or at least not the way the Aussies do it. This video shows that Aussies do group burnouts to start their house parties. Or at least...
Eargasm Video: Is the BRM V16 The Best Sounding Race Motor of All Time?
The idea of a 1.5L V16 seems hilarious by modern racing standards, especially to us in the land of BangShift where 900-cube V8s are prowling drag strips. That being said, in the world of Formula One...
BS Exclusive: A Collection Of New Car Newspaper Ads From 1925! Neat History!
Recently, I have been helping my pop clean out the home of my late grand-father. Like all men in the Lohnes bloodline, keeping stuff was a priority for him. There have been some finds that stopped us...
Watch More Crafty Russians Zip Line A Station Wagon Over A Raging River In Siberia With Rope And….Well, Rope!
So we showed you the video of Russian dudes pulling a sunken SUV out of a lake last week with rope and some logs. Matt Cramer tipped us off to this video of Russians again at work to do something...
Criagslist Find: This Big Block Powered 1974 Nova Has Rake For Days!
With 1970s and early 1980s style street machines being en vogue right now, the “arse up” look is sorta kinda in. Back in the day people accomplished this by juicing their air shocks to...
Watch A Top Fuel Hydroplane Power “Wheelie” Over Backwards At The Hit!
While this video maybe a couple years old, the footage is all time in our book. When you see a top fuel hydroplane literally “wheelie” itself up and over backwards at the hit of the...
2013 Houston Autorama – More Great Photos From The Huge Show
(Photos by Charles Wickam) — We promised you a week’s worth of images from the 2013 Houston Autorama and by God we’re going to give them to you. This is our second big gallery from...
Autoweek Leaks Photos Of 2015 Mustang Ahead Of Ford Reveal – Here It Is!
December 5th was the planned reveal of the new Mustang, Autoweek managed to leak photos of it today. Someone blasted photos of a copy of the magazine and leaked the photos. We’re guessing Ford...
Nitrous 101 Videos: How It Works Both Wet And Dry. The Basics From NOS.
If you want the crash course on nitrous, in an easy to understand format that doesn’t treat you like an idiot, you need to check out these videos from NOS. Be warned that if you let your 12...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Would It Actually Be Cool To Have A Personal Race Track Or Would It Be A Big Pain In The Rump?
So the blog item on the tiny and private Ruby Speedway being up for sale in South Carolina got us all lathered up about the idea of owning a “private” race track that unlimited access to...
RacingJunk Find: Ruby “Speedway” In South Carolina Is For Sale – The Most Rustically Awesome Dirt Track In America
No, the lead photo isn’t of a sandy road in the woods. That’s the track at Ruby Speedway in Ruby, South Carolina and you can buy the joint for $87,500 today! We were so intrigued when we...
Video: 1960s Drag Film From Atco – NHRA’s Bob Frey As A Kid – Gassers, Garlits, Nitro, Perfection!
Stop whatever you are doing now and press play below for a 24 minute time travel trip back to the early 1960s at Atco Dragway in New Jersey. Atco remains one of the best known drag plants on the east...
