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...
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
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!)
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
(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!
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?
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....