The RideTech Barrett-Jackson Adventure Continues….The Day Three Report With Photos Here!
Bret Voelkel of RideTech has been filing daily dispatches from the 2014 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction. He’s there to sell his wife Sharon’s Pontiac GTO convertible along with his...
Top Secret Drag Tech: Toyota Racing Racing Has An Interesting New Device For Measuring Track Grip!
The photo below was taken yesterday on the starting line of Palm Beach International Raceway and it shows an interesting device that was being used, maybe for the first time in public, by the fellow...
CL Find: This Geo Metro Off Road Buggy Will Kill You….But You’ll Die Happy
We’ve got to give it to you guys, the BangShift army. There’s not a better group of readers on planet Earth, even though we believe a large percentage of you are technically not...
Watch The Baddest Ass Olds Powered 1967 Olds 442 Make More Than 1,450hp To The Tires! Absolutely Awesome
Oldsmobile fans, bow to your new master. Gene Newton’s absolutely shag nasty 1967 Olds 442 has laid the hammer down and we have the video to prove it. The car has been at DMC Racing in Halifax,...
Watch The First C7 Corvette In The 10s Make A SCREAMING Dyno Pull And Make Big Steam With An ECS Blower Kit
When I got down to Florida on Wednesday, Chad was stuck getting some sort of cavity search from TSA officials. I had a few hours on my hands so I hit the road and headed down to Redline Motorsports...
Rumor In The Pits: Drag Race Central May Not Continue For 2014 Season – Hoping This Is Not True
All the buzz coming from the teams and people here at the 2014 PRO Winter Warm up has been super positive but there is one rumor that we heard in the pits today that has us bumming out, if it is...
A Jag V12 Powered Ferguson Tractor Plowing Snow At High Speed Is BangShifty Perfection
Last week I showed a video of a six second, street legal Camaro making laps and cruising the back roads of Maryland and joked that it was Chad’s wet dream come to life. Well kids, this is mine....
eBay Find: This One Of None 1962 Lincoln Continental Station Wagon Need A Home!
We have shown lots of cars built as “what ifs” or “one of none” factory combinations here on BangShift over the years, especially never made wagons. These wagons range from...
NutJob: A Brave New World Of Performance – Why The Kia GT4 Stinger Is A Game Changer
We’re going to play a quick game where I give you clues about a new car and you have to guess what it is: First clue: Rear-wheel-drive, two doors, and powered by a four cylinder pumping...
Rumor And Video: Mike Ryan, Driver Of The Drifting Freightliner, Is Shooting A New Crazy Video
When Mike Ryan came out with his first video, Size Matters, it set the internet on fire. Sure it’s kick as when Ken Block gets all bad ass in his all wheel drive rally cross car, but Mike Ryan...
The Best Ad For An Unfinished Project Car Ever Comes From Australia
Subtlety is an often underrated element of humor. This dude in Australia who has listed his “Supra project car” on the Aussie on-line marketplace known as Gumtree covers the subtle humor...
Yes, These Guys Built A 1964 Ford Galaxie Baja Racer – It May Be The Coolest Thing Ever (Video)
You can stop rubbing your eyes. That isn’t a photo-shop job, a camera trick, or a ruse. That really is a 1964 Ford Galaxie Baja Racer competing in the NORRA Mexican 1000 with a Dart 427ci...
Killer Baja Video: Ford Takes A New F-150, With Ecoboost Power, And Races It At The Baja 1000.
We’ve said it many times. The Baja 1000, like Bonneville, is an iconic event that is biblical in many ways. The locals are totally different, and the surroundings nothing alike. But the people,...
Planet Barrett Jackson: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel Is Blogging Daily From The Auction!
When Ridetech announced that they were going to be selling Sharon Voelkel’s bitchin 1971 GTO Convertible, and the famed “Grouchy” 1933 Ford, at the 2014 Barrett Jackson Auction in...
