The Lencki Six: An Angry Indy Racing Engine Lives Again — Offy On ‘Roids Revived! (w/Video)
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – We love running across stuff that you’ve probably never heard of, yet holds a part of automotive racing history. Even if the car, or in this case, the...
eBay Bonus Find: The Recreation Of The Hurri-Cain II Altered Wheelbase ’67 Barracuda – Real Steel Funny Car Freak!
This is a car you may have seen on BangShift before as it has appeared in some Goodguy car show coverage we have run in the past. This is a recreation of a really neat old drag car that was obviously...
Engine Video: Watch A Hot Rod Beetle With A Turbo-Charged Subaru Motor Hit The Streets
As he often tends to do, Brian sent me a message the other night that consisted solely of a YouTube link and the words “Look at the link that I just sent”. Even though I know Brian and have been...
Gallery: 28 Photos Of Hella Sweet 1955 Shoebox Chevys
(Photos from the BangShift archives) – My favorite year for tri-five Chevrolets is 1955. I think they have the cleanest lines and how can you not love that classic egg crate grill (inspired by...
BangShift Top 11: The Top 11 Coolest Cars The Big 3 Had To Offer The Year I Was Born (1972)
Nutting and Brian have both done their “Top 11” list of cool cars from the year they were born, and since they are both youngsters, born in 1984 and 1980 respectively, they didn’t...
This Awesome Video Takes You Through the Bowling Green Corvette Plant – Follow The Line From Start To Finish
This is a really, really cool video that any gearhead will appreciate for the sheer technology involved. Basically over the course of the six minutes after you press play, you’ll follow the...
eBay Find: A Mustang Body In White To Make Your Ford Racing Dreams Come True
So called “bodies in white” have always held a special spot in the hearts of hot rodders in all genres of racing. Why? Because they’re destined to be race cars! Both of the Detroit...
Mission Meat: We Go 1,000 Miles In America’s Best Sedan To Deliver America’s Best Bacon
This was a trip of supreme importance, a trip that required the right kind of wheels to make sure that the job would be completed and everyone would end up happy. You don’t transport...
Former NASCAR Racer Jeremy Mayfield Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Stolen Goods Drug Paraphernalia – No Jail Time
The saga of former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was one that unfolded a few years ago. In fact, we covered what were a daily string of insane stories the moment he was suspended from NASCAR for...
Craigslist Find: A 1960 Fiat 500 “Pro Street” Edition – Screw Chad’s Pacer, THIS Is Your Drag Week Ride!
So Chad wants you to buy a turn key, stroker big block Chrysler powered Pacer to hit Drag Week with but I think that is a terrible idea. What you NEED to do is to buy a completely ridiculous car,...
Ride Along On A Bad Fast Factory Five Cobra On The Autocross Course – Great Sound and Big Speed
It has been a while since we took you on a blazing ride around an autocross course. That’s mainly because the closest thing to an autocross at this time of the year is an ice race and half the...
This Video Of A Plane Crashing Into An Icelandic Drag Strip Is Shocking, Sad, and 100% Real
We have told you stories about airplanes landing on drag strips before. Some have done with permission, safely. Some have done it with permission and caused a giant disaster. Some have done it out of...
Gnarly Dyno Video: Watch MSD Test Its New Digital Rev Limiter For Circle Track Cars On The Dyno
Here’s a little sneak peek behind the curtain at MSD as the company performs what the military would call a “live fire exercise” with a race car on the company dyno. The crew down...
Vintage Video: An 80’s Bigfoot Music Video Tribute So Bad It’s Good
Today, Brian will be trying his hardest to convince you that the cars from the year he was born (1980) were better (Well, less awful, really) than the new cars from when I was born (1984). Rather...
