ADRL Releases the Rules to the New Supercar Showdown Class! Read them HERE!
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on ADRL Releases the Rules to the New Supercar Showdown Class! Read them HERE!
When the ADRL announced the creation of their new Supercar Showdown class we were excited and more than a little interested to read the rules. As of today, our interest has been satisfied because the...
This is the Most Insane Race Car Fire Video We Have Ever Seen
Feb 21, 2012Brian Lohnes2
We have seen and featured hundreds, perhaps thousands of crash videos here on BangShift over the years, but we’ve never seen anything like this. Aussie V8 Supercar racer David Besnard suffered...
More Charges Levied Against Jeremy Mayfield
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on More Charges Levied Against Jeremy Mayfield
The hits just keep on coming for Jeremy Mayfield. He has now been charged with possession of stolen property and a fourth count of obtaining property by false pretense. These charges are in...
Wild Barn Find: One of the Only Tucker Car Engines Left in the World
Feb 21, 2012Brian Lohnes8
We all know the basic story of the Tucker car company, right? They produced 51 cars in 1948 before folding up and liquidating. The cars happened to be miles ahead of anything else on the road during...
Watch a Driver Lose the Handle on His Late Model GTO and Wipe Out Two Motorcycles
Feb 21, 2012Brian Lohnes6
There’s not a BangShifter among us who has not lost the handle on their car at least once. Maybe it was on a snowy road, a wet highway, or on a race track where you dipped a toe over that fine...
Watch Mike Maier Horse Wrangle His Awesome Mustang Around the Road Course at the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Mike Maier Horse Wrangle His Awesome Mustang Around the Road Course at the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Earlier today we showed you some crazy video of Bill Maier wrecking in spectacular fashion during a 1982 Trans Am event at Laguna Seca Raceway in California. As it turns out, those racing genes were...
BangShift Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Automotive Stance?
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes19
A car or truck’s stance is the first major thing that anyone notices. How does it sit? What kind of attitude does it emit? From being slammed down into the weeds to riding like a monster truck,...
Watch Bill Maier’s Trans-Am Mustang Get Destroyed at Leguna Seca in 1982!
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Bill Maier’s Trans-Am Mustang Get Destroyed at Leguna Seca in 1982!
Despite the fact that we always seem to concentrate on Trans Am racing from the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was great racing for many years past that era. This video, shot at Leguna Seca in...
Mini-Feature: An Upclose Look at Mike Piraino’s Wild Twin Turbo Super Comp/Top Dragster Rail! [w/dyno video]
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes2
When Chad called me breathlessly from the pits a Pomona during the NHRA Winternationals, I figured he had been chasing the ice cream truck…again. As it turns out, he was going ape over this...
Ridetech Announces Design Contest Winner and It is a Looker!
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Ridetech Announces Design Contest Winner and It is a Looker!
We’ve been keeping you up to date with Ridetech’s design contest and now it is time to unveil the winning scheme that the Ridetech guys will apply to the Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod...
BS Approved Video: Watch a Nitro Harley Get Built in a Home Shop
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Our pal Chuck Noble has been on the electronic pages of BangShift before. He’s the guy, we featured running a nitro motorcycle that had iron heads and carbs on it. Well, Chuck was using that...
Crazy eBay Find: A Twin Engine, Street Legal GMC S15 “Fire Truck” From ‘Bama
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes3
For many people today is a holiday, but not here in the halls of BangShift. We’re always working hard to keep you abreast of the most important news in the automotive universe. Take this insane...
Click Here for FREE Live Streaming Coverage of the PSCA Record Breaker Nationals
Feb 18, 2012BangShiftComments Off on Click Here for FREE Live Streaming Coverage of the PSCA Record Breaker Nationals
Irwindale Speedway Update: Property Owner Claims 20 Parties Have Contacted Him About Taking Over Track
Feb 17, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Just as we were about to ditch the BangShift newsroom and start chugging beers tonight, we caught wind of a story that gives us more reason to be hopeful that the shuttering of Irwindale Speedway is...