The Most Awesome Drag Strip Memorial Ever -Photos And Inside Story Of This Great Send Off
(Text by Bret Kepner – Photos by Bret Kepner, Jason Phillips and Kevin Corzine) Chris Garcia was the very definition of the term, “hardcore drag racer”. The news of the 52 year-old’s...
Best of BangShift 2013: Watch A Fuel Altered Suffer A ‘Chute Failure And End Up In A Cornfield! Everyone Is OK!
The World Fuel Altered Nationals are a yearly part of the program at the famous Eddyville Raceway Park in Oksaloosa, Iowa. Eddyville is a really fast eighth mile strip and this race is a big one for...
Best of BangShift 2013: The Wildest And Most Violent Dyno Pull Ever – Aussie Burnout Simulation
Ok, we’ve often wondered how the engines that the Aussie guys abuse to the hilt in their burnout contests survive the rev limiter violent that goes on for minutes at a time. It has been an open...
Best of BangShift 2013: We Find A Obliterated Shelby Cobra Replica On Copart.com
Maybe we’re weird or have a slightly macabre view of the world, but every time we see a Shelby Cobra replica rolling down the road, we always think, “Wonder what one of those would be...
Best Of BangShift 2013 Crash Video: 7 second Turbo RX3 Rolls and Crashes Bad At APSA Sydney
This is one of the gnarliest crashes we have seen in a while, and we’ve seen a lot. Here is three videos, including in-car, of Sam “The Godfather” Sadek, in his stunningly...
Best of BangShift 2013: Watch The 12V71 Powered Cornfield Corvette Big Rig Run 13s At the Strip And Tear Down The Road!
(Editor’s note: The sweet sounds of a 12 cylinder turbocharged Detroit Diesel are unmatched in any realm. This truck is BOSS) – There are many things to love about the videos below....
Best Of BangShift 2013: A Wheels Up ‘Cuda Climbs The Wall At Half Track And Takes Down Poles Along The Way
Launching Larry is one of these guys that comes out to events and pulls big giant wheelstands with his Barracuda without the aid of wheelie bars or any trickery. He competes in the power wheelstand...
Best Of BangShift 2013: An Alaskan Woman’s GMC Truck Ad To End All Truck Ads
Just when you thought you had seen all the funny Craigslist ads, here comes another from Alaska. Yes, Alaska. As in Anchorage. And we would love to take credit for finding this, but lets face it, we...
Best of BangShift 2014: Two Guys Perform The Worst Trailer Loading Operation In History
(Editor’s Note: We’ll be slipping in some of our favorite, most popular, most hated, and fun items from 2013 as we speed to 2014. This one ran just after 2013 started and it became an...
Sneak Peek: The New Solid LS Engine Block From RHS. Taking Power Potential To The Limit
We ran a photo of this bad boy in our PRI coverage and not one of you made a comment about it. We’re waiting on all the details from Racing Head Service, but from what we could see, and the...
Doesn’t The Vehicle In This Craigslist Ad Look Like A Reject From Top Gear? The Real One, Not The Rejects One.
When Brian Dehart sent us the link to this big beast, the very first thing that popped into my head was BBC’s Top Gear. Maybe that’s because I had just been watching the Top Gear Top 41,...
Wild Video: Crazy Head-On Collision on “Closed” Rally Course!
I’ve seen plenty of rally crash videos, but this one may take the prize for this month due to the “Holy $%*&, I did not see that coming!” ending. Without ruining anything, let’s just say...
BangShift Highlight Reel: Bad Brad Klaassen’s Year Of Drag Strip Action!
(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – Brad Klaassen shot a TON of drag strip photos in 2013. Brad was at places like Tulsa Raceway Park, Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma, and even...
Barnstormin’: Prepare For The Brave New World
A couple days before Christmas I went on a 1,000 mile road trip to deliver three pounds of bacon to a location just outside the Quantico military base in Virginia. It was a fun adventure that...
