Destruction Photos: What Happens When A Big Aluminum Rod Fails At 10,000 RPM
Nov 18, 2013Brian Lohnes22
Last Friday I had occasion to visit my friends Dana and Jon at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for a story on the nostalgia nitro funny car they have run successfully out of...
Gallery: 61 Photos of First Gen Camaros
Nov 17, 2013Brian Lohnes1
The first generation Chevy Camaro is one of the most popular and highly visible platforms used for street machines, drag race cars, pro touring cars, trars, paint dab restos, and mis-spelled...
The New Jean-Claude Van Damme Volvo Truck Split Video Is Awesome And Viral
Nov 17, 2013Brian Lohnes12
With over 16-million views in only three days on YouTube, Volvo trucks has a legitimate viral success with their new clip featuring Jean Claude Van-Damme performing his signature split between two...
Watch Adrian Cenni’s Amazing And Historic (Successful) Barrel Roll Jump At Baja 1000
Nov 17, 2013Brian Lohnes4
One of the big hyped up deals leading into the 2013 Baja 1000 was a never before publicly completed corkscrew truck jump that was to be completed by Adrian Cenni in his Pro 4 truck. We had heard for...
Nut Driver: Dave Nutting’s Life With A 25+ Year Old Car – An Introduction To Actually Taking The Plunge And Making An Old Car Your DD
Nov 17, 2013Dave Nutting25
[“Nut Driver” is a new series that will feature updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] “Forget this nonsense, I...
Rising Dirtbike Star Kurt Caselli Killed In Wreck During 2013 Baja 1000
Nov 17, 2013Brian Lohnes1
Kurt Caselli, the 30-year old off road dirt bike racing master who was set to burst onto the international scene in 2014 lost his life in a crash during the 2013 Baja 1000. When the news of his death...
Roadkill: The Guys Unearth The Infamous 1973 Fury And Attack The 24 Hours Of Lemons – Things Could Have Gone Better
Nov 16, 2013Brian Lohnes5
The newest Roadkill adventure featuring David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan has gone live and you can watch it below. Before you press play, you may be interested to know the BangShifty connection...
6,000hp “Top Fuel Mustang” Lives In Australia – Holy Smokes This Thing Is All-Time! (Video)
Nov 16, 2013Brian Lohnes40
In the realm of, “holy freaking horsepower Batman!” comes this video from Australia where a crew led by Aussie drag maven Darren Di Filippo has created what they call the “Top Fuel...
MONSTER ENGINE VIDEO: A 28 CYLINDER – 3,000HP – PRATT AND WHITNEY R-4360 STARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Nov 16, 2013Brian Lohnes10
While jet engines certainly elevated the performance of aircraft to the incredible levels we see today, there is no denying that the massive old radial jobs that won WWII are some of the baddest...
INSANE VIDEO: AUSSIE V8 DIRT DRAG BIKES IN ACTION
Nov 16, 2013Brian Lohnes9
We saw videos of lunatic Australians racing side by side on V8 powered motorcycles on a dirt strip and immediately thought of a few jokes. We then did some research and saw that the sport was...
BANGSHIFT TRIVIA – DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL THIS IS? WE DO.
Nov 16, 2013Brian Lohnes10
We’ll end today’s blog with this bizarre creation. We’re not going to tell you anything about it until tomorrow, but we’re interested in seeing if anyone out there in...
Wild Rolling Wreckage Video: A Vintage Road Racer is Saved From Certain Death By a Good Cage
Nov 16, 2013Brian Lohnes7
A couple weeks back we showed you video of a replica Shelby Cobra racer cheating death when his car rolled. That guy did not have any sort of roll cage protection around him, but the guy in this...
Watch The Baja 1000 LIVE and FREE Here! Streaming Video!
Nov 16, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Baja 1000 LIVE and FREE Here! Streaming Video!
Normally this weekend we’d be live broadcasting the Street Car Super Nationals from Las Vegas but since the folks at the drag strip decided to bring in a pay-per-view crew this year,...
Powershift Will Be LIVE TONIGHT! 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern! —
Nov 15, 2013Brian Lohnes2
We’re delaying our (mostly) weekly PowerShift show this week for one day and instead of our normal Thursday evening fun, it will be Friday evening fun! We’ll be live at 6PM Pacific/9PM...












