Bitchin’: Jack Reynolds’ Hand Built, All Metal Model Race Cars, Are Literally Things Of Wonder – Amazing!
We’re always happily surprised when we get a tip in our email box that shows of the craftiness and smarts of gearheads. As it turns out, Jack Reynolds of Upland, California is one of those guys...
In-Car Video Mayhem: What Happens Inside The Car When A Tire Shreds At 244 MPH!
Modern racing tires no matter the genre are all amazing testaments to engineering. From the amazing punishment absorbed by tires on desert race trucks to the grinding death that NASCAR racers put...
eBay Find: A 1973 Baldwin-Motion Phase III Chevelle – Four Speed, 427, Big Gears, Sidepipes, All Of It!
1973 Chevelles typically don’t normally top the list of our “must own” list but when one of them has been given the full treatment by Baldwin-Motion and packs the go-fast stuff and...
Galot Motorsports Park (Formerly Dunn Benson Dragway) Has Been Destroyed (For Good Reasons)
Ok, we’re sorry the headline freaked you out but we thought it was funny. As we mentioned earlier today in the item about the gasser event at Greer Dragway in South Carolina, the sport of drag...
BangShift Question of the Day: What weirdo gearhead things do you do to stay sane while commuting?
In general, commuting sucks. Even the word “Commute” sucks when you think about it, really. Just looking at the word brings up thoughts of grey, boring cars inching slowly towards...
Sand Drags Insanity: Big Horsepower And Nitro On The Dirt At Soboba! Gallery and Race Report
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) -After spending the last six weekends at one dragstrip or another and a week at the Vegas SEMA Show, for me it was a coin flip if I’d do it on one more weekend...
Gasser Video: A Look At The Thriving Period Correct Gasser Scene At Greer Dragway
While lots of drag racing fans like to sit on the internet and try to find a way to bring professional drag racing “to the next level” we’re not into that scene. Why? Because the...
Awesome: Watch Sammy Miller Run 4.73 In His Rocket Funny Car And Blow All The Windows Out Of The Santa Pod Tower!
It was good to be Sammy Miller in the early 1980s. The guy was everywhere, setting speed records on ice, running rocket cars in the US and Europe, and he was still building up to his biggest moment...
NutJob: The new Need for Speed Trailer Sucks – Where are all the good action car movies?
A few days ago, another full length trailer for the new Need for Speed movie was released. I remember playing the video games when I was younger and loving the arcade-like action and high speed...
Awesome: Formula Cross Conversion Kits Introduced — This Thing Used To Be An ATV!
Ever wanted to own a world rally car but didn’t have the cash? Got an old ATV you are tired of looking at? Got $10,000 you can loan us? Why? Because we want a Formula Cross Kart! We learned...
Gear Bangin’ Video: Watch A Dude Run 10s In A 6.0L LS Powered, T56 Shifted, Third Gen Camaro
When we see the phrase 7,800 RPM Launch in the title of a video, you know that we’re going to run it! This is in-car footage of a stout third generation Camaro that is equipped with a 6.0L LS...
Bond Gallery: The Cool Story And Amazing Collection Of The Ian Fleming Foundation’s Collection Of James Bond Vehicles
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – So a while back, BangShift contributor Bob Chiluk called and told us that he had been tipped off to a truckload of James Bond movie cars that were to be arriving in the...
Watch A Road Race Turn Into a Rolling Demo Derby – Half The Field Destroyed In Two Big Wrecks
During my time as an announcer for SCCA road races in New England, I went from knowing zero about the sport of having a decent understanding of it by the time I decided to concentrate my efforts on...
Wild Video: Ride On A 6.99 (Quarter Mile) Motorcycle That Pulls The Wheels In The Lights! (video)
I have gained a huge appreciation for fast motorcycles over the last year. Having seen so many two wheeled rockets at the ECTA meets in Wilmington, Ohio I learned a lot and came to really like seeing...
