Land Speed Gallery: WannaGoFast Chicago 2013 — Half Mile Land Speed Action!
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – Our gearhead forefathers probably got it from the generation before them, so the premise of us finding a strip to run wide open is nothing new. After World...
Rendered Perfection: The Insane Craigslist Van Gets Rendered Into An Pretty Awesome Looking Machine — Click Here To SEE!
Back on May 24th we showed you the below photo of this insane 1978 GMC van that is for sale on Craigslist. There were a fair amount of BS readers and commenters who saw some potential in the machine...
BangShift Question of The Day: What Is The Most Annoying Automotive Debate?
I spent the weekend announcing at the 2013 Chevy High Performance Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. One night over an adult beverages or two a bunch of us automotive writers were...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Cannon Ball Run” The Theme Song With Opening Scenes
This is the Mad Matt Graves Edition of the Daily Tune Up, because while Matt was expertly honing his craft as the Marketing Guru at American Power Train last week he was also looking at our Stroker...
Video: Bill Elliot’s #94 McDonald’s NASCAR Cup Car On The Chassis Dyno
We never expected to see actual footage of a Cup Car on the chassis dyno, but here it is! This is Bill Eliott’s #94 McDonald’s car that we believe ran in the 2000 season. It makes some...
BangShift Video: A NASCAR RP7 Running On The Dyno At Westech For Lucas Oil Testing
We get to see all kinds of fun stuff run, but sometimes we are not allowed to show it to you. This time we were thanks to Lucas Oil and their strenuous oil testing program. This RP7 has been run a...
Video: The Best Of 2012 – The NASCAR Crashes You Just Can’t Miss
Earlier we showed you the best of 2013 so far, but that’s not a complete year worth of crashes to compare. This however is the best from 2012, including some incredibly huge ones that drivers...
Video: How Hendrick Racing Decides Who Gets Which Engine Come Race Day
We’ve always wondered how a multi-car team decides who gets which engine for a particular race. Do they duke it out SUMO style? Do they foot race across the parking lot? On tricycles? Drinking...
Video: 2013 NASCAR Crash Compilation. They All Lived, But Their Junk Is TORE UP!
I swear half the NASCAR Cup fans are in it for the crashes. Probably the same percentage for Nationwide series fans too. But at least 75 percent of the Truck Series fans have got to love the crashes....
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Let’s Race” By Mark Kaye “The Endorser”…NASCAR Grammy Coming Soon
We usually hate these kind of songs. And this one is no exception. But it does fit for a Sunday where all our content is NASCAR centric. Click play, and learn to dislike it as much as we do.
Swamp Buggy Saturday Video: Vintage Swamp Buggy Racing Action
We’re unabashed fan boys of Steve Evans and we’ve made that point well known. The man rocked, and outside of the NHRA coverage, his best work was done covering the unique vehicles and,...
BangShift Saturday Daily Tune Up: Romping Through The Swamp – Dave Van Ronk (1967)
Since today is my turn for Saturday blog action, my theme will be Swamp Buggy Saturday. Every item will be about, around, or related to swamp buggies of all shapes and sizes. Knowing that, you...
The Parting Shift Video: Quain Stott’s Wheels Up WIlly’s Gasser On Board And Outside The Car
This has got to be one of the best Parting Shifts we have had in quite some time. When Quain Stott sent us this video on Tuesday, there was no doubt it was going to be our Parting Shift for this...
Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink: More NASCAR Racers Headed To Federal Court – No Meth But Another Insane Story
Here’s one that will make you want to go home and drink in celebration of your own life and to be happy about the fact you aren’t a guy named Mike Harmon who races in the NASCAR truck...
