eBay Find: A Mint 1975 GMC Motorhome – Is The New BangShift Mobile Command Center – It Has An Air Raid Siren!
Nov 15, 2012Brian Lohnes16
Chad and I have long joked that we need a BangShift mobile command center. We need a vehicle capable of serving as our live broadcast station, living quarters when Daphne and Kerri get pissed at us...
eBay Find: A 1966 Charger Body From The Dawn Of The Funny Car Era – Vintage Perfection
Nov 14, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Today’s modern funny cars are cool with their 300+mph speeds, 8,000hp engines, and big league sponsorships. Nostaliga nitro funny cars incorporate the feel of the old days with some new tech...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Ancient Behemoth And Today’s Weirdo Component
Nov 14, 2012Brian Lohnes11
I went full on weirdo with yesterday’s engine because I was hoping to cause the BS readership to throw up a goose egg in the guess department, but no, you went ahead and nailed it. The engine...
Photos: Action and Bits From The Pits At The NMCA Drag Week Shootout In Houston
Nov 14, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Photos: Action and Bits From The Pits At The NMCA Drag Week Shootout In Houston
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was an Unlimited Drag Week reunion of sorts last weekend in Houston, Texas as the NMCA invited a load of the heaviest hitters that competed at Drag Week 2012 to...
Vintage Coolness: Another Collection Of Ads From The 1964 New York International Auto Show
Nov 14, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Coolness: Another Collection Of Ads From The 1964 New York International Auto Show
It has been a while since we delved into our treasure trove of ads from the program of the 1964 New York International Auto Show. We’re jumping back in with both feet today with a neat...
Gallery: The SCTA El Mirage November Meet – LSR Action In The California Dirt!
Nov 14, 2012Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Zane McNary) – The SCTA held their final meet of the season at the famed El Mirage dry lake last weekend and as is normally the case, the action was fast and dusty. BangShift’s...
Help Hurricane Sandy Victims, and Yourself, With 40% Off Superwinch Promotion!
Nov 13, 2012Chad Reynolds3
We just got word from the guys and gals at Superwinch that they have started a special promotion that is going to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy get back on their feet again while also saving...
FREE LIVE VIDEO: The 5-Day Bracket Championships LIVE NOW From Palm Beach International Raceway
Nov 13, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on FREE LIVE VIDEO: The 5-Day Bracket Championships LIVE NOW From Palm Beach International Raceway
Mark Walter is once again on site bring you guys great drag racing, and this weekend it is the PBIR 5-Day Bracket Championships. One of the most revered races in the bracket racing world, it is also...
Epic Video: Les Mayhew’s 2012 California Hot Rod Reunion Video Right Here
Nov 13, 2012Chad Reynolds1
While we are standing on the scaffolding bringing you all the live nostalgia drag racing coverage you have come to love here at BangShift.com, Les Mayhew is on the ground shooting his ass off getting...
Buy Now: Summit Racing Equipment Is Taking Orders For MSD Atomic LS EFI System
Nov 13, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Buy Now: Summit Racing Equipment Is Taking Orders For MSD Atomic LS EFI System
When MSD Announced the Atomic LS EFI System at SEMA a couple weeks ago, we told you it was going to be a big deal. And it is. Summit Racing Equipment knows it’s a big deal too, and has them up...
More Carnage Video: Watch A 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang Pull A Huge Wheelie and Then Crash Hard At Cecil County
Nov 13, 2012Brian Lohnes1
We were tipped off to this video by BangShift reader Jack Stetson that shows a 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang factory drag car crashing hard at Cecil County Dragway in Maryland. The car launches hard and...
Carnage Video: Watch Outlaw 10.5 Racer Mike Kimmis Suffer A Huge Wreck and Explosion At Ozark Raceway Park
Nov 13, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: Watch Outlaw 10.5 Racer Mike Kimmis Suffer A Huge Wreck and Explosion At Ozark Raceway Park
There’s lots of cool classes that make up the “small tire” drag racing world but for our bucks, the insanity that happens in the Outlaw 10.5 class totally takes the cake. With twin...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Inline Answer and the Toughest Challenge Yet!
Nov 13, 2012Brian Lohnes5
Yersterday’s inline six was correctly guessed as a GM 4200 series engine. The 4.2L mill was installed in a variety of cars and trucks like the Trailblazer, Envoy, Buick Rainier and other GM...
Bonus Junkyard Gallery: Even More Coolness from Fleming’s Junkyard – Egg Harbor, NJ
Nov 13, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Bonus Junkyard Gallery: Even More Coolness from Fleming’s Junkyard – Egg Harbor, NJ
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday, we brought you the first of two galleries from within the confines of Fleming’s Junkyard in Egg Harbor, NJ. Joe Grippo snuck off into the wilderness...












