VIDEO: Ken Block On Fire During Rally Cross At 2012 SEMA Show
We’ll let the video speak for itself. Ken Blocks car catches on fire, and he knows it, but keeps driving for the win anyway. He ultimately gets passed by Tanner Foust, but finishes the race on...
BangShift Sponsors Kick Ass At Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Bret Voelkel took the Ridetech ’33 Ford to a 3rd Place Tie at the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational, and won the Speed Stop Challenge thanks to big Baer Brakes. Bret wasn’t...
Chadmouth: I Ride Along In Mike Ryan’s UnFriggin Believable Big Rig At The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Mike Ryan, who has won the Pike’s Peak Hillclimb more times than I can count, is one crazy bastard. And I was the guy raising my hand to take a ride in that crazy Freightliner truck of his. I...
Event Coverage: Almost 200 Photos And Video Of Door Cars, Dragsters, and Top Fuel Sand Drags Cars
Zane McNary, one of BangShift’s newest contributors, just sent us almost 200 photos of killer sand drags action from the Southern California Sand Drags Association Season Finals at Soboba...
Criagslist Find: A Neat 1971 Vega Wagon With a Blown Alky Engine, Doors, and a Funny Car Cage – Vintage Show Car Barn Find
BangShift reader Ron Ward tipped us off to this really interesting Craigslist Ad from the Kansas City area. This 1971 Vega looks all the world like an old school drag car from the early 1970s at...
Road Trippin’: Cruising A Vintage Impala To Northern California – Great Photos and Adventure!
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – As I prepared for my semi annual trip to Northern California I got to thinking back to when I was a little kid taking road trips with my family. It seems...
SEMA Top 10: Cars That Made Me Cringe, Wince, or Say WTF?
During our coverage of SEMA 2012, we bombarded you with hundreds and hundreds of photos featuring neat cars, innovative parts, and the future of the high performance aftermarket. Normally, we spend a...
Drag Gallery: Draggin’ For Toys 2012 – Brainderd Optimist Drag Strip – Ringgold, GA
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – For the past 11 years, a group of dedicated drag racers has been organizing an event called Draggin’ for Toys, and it has become a popular destination...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Straight 8 Answer and Today’s Monster Challenge!
Yesterday’s challenge sure turned into a layup! The good looking straight engine that was sitting in the shop at Valley Head Service in Northridge, California was in fact a Duesenberg engine....
The 2012 Optima Street Car Invitational – Photos From the Road Course, Autocross and More!
(Photos courtesy of Optima Batteries) – Mark Stielow was the winner of the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational last weekend, wading through the diverse and awesome field of cars and...
Cool Gallery: Bitchin’ 1970s Dirt Bikes and Cool Cars From the AACA Museum – Hershey, PA
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – After the SAAC show, we made our way into the Antique Auto Club of America Museum to check out the latest exhibits. It seems we caught a small portion of the...
SEMA 2012 COOL STUFF: Custom Hand Made Hot Rod Urns From Last Rides – Who Woulda Thunk?!
The reality is that someday all of us will step off this mortal coil when our number is called. No two ways around it. While Chad and I were cruising through the truck hall at SEMA 2012 on Friday we...
Video: Watch Jason Sands of Diesel Power Magazine Set The World’s Land Speed Record For A Truck Towing A Trailer – Crazy!
Some land speed records are set by mixing science, engineering, and art together and others, like the one in this video are achieved by blunt force trauma. We’re not sure which way is better,...
