BangShift Question Of The Day: Are Hot Rodders Worried About Their Carbon Footprint?
Aug 28, 2012Chad Reynolds20
Are you worried about your carbon footprint? On the surface it seems like such a simple question. In reality, it’s a fairly complex one. To keep it simple, I’ll say that yes I’m...
eBay Find: The Craziest Monster (Street Legal) Dually We’ve Ever Seen – Six 54-Inch Mickey Thompsons!
Aug 28, 2012Brian Lohnes8
Yes, this is apparently a street legal truck in Ohio. We need to move to Ohio. This nearly 11′ tall 2003 Dodge Ram dually sports an astounding six 54″ Mickey Thompson Baja Claw tires and...
Eargasm Video: An Awesome Collection of Exhaust Sounds From Exotics to Hot Rods to Modern Muscle Cars!
Aug 28, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Our pal and video maven Jason Lewis is back with another great piece of work. We’ve showed you Jason’s kick ass V10 Maverick project, some of the work he has done with stuntman Mike Ryan...
Video: Victor Cagnazzi Owned, Dave Connolly Driven, Grumpy Jenkins Tribute COPO Dive Bombs The A/Stock Auto Record in Testing
Aug 28, 2012Brian Lohnes10
Pure COPO porno, that’s what this is. A gritty, short, no nonsense video shows Dave Connolly, the multi-time NHRA national event Pro Stock winner at the wheel of Victor Cagnazzi’s new...
Watch the Hot Rod Thump Truck Kenworth Dump Truck Dominate At the Big Rig Drags in Canada!
Aug 27, 2012Brian Lohnes3
We featured Leon Smith’s crazy ass Kenworth dump truck last winter and the interwebs went wild for it. Leon sent us a note recently that he was racing up in Canada at another of the awesome big...
BangShift Interview: We Talk To Scott Monty, Ford’s Global Head of Social Media
Aug 27, 2012Brian Lohnes2
There are lots of interesting jobs in the automotive world, especially at the OEM level. Scott Monty has one of the neatest in our opinion as Ford’s Global Head of Social Media. Monty’s...
Disney’s Art of Animation CARS Resort – America’s Coolest Gearhead Hotel (Big Photo Gallery!)
Aug 27, 2012Brian Lohnes9
Last week, Chad did a killer job pulling the shift lever on the blog while I escaped to Florida for a family vacation with my wife Kerri and my sons, Tom and Jack. It just so happened that we...
Event Coverage: Tiki Highway Car Show and Cruise At Don The Beachcomber Tiki Bar
Aug 27, 2012Chad Reynolds1
Don The Beachcomber is a bar that is not only famous in Southern California, but also on Waikiki Beach, and is credited with being the first Tiki bar ever. Sure it’s not in the original...
Event Coverage: Surf City Garage Car Show, Shop Tour And Super Bitchin Car Collection
Aug 27, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: Surf City Garage Car Show, Shop Tour And Super Bitchin Car Collection
The Surf City Garage Car Show and Shop Tour, in Huntington Beach, was super duper cool! Not only was it a great show that featured hot rods and customs stretched out for blocks around their...
The 2012 World Series of Drag Racing, Cordova Dragway – Epic BangShift Photo Gallery
Aug 26, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke) – In the realm of drag racing history, they don’t get any more historic and/or cool than the World Series of Drag Racing held at Cordova Dragway...
Event Coverage: Hot Rods, Customs, and Muscle Cars at the 10th Annual Corn Feed Run Car Show and Cruise In Chino
Aug 25, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: Hot Rods, Customs, and Muscle Cars at the 10th Annual Corn Feed Run Car Show and Cruise In Chino
There is always something going on here in Southern California that is car related. And with at least 10 car shows or cruise nights going on this weekend alone, we’ve got a lot of content...
Car Show Coverage: Goodguys 26th West Coast Nationals In Pleasanton: Same Day Coverage Thanks To InGear Media
Aug 24, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Car Show Coverage: Goodguys 26th West Coast Nationals In Pleasanton: Same Day Coverage Thanks To InGear Media
Our dude on the street today is Todd Ryden, owner of InGear Media, who sent us a very cool gallery of photos from the 26th Goodguys West Coast Nationals in Pleasanton. Todd has been a staunch...
The Parting Shift: Lenco, Small-Block, Wheelstand… Do We Have To Say Anything Else?
Aug 24, 2012Chad Reynolds4
The funny thing is we have actually run this car before for a parting shift. In fact, I’m going to cut and paste Brian’s previous text below this cause he knows the dude. I don’t...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Stupidest Thing You’ve Been Pulled Over For?
Aug 24, 2012Chad Reynolds32
Looking at the troubles that our fellow hot rodders in the UK may be in, got us thinking. There are too many stupid pieces of automotive legislation to list, but what are your favorites for the...












