Motorized Freak of the Week: The Russian Caspian Sea Monsters
First off we have to thank forum member Malc for pointing us toward these most bizarre of vehicles. It seems we’re on a bit of a Russian kick as of late, but for some time, the Ruskies had the...
Question of the Day: What Are You Doing This Weekend – Wrencing, Racing, Relaxin’?
Labor Day weekend is one of those weekends that is packed with stuff to do, especially car stuff. There are car shows everywhere. Drag races like the YellowBullet Nationals, the US Nationals, and...
Ride Along On A 277Mph Bonneville Run in Lee Sicilio’s Dodge Charger Daytona – This Thing Is NUTS
If you followed BangShift’s 2012 Bonneville Speed Week coverage (and a zillion of you did!) you know that we closely followed the week of Lee Sicilio, our pal Scott Clark, and the rest of the...
RacingJunk Find: A Mechanically Cool and Aesthetically Bizarre Survivor 1960s Kustom Creation
We’re not going to lie here. There are very few 1960s custom cars that we “get”. This is not one of them. While this car is a very awesome study in custom car construction of the...
Video: Triple Black 440 6-Pack 1970 Cuda Owned By BangShifter John Cross On Big Muscle
BangShifter John Cross sent us this cool video that the guys at Big Muscle put together on his NorCal based 1970 440 6-pack Cuda. Although it is a numbers matching car, John pulled the original 440,...
Watch Andy Frost Cruise the World’s Quickest Street Legal Car Around the Streets Of England
As the gearhead world gets ready to lock their eyes onto all of the action at Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week event, which kicks off in about a week and a half, video of driving a heavy duty drag...
Historic Gallery: A Neat Tour of the Glenn Curtiss Museum – Historic Engines, Planes, Motorcycles, Cars and More!
(Photos by Jeremy George) – The Glenn H Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York is a true gearhead’s delight. The large facility is filled with ancient motorcycles, airplanes, old cars,...
BangShift Exclusive: Chevrolet Performance’s Dr. Jamie Meyer Talks COPO… Indy… The Future
Undoubtedly one of the biggest stories in drag racing heading into this weekend’s NHRA US Nationals is the official arrival of the COPO Camaro from Chevrolet Performance. The fruits of nearly...
COPO Camaro In Car Video: Aeromotive Fueled Patterson Racing Engines COPO Runs 9.78
The guys at Husky Liner are faithful customers of Patterson Racing Engines and Aeromotive, and shot cool video of their new COPO Camaro running 9.78 at Topeka this past weekend. You saw us showing...
Watch A 1960s Vintage Triumph Drag Bike Try To Launch Its Rider Onto The Strip
The first time I ever spoke to EJ Potter we were having a discussion about drag racing motorcycles in the 1960s. EJ said that there wasn’t a lot of love for two wheel competitors back then. In...
Video: Rocky’s Evil Twin Dual Motor Small Block Dragster Running At Billetproof 2012
When Rocky Phillips first started working on his twin-engine Rocky’s Evil Twin dragster, he started a Project Build Thread on our forums that allowed us to follow along as he created this...
Historic Drag Video: Amazing 8MM Footage of National Challenge ’72 – Every Pro Legend You Can Imagine!!
Forty years ago this coming weekend, the greatest protest drag race ever staged was run at what was then called Tulsa International Raceway. Don Garlits and the PRA (Professional Racers Association)...
Shop Tour: Jet Hot High Performance Coatings Visits Petty Garage… Yeah, Like Richard Petty… The King
When Cheryl, Gordon, and Tim from Jet Hot told us that they got to go tour Petty’s Garage we were pretty jealous. But, they made up for it a bit when they sent us some cool photos of the place...
$200 Hauler Update: We Give It A Butt Lift With Some New Chrome And Ghetto Bodywork
In our last installment of the $200 Hauler build you saw us replace our broken grille, bashed lower valance, and boring bowtie which cleaned up our front end a lot. In fact, we’re not sure...
