Sad News: Original Blue Max Owner Harry Schmidt Passes
Harry Schmidt, the original owner of the Blue Max Funny Car that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s has passed away. The Texan was on the vanguard of the Funny Car revolution in the middle 1960s and...
Drag Gallery: Big Buck Bracket Action from Historic Great Lakes Dragaway
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – We’re still tearing through the massive mountains of photos sent to us by our worldwide army of contributors this morning! Now we electronically jet to...
Drag Gallery: Test and Tune Action Photos from New England Dragway
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – As promised, we’re whipping you around the world today. From California to Australia to Illinois, and now to New Hampshire’s New England Dragway. We were...
Caption These Photos: Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We have run a bunch of Charles Wickam’s Killer Photos from the 2012 NHRA Spring Nationals in Baytown, Texas already and there are still more to come. Charles...
Shop Tour Gallery: Midwest Hot Rods – Plainfield, Illinois
(Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke – Words by Bob Chiluk) – Talk about an American hot rodding success story! A couple of guys have dream jobs building high end street rods, hot rods,...
Aussie Car Show Gallery: The 2012 Big River Nationals – Barmera, South Australia
(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – We told your that we were going international today and there’s the proof. BangShift reader Darryl Daniels is a hot rodder down under and he recently attended...
So Cal Car Show Gallery: The 2012 Seal Beach Classic Car Show
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) – Today we are going to bring your car show and event coverage from all over the world…literally. To kick it off, we’re going to start in beautiful Seal...
Build Your Own BangShift Garage…You Could Be In The Spotlight!
BangShift.com’s newest Forum feature just got a few updates, and now is the time to Build Your Own BangShift Garage. Join our Forums, throw up some pictures, give us the specs, and tell us what...
Event Coverage: NHRA Full Throttle Spring Nationals…500+ Photos of Wheels Up Action!
It’s Spring in Texas and that means the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is in full swing at Houston Raceway Park, where the 2012 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals is tearing...
Event Coverage: 25th Annual Seal Beach Classic Car Show, Featuring Hot Rods, Racecars, and More!
The last Saturday of April means the Seal Beach California Classic Car Show is going on, and it’s one we hate to miss, so we hit the streets of Seal Beach with our camera clicking and had a...
Live blog: At the Strip With Buford T
We are having some big stupid fun here at New England Dragway today and our big tank of an ex cop car is running well in the cool air! If you guessed 18 seconds you are out. If you guessed 17 seconds...
BREAKING NEWS: The NMCA’s Lucas Oil West Coast Shootout is coming to Pomona!
The NMCA (National Muscle Car Association), just announced that the NMCA West Lucas Oil West Coast Shootout is going to be held at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona in August. Since the closing of Auto...
BangShift Garage Spotlight: Funny Cars, Mopars, and Cadillacs!
It’s time for another BangShift Garage Spotlight, and it’s the Funny Car, Mopar, and Caddy’s oh my edition. We’re going to be running a BangShift Garage Spotlight on a regular...
Florida Man Drives 1967 Camaro Into Swimming Pool (W/Video!)
Sherman Holland had a bad day on Monday. He went cruising in his 1967 Camaro around the Pembroke Pines suburb of Miami, Florida only to lose the handle on the car and plop it directly into a swimming...
