The Parting Shift: A Bad Ass and Drama Free Stick Box Strip Pass
Yeah, we’re late with this week’s Parting Shift, but that is OK. The video of this expertly driven, slickly shifted Mustang is worth it. Normally I like to hunt down huge wheelies, or...
Scrapple: The BangShift Guide to Automotive Crap That Happened This Week You Care Nothing About
It has been far too long since we last came at you with some scrapple here on BangShift. Chad and I have been working our asses off on a model rocket project in North Korea as of late and that has...
Watch A 7-Second Aussie Ford Capri Barrel Roll Twice and Land on the Wheels at the Strip!
There is no such thing as a “good” way to barrel roll your car down a drag strip, but this racer seems to pull it off with the least possible amount of damage to his car. According to the...
Shop Tour: Schwartz Performance – Awesome Pro Touring Builds Inside!
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Jeff Schwartz has long established himself as one of the most innovative and creative thinkers in the realm of pro touring/g-machine type cars. From his own 1982...
Tune In: Live Streaming Drag Racing This Weekend From NMCA/NMRA Georgia
Our buddy Mark Walter will be on the scene this weekend in Commerce, Georgia to live stream the NMCA/NMRA event that will be happening today through Sunday. Lots of racers are towing in from...
Former NHRA Lead Announcer and Executive Bernie Partridge Dies
(Photo: NHRA) Some sad news from the world of drag racing today, legendary announcer and NHRA former executive Bernie Partridge has died at the age of 79. As the lead announcer for NHRA national...
Drag Racing Sucks: Watch Dyson Vacuum Engineers Build and Race Mini Dragsters Made Out of Old Parts
It seems that everyone we have ever talked to that owns a Dyson vacuum raves about it. They are known for being super powerful and of very high quality. If you have ever priced them out, you know...
Book Review: Carroll Shelby – The Authorized Biography
I was genuinely excited to receive an advance copy of Carroll Shelby: The Authorized Biography by Rinsey Mills. The realm of very good automotive related biographies has swelled over the years with...
Wild Numbers: Bo Butner’s Cobra Jet Hits Sixty MPH in Under Two Seconds in ADRL SuperCar Showdown – 100 in Less than Four!
(Photo Credit: ADRL/Roger Richards) – With the first ever ADRL SuperCar Showdown class race in the books, some interesting information has come to light regarding just how hard these cars are...
ARCA Team Owner Wants Jeremy Mayfield to Drive For Him – ARCA Not So Sure That is a Good Idea
Former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield’s life is damned close to scraping rock bottom these days, but one team owner in the ARCA series is interested in throwing him a life preserver in the form...
eBay Find: A 1965 Mustang With Twin Paxton Blowers, A Tunnel Ram, and a Small Block Ford Stroker
I recently received an advanced review copy of the new Carroll Shelby authorized biography and since I have been plowing through that book, visions of cool old Mustangs have crowded my brain. While...
SEMA Needs Help to Exempt all Pre-1981 Vehicles from SMOG in California!
Editors Note: California sucks with regards to Emissions Laws. Regardless of their impact on the environment, we can’t change parts unless a company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Watch a Toyota Supra Start a Drag Strip Pass on the Tires and Cross the Traps on the Roof!
Supras have been dying at a high rate on drag strips in both Europe and North America. A couple of weeks ago we showed you one blowing up and turning the strip at Englishtown into a hibachi grill....
DIYAutoTune.com: New 4-barrel Throttle Bodies plus Spy Photos of other cool stuff!
If you are a guy who likes tweaking on electronic stuff, and you haven’t checked out DIYAutoTune.com, you are missing out. Not only do they have great products for the do it yourself EFI...
