Project Buford T Justice Hits the Dyno and Goes KABLOOEY! CARNAGE VIDEO INSIDE!
May 08, 2012Brian Lohnes39
After we ran Buford T Justice at the strip and the 4,000lb tank shocked us with elapsed times in the 15-second range, we were immediately intrigued as to the actual power output of the 185,000 mile...
Watch a Skid Plate Race From Bowman Gray Stadium
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes4
Any gearhead who has had access to both a front wheel drive and plastic lunch trays has combined the two for magical parking lot hilarity. Skidding a car around like this is really fun and so long as...
Gallery: Wheels Up Farm Tractor Pulling Action!
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes2
There’s not much like a good old fashioned farm tractor pull to satisfy your gearhead soul. It is the most basic form of mechanical competition on Earth and it is the internally combusted...
Caption this Photo: Something Doesn’t Feel Right
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes17
(Photo Bob Chiluk/Greg Rourke) – Lots of GM 10-bolt rears died on the drag strips of America this recently passed weekend. I saw two of them blow up at New England Dragway and Chiluk/Rourke saw...
Drag Gallery: Killer Sportsman Action From RT 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – BangShift’s two man photog platoon, Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke took to the famous Rt 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois last weekend to shoot some...
Watch the Totally Bitchin’ Trailer to a Documentary About the Famous Big Red 1969 Camaro of RJ Gottlieb
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes11
Big Red is one of if not the single greatest road legal 1969 Camaro in history. Built by Dan and RJ Gottlieb and used to compete in dozens of different events, the car can run 220mph flat out during...
BangShift ADRL Gallery: Action Photos from the ADRL Spring Drags at Maple Grove Raceway
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’ve been covering the hell out of the ADRL this season and for good reason, the series rules the school when it comes to doorslammer action. Last weekend the...
Buford T Justice Hits the Chassis Dyno Today…Guess the Rear Wheel HP!
May 07, 2012Brian Lohnes52
So color us obsessed if you want, but after our 15-second stock drag romp with Buford a little more than a week ago, we were really interested in putting this car on a dyno to get a rear wheel hp...
Watch Hot Rod Magazine’s David Freiburger Drive a Lingenfelter Tuned Camaro ZL1 202mph!
May 06, 2012Brian Lohnes4
Like everyone else, we saw the announcement the other day from Hot Rod Magazine, that Freiburger ran a ZL1 tuned by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering to a terminal speed of over 202mph at the...
FREE LIVE Streaming Video From Battle at the Banks Starts Saturday Morning
May 04, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on FREE LIVE Streaming Video From Battle at the Banks Starts Saturday Morning
SCHEDULE UPDATE SCHEDULE UPDATE: WE WILL BE LIVE BY 7:45 AM DUE TO A SCHEDULE CHANGE HERE AT THE EVENT RATHER THAN 7AM. If you want to see what is arguably the coolest Pro Touring Event on the...
Watch Some Great Video From the Goodguys Del Mar Autocross!
May 04, 2012Brian Lohnes2
We got tipped off to some sweet video from the 2012 Goodguys Del Mar, California event that focuses on the autocross, and specifically some of the hottest iron on it, the Hotchkis Camaro, Challenger,...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: AA/Dale Armstrong
May 04, 2012Brian Lohnes2
When the dust settles and the big book of drag racing history is finally written, Dale Armstrong will stand alone among a group of five or six men judged to be the greatest crewchiefs of all time....
Question of the Day: What is the Most Pointless Automotive Competition?
May 04, 2012Brian Lohnes29
After that flaming burnout contest video, I got to thinking about all the different automotive type competitions out there. Outside of the normal racing type stuff, there are lots of pointless...
Watch a Mustang’s Burnout Contest Performance Come to a Flaming End!
May 04, 2012Brian Lohnes2
We got tipped off to this video by the guys at ReplayXD cameras. A ReplayXD was mounted at ankle height during the burnout contest at the NMCA Nationals in Commerce, Georgia. The camera captured a...












