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...
BIG NEWS FROM FAST: LSX-R 102mm Intakes are Smog Legal and EZ-EFI is Guaranteed Forever!
FAST just announced that their 102mm LSX R intake manifolds are now legal in all 50 States, and that FAST EZ-EFI now comes with a Lifetime Guarantee, which reminded us that we are a bunch of spoiled...
Viva Las Vegas 2012: Traditionals, Metal Flake, and Chicks Galore
In true BangShift fashion, our dudes on the street have once again delivered. Newell Ruggles, one of our crack photographers, has a bunch of cool photos from the Viva Las Vegas show in Las Vegas this...
Good News: Capitol Raceway Will Re-Open Under New Management
A quick piece of good news today! Capitol Raceway, which was recently closed due to the lease holder not being able to strike a deal with the property owner will be reopened, and soon! According to a...
Watch England’s Andy Frost Run 6.995/218mph at Santa Pod – World’s Fastest Street Legal Drag Car!
England’s own Andy Frost, in his wild Red Victor III ran 6.995/218mph at Santa Pod Raceway’s Easter Thunderball last weekend. That run makes Frost’s car the fastest street legal...
Gallery: The 2012 Space City Cruisers Spring Car Show – League City, Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While Dave Nutting and I shot 400 miles south last weekend to cover an event for BangShift, Charles Wickam rolled out of bed and went a couple of miles right in his...
