Watch a Driver Lose the Handle on His Late Model GTO and Wipe Out Two Motorcycles
Feb 21, 2012Brian Lohnes6
There’s not a BangShifter among us who has not lost the handle on their car at least once. Maybe it was on a snowy road, a wet highway, or on a race track where you dipped a toe over that fine...
Watch Mike Maier Horse Wrangle His Awesome Mustang Around the Road Course at the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Mike Maier Horse Wrangle His Awesome Mustang Around the Road Course at the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Earlier today we showed you some crazy video of Bill Maier wrecking in spectacular fashion during a 1982 Trans Am event at Laguna Seca Raceway in California. As it turns out, those racing genes were...
BangShift Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Automotive Stance?
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes19
A car or truck’s stance is the first major thing that anyone notices. How does it sit? What kind of attitude does it emit? From being slammed down into the weeds to riding like a monster truck,...
Watch Bill Maier’s Trans-Am Mustang Get Destroyed at Leguna Seca in 1982!
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Bill Maier’s Trans-Am Mustang Get Destroyed at Leguna Seca in 1982!
Despite the fact that we always seem to concentrate on Trans Am racing from the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was great racing for many years past that era. This video, shot at Leguna Seca in...
Mini-Feature: An Upclose Look at Mike Piraino’s Wild Twin Turbo Super Comp/Top Dragster Rail! [w/dyno video]
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes2
When Chad called me breathlessly from the pits a Pomona during the NHRA Winternationals, I figured he had been chasing the ice cream truck…again. As it turns out, he was going ape over this...
Ridetech Announces Design Contest Winner and It is a Looker!
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Ridetech Announces Design Contest Winner and It is a Looker!
We’ve been keeping you up to date with Ridetech’s design contest and now it is time to unveil the winning scheme that the Ridetech guys will apply to the Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod...
BS Approved Video: Watch a Nitro Harley Get Built in a Home Shop
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Our pal Chuck Noble has been on the electronic pages of BangShift before. He’s the guy, we featured running a nitro motorcycle that had iron heads and carbs on it. Well, Chuck was using that...
Crazy eBay Find: A Twin Engine, Street Legal GMC S15 “Fire Truck” From ‘Bama
Feb 20, 2012Brian Lohnes3
For many people today is a holiday, but not here in the halls of BangShift. We’re always working hard to keep you abreast of the most important news in the automotive universe. Take this insane...
Click Here for FREE Live Streaming Coverage of the PSCA Record Breaker Nationals
Feb 18, 2012BangShiftComments Off on Click Here for FREE Live Streaming Coverage of the PSCA Record Breaker Nationals
Irwindale Speedway Update: Property Owner Claims 20 Parties Have Contacted Him About Taking Over Track
Feb 17, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Just as we were about to ditch the BangShift newsroom and start chugging beers tonight, we caught wind of a story that gives us more reason to be hopeful that the shuttering of Irwindale Speedway is...
Watch the First Episode of Roadkill – Freiburger and Finnegan’s New Show!
Feb 17, 2012Brian Lohnes8
By now we’re sure you’ve heard that David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of Hot Rod Magazine are going to have a monthly web tv show called Roadkill. The first episode went live today and...
Big News: Jiffy-Tite Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors!
Feb 17, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Big News: Jiffy-Tite Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors!
Chad and I are proud to announce that Jiffy-Tite, one of the premier fluid transfer fitting companies in the world, has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. Their quick connect fittings are found...
Wreckage Video: A King of the Hammers Competitor Drives off a Cliff and Into a Huge Rock at High Speed
Feb 17, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Wreckage Video: A King of the Hammers Competitor Drives off a Cliff and Into a Huge Rock at High Speed
Yesterday we ran video featuring a King of the Hammers competitor completely mangling his buggy by barrel rolling it across the finish line of the race. The poor bastards in the video below...
Irwindale Update: All Hope Not Lost – Company That Owns the Property Wants to Resume Racing ASAP
Feb 16, 2012Brian Lohnes10
We were tipped off to a link today that indicates the company which owns the track and offices wants to see the facility opened and operating again, “as soon as possible.” This report was...












