RacingJunk Find: A 1956 Mercury Pro Touring Car That is Neither a 1956 Mercury Nor Pro Touring
Far be it from me to question someone’s motivation in the car hobby. After all, I’m the guy into tow trucks, tractors, and other junk of that ilk. That being said, when I see an ad for a...
NASCAR Writes Story About NASCAR Switch to EFI – Story Tries to Explain Black Magic Voodoo Box at 5th Grade Level
NASCAR seems to think that their switch to EFI has not gotten the warranted level of attention. That’s not us making something up. Here’s proof in the first line of a story that the...
aFe Launches New Site Where Users Can Build and Order Their Own Custom Air Filters
If you’ve ever been in the market for an air filter, exhaust, cold air intake, or throttle body spacer, among other things, you have certainly heard the name aFe. They’ve been around for...
BangShift Approved Documentary: Hogslayer – How Two Wisconsin Drag Racers Dominated Top Fuel Motorcycle Racing in the 1970s
There are lots of great stories in the annals of drag racing that deserve attention, so we’re always interested when one does. Jim Cutting is the man who made the documentary, “Hogslayer:...
Show Gallery: The Pavilions Cruise Night – Scottsdale, Arizona
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Bob’s last dispatch from his western vacation adventure comes from the nice city of Scottsdale, Arizona. Since the climate permits them to cruise and drive their...
Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – New York’s Rolling Bones Hot Rod shop is known throughout the nation as a place that turns out killer traditional hot rods. They are also known for driving the...
eBay Find: A straight axle, street legal, 1967 Nova that punches our DO WANT button!
By now, you know that we salivate like one of Pavlov’s dogs when we see a cool straight axle car for sale on eBay or any other venue. This eBay Find is further proof of that! The 1967 Nova...
We Test the New BFGoodrich G-Force Sport Comp-2 on the Track
First let us say, that we have NEVER been to a tire test like the one that BFGoodrich put on at AutoClub California Speedway in Fontana this past week where they let us put their new G-Force Sport...
Watch a VW Transaxle Explode and Spread Its Guts Across the Pavement During a Burnout
In my time announcing drag races, I have had the pleasure of seeing all manner of junk explode with different levels of ferocity. From Funny Cars that literally blew their bodies into a million...
Project Car Spotlight: An Abandoned 1940 Ford Gets New Life in a BangShifter’s Home Shop
When it comes to iconic body styles in the world of hot rodding, the 1940 Ford is one of the great examples. The cars can be made into killer gassers, street rods, Pro Street machines, moonshiner...
Allan Mest Vintage Ford Emporium – Historic Ford Nirvana on Earth
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Yesterday we brought you a photo tour of the super cool Desert Valley Auto Parts junkyard in Arizona, and today we’re bringing you to one of the coolest vintage...
Flying Wreckage Video: An Aussie Rally Driver Launches Himself Over a Cliff and Into the Drink!
BangShift member Zombie289 posted this wild video on our forum section yesterday. It shows an Australian racer, competing in the Targa Wrest Point missing a pretty high stakes corner and launching...
Ex-Jungle Jim Monza For Sale in Hemmings Classifieds
If there is one thing that gets old timey drag racing guys to sit up and take notice, it is ex-Jungle Jim race cars. For a while it seemed like every old Monza funny car that came up for sale was...
