Major Wreckage Video: A Wheelstanding Mustang Barrel Rolls Down Mobile Dragway
Aug 09, 2011Brian Lohnes7
Having just spent a nice Saturday announcing a drag race, I can appreciate a door slammer that yanks the wheels in the majestic fashion that this Mustang does. After all, what gearhead worth his...
Tuesday Time Killer: Watch the 1950s B-Move “Drag Strip Girl” Full Length and Free!
Aug 09, 2011Brian Lohnes2
When hot rodding was viewed as a major public menace, it became the focal point of movies, lots of them in the “B” genre. Parents were scared as hell of the “hot rod problem”...
Busted: Aussie Man Busted For Drunk Driving While Piloting Motorized Cooler
Aug 09, 2011Brian Lohnes3
While the occasional, “guy drunk driving on his lawn tractor” gives us a smile, this is a new twist to an old saw. A man in Australia was caught by the coppers driving a motorized cooler...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 BHRA Nationals – Kennedale, Texas
Aug 09, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Gallery: The 2011 BHRA Nationals – Kennedale, Texas
Bill Hielscher was one hell of a drag racer and one of a true pioneers with respect to “touring professionals” in straight line competition. He was best known as “Mr. Bardahl”...
Gallery: The Long Beach Swap Meet – August 2011
Aug 09, 2011Brian Lohnes3
We weren’t planning on going to the Long Beach Swap Meet on Sunday. Our plans were more lofty. The centered around sleeping late and then sitting around in our boxers watching Nascar and...
Carnage Photo: When Good Pro Mod Tune Ups Go Bad
Aug 08, 2011Brian Lohnes5
We happened to be announcing a drag race on Saturday night at New England Dragway in Epping, NH and our pal Peter Farber was there. Peter races Pro Mod and does so both locally an as part of the NHRA...
Event Gallery: 2011 Oswego Dragway Days – Oswego, Illinois
Aug 08, 2011Brian Lohnes11
Our man Greg Rourke was on the scene of a totally bitchin’ event last weekend. The 2011 Oswego Drag Strip days event serves as a yearly celebration of the memory of Oswego Dragway, a strip that...
Barnstormin’: A Banzai Road Trip to Maine for Food, Fun, and Cars!
Aug 08, 2011Brian Lohnes4
Back in early July, Chad went on a quick and fun road trip with the guys from Route 2 Media. They saw a bunch of neat stuff, scarfed down some great road food, and generally laughed themselves silly....
Project Car Video Update: Ethyl – The 800hp 2004 Pontiac GTO Gets a Cog Belt on the 4.0L Whipple Blower!
Aug 05, 2011Brian Lohnes6
When we were cruising the BangShift garage section recently, we saw a frontal photo of a 2004 GTO that was hoodless. That caught our eye, so we clicked on the photo labeled Ethyl and we’re sure...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Dover Motorsports Kills Nashville Super Speedway
Aug 05, 2011Brian Lohnes2
If you are an OG BangShift reader, you’ll remember an item we used to run every Friday called the “Excuse to go home early and drink”. Well, since there is crappy news abounding...
Cool Video: Let’s Ride Motorcycles
Aug 05, 2011Brian Lohnes1
So if we led off by telling you that the below video is an advertisement for a Taiwanese bank, we’re not sure you’d get far enough to check it out. It would be your loss of course,...
eBay Find: A Bitchin’ Ex-Mopar Factory Drag Car Hauler!
Aug 05, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We here at BangShift HQ are fully in love with old race car haulers, especially those of the factory variety. Reader Chris Crowley tipped us off to this absolutely killer 1974 Dodge factory drag car...
Caption the Greatest Helmet Photo Ever
Aug 04, 2011Brian Lohnes16
This photo comes to us courtesy of Action Racing Photos and our friends Jay Spinella and Denis LeBlanc. It could be the funniest picture ever taken. This highly experienced racer was getting...
Caption This Photo: Why it is Totally Impossible to Look Cool Bicycling
Aug 04, 2011Brian Lohnes9
This photo, shot on a cell phone by our pal Jay Spinella is too good not to share. It is the ultimate illustration of our theory that it is impossible to look cool on a bicycle, especially with the...












