The NHRA Winternationals “Behind the Scenes: Wet Edition” Saturday 2012
It was supposed to maybe drizzle on us on Saturday morning of the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona on Saturday. It did. It also drizzled on us some more in the afternoon. Then...
NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel, and Funny Car Action Gallery Day Two 2012
We had a busy day at the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals on Friday. The sun was out, the crowd was thick, and there was plenty of racing action to catch. In fact, so much that we had a...
NHRA Winternationals Coverage Continues: Friday’s Behind the Scenes Action
Yesterday we brought you some great Behind the Scenes action shots from the season opening NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals. 2012 marks the 52 Anniversary of this famed event, held just...
Project Update: The AMX/GTO Project is nearly complete!
The wild AMX/GTO project is on the home stretch! As a quick refresher, this car is a 1969 AMX body that was placed on the chassis of a wrecked 2007 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was cut and narrowed, the AMX...
NHRA Winternationals Wheelstanding Stock and Super Stock Doorslammers Thursday 2012
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is in full swing here in sunny Southern California as the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals season opener got under way in Pomona. We’ve...
NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock, Top Fuel and Funny Car Action: Thursday 2012
We gave you a sneak preview of the 2012 Top Fuel and Funny Car fields when we had our LIVE broadcast from the 2012 PRO Winter Warmup in Palm Beach Florida a few weeks ago, but now it’s for...
NHRA Winternationals Behind the Scenes in the Pits and Staging Lanes Thursday 2012
Besides great action shots from the famed drag strip at Pomona, which is home to the season opening NHRA O’Reilly Aut Parts Winternationals, BangShift.com is also going to bring you the...
BangShift PSA: Drifting A Front End Loader on Ice in Siberia Will Get Your Boss Fired [w/video]
For decades when someone screwed up in Russia, they were sent to Siberia, a frozen hellish place that sucked your spirit and broke your will. The good news is that nothing seems to have changed in...
Vote Today: Final 15 Designs Chosen for RideTech Streetrod Design Contest!
The dudes and dudettes at RideTech are going closing in on the final design of their kick ass Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod. They have been asking for submissions from anyone interested in showing...
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:...
