Name This Mystery Forlorn Monster Truck!
Old monster trucks seem to generally lead sad lives. They get parked outside at truck stops or used as yard art a car museums, or in the case of this tank tracked monster truck, left for dead at a...
Nasty Wreck Video: Armco Guardrails Amplify Another Bad Wreck Into Pure Catastrophe
There are dozens of videos on the internet showing crashes at drag strips with armco-style guardrails. Sometimes the guardrails keep the cars contained to the strip, but most times, like in this...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Nitro Nationals and Old Time Drags – Tulsa Raceway – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Recently BangShifter John Gatliff attended the Nitro Nationals and Old Time Drags at Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma. Unlike some nostalgia races that feature pokey street rods on the strip, this one...
Cool Video: A Bitchin’ Highlight Reel From the 2011 Holley LS Fest
The Holley LS Fest is like the automotive Olympics for anything sporting a General Motors LS engine. There’s drag racing, autocross, drifting, slalom, cruising, and on and on. Chad was there as...
New Product Alert: Ridetech Introduces Triple Adjustable Shockwaves!
One of the reasons we have been so honored to have Ridetech as one of our sponsors here at BangShift is because they innovate the hell out of the suspension arena. Really, think back at what this...
Instant Classic Carnage Video: If At First You Hit the Wall Don’t Try Again
Some videos are instant classics, this is one. Shot at Houston Motorsports Park by NitroArtVideo, it shows a fatally flawed Camaro making one hit on the starting line that results in him slapping the...
Amazing Save Video: A Drag Week Camaro Goes Through the Lights Sideways at 142-mph and Does not wreck!
When a drag race driver saves a car from certain doom, it is a noteworthy achievement. Why? Well mostly because the cars are deisgned to do one thing well, and that is to go in a straight line. High...
BangShift Burnout Battle: A Huge Diesel Ford Takes on a Shag Nasty Chevelle — FINAL DAY OF VOTING
We’re loving these BangShift burnout battles and judging by the vote counts each week, you are too! In an effort to keep things interesting we have another pair of wild ones this week. They...
Cool Video: The Rocketeer Nostalgia Alky Funny Car Match Races a Stunt Plane at the Redlands Air Show!
Well this is a new one on us! The video you’ll see after the jump is from the 2010 Redlands Air Show and it featured the truly cool Rocketeer nostalgia alky funny car racing a high performance...
The Full Story Behind the Speed Demon’s 462mph Bonneville Run – Plus a Thursday Update!
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, in competition during Mike Cook‘s Land Speed Shootout on the Bonneville (UT) Salt Flats, the “Speed Demon” streamliner of George Poteet, Ron Main and...
As One Ohio City Embraces the ECTA, Another Kills A Long Planned Flashlight Drags Event
Yesterday we delivered you the killer news that the East Coast Timing Association would be running their 2012 season in Wilmington, Ohio on a recently vacated airport runway. It was the great work...
Holley Introduces New Billet HP and Dominator Fuel Pressure Regulators and Filters
Holley continues their product line expansion with the introduction of their new Billet HP and Dominator fuel regulators and filters. These are two more products that allow hot rodders to make Holley...
The BangShift Burnout Battle: Send Us Your Tire Smoking Video!
So hopefully you have voted in the first BangShift burnout battle. If not, you have until Friday to place your vote. We’ll determine the winner by seeing who has the highest vote count by...
Crazy Awesome eBay Find: The Tow Rig and Rocket Car of Fearless Fred Goeske
“Fearless” Fred Goeske is a true drag racing legend. Through the 1960s and 1970s he terrorized strips from coast to coast in a series of awesome Funny Cars that were nitro powered to...
