Hot Rod Drag Week 2011 Countdown: Rumors, Reality, and More!
It’s September boys and girls and that means the baddest street cars on the planet are about to embark on the most bitchin road trip in history; Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, presented by...
End of the Line: Ford Crown Victoria Production to Cease at the End of September Despite Sales Surge
Police departments are rushing to get their final orders in for the venerable Ford Crown Victoria sedans that have served them so well for decades as it has been announced production will cease at...
Great Video: Hot Cars, Hot Laps, and Melting Tires at Norway’s Arctic Circle Raceway
We were tipped off to this great video by BangShift member Blazerteam, who happens to live in a Norwegian town called Mo i Rana. He’s a huge gearhead with a wild big block Chevy powered...
BangShift Sponsors tear it up at the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge
BangShift Sponsors Detroit Speed, Ridetech and Spectre Performance were all on hand at this past weekend’s Midwest Muscle Car Challenge where, as usual, they tore it up in grand fashion. The...
Wild Carnage Video: Tony Kanaan Flies Over Helio Castroneves, Walks Away
Crazy stuff happens when open wheel race cars get together. Two of the best guys in the business of driving said open wheel cars are Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves. They had a violent encounter...
Ridetech takes 3 of 4 class wins at Goodguys Kansas Autocross…Full Results Here
Not since Britney Spears and Madonna has going both ways been such a hit, and who knew that it would apply to shocks just as much as hot chicks? Ever since Ridetech came out of the closet and...
Combo Show Gallery: The Country Cruisers and Kauffman’s Chicken Farm Car Shows
Rain totally sucks. It kills attendance at shows, closes the drag strip, and makes working on your junk outside a deplorable experience. Doug Garrison, our intrepid Pennsylvanian photog, donned his...
eBay Find: The Camaero, a 1968 Camaro Powered by Olds 455 Mounted in the Trunk!
One of the craziest and most unique 1968 Camaros of all time, the so-called “Camaero” is for sale on eBay. The car has a 455ci Olds engine mounted where the rear seat and trunk area would...
Cruise Gallery: The Great Pottstown Cruise 2011 – Pottstown, PA
Pottstown, PA was known as a crazy cruising and street racing capital for decades until the man cracked down on all forms of automotive tom foolery and things went sadly silent. Then slowly, starting...
Drag Gallery: The Cobra Jet Shootout and NMCA Race From Milan, Michigan
In an event that history will record as being the first of its kind, the NMCA hosted a Cobra Jet shootout at the race at Milan Dragway recently. The modern Cobra Jets are the craziest factory drag...
Surprise Ending Crash Video: Pay Attention to the Guy on the Motorcycle
Motorcycle “stunting” became a semi-big deal here in the US 5-10 years ago. I can remember announcing drag races and the motorcycle stunt riding “crew” would come out during...
Sad Junkyard Find: 1967 LeMans Destroyed in the Infamous California Lexus Car Show Wreck
Back in June, we showed you photos of a car show in California that turned into a horror show when a woman in a Lexus plowed directly into the side of a 1967 LeMans, destroying it and pushing it...
UPDATE: We Made It! A Quick Update on the Successful Completion of Our 500-mile, 6-MPG Road Trip!
By the time you see this, my wife and I should be an hour or two into a seven hour trek to Salmanca, NY to pick up BangShift’s newest piece of project iron, a 1968 C50 Chevy tow truck...
The Parting Shift: Flaming Camaro Edition
Jim Warter has some awesome videos of his Competition Eliminator Camaro on the interwebs. We think the best one is this clip that shows the car catching fire early in the run, but still sprinting to...
