Trevor Bayne Released From Hospital, No Date Set on Racing Return
NASCAR’s Trevor Bayne is living through one of the most manic years in the history of humankind. Of course it began with his improbable win at the 2011 Daytona 500 for Wood Brothers Racing,...
eBay Find: An Original 427 Cammer Powered A/FX Mustang Drag Racer
Talk about cool! This 1965 Mustang has been a race car since day one, and it wasn’t just some flim-flam stocker with a little 289. Instead it was a beastly A/FX machine sporting one of the...
Boss 302 Crate Engines Now Available From Ford Racing
The 444hp Boss 302 that powers the recently released Boss Mustang is now available as a crate engine from Ford Racing. The Boss 302 is the highest performance variant of the 5.0L engine that powers...
Drag Bike Wreckage Video: A Full-Tilt Nitrous Busa Throws It’s Rider at High Speed
When it comes to high performance motorcycles, the Suzuki Hayabusa seems to be the unrivaled champion amongst modern iron. We’ve seen these things tear up drag strips with blinding numbers, run...
Video: BangShiftChad Drives Ridetech’s 1969 Mustang at the 2011 Goodguys Editor’s Challenge Autocross
I’m normally known for being the fatest mouth at an autocross event, and as the announcer for the Goodguys Autocross Series, I get to see everyone else being the fastest shoe. As a driver, this...
Video: 2011 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals
When the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association rolls into Del Mar California each spring, hot rods from all the western states and beyond flock to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for some of the finest weather...
Ford Racing Announces Creation of Cobra Jet Showdown, Event Slated for August
This is the start of something totally cool. Ford Racing has announced the creation of the Cobra Jet Showdown, a heads up drag race amongst the owners of 2008-2012 Mustang Cobra Jets. Much like the...
Drag Race Fail Video: This Rider is a Bad Racer and a Worse Stunt Jumper
One time when we were interviewing EJ Potter, he told us about the bad rap motorcycles had at the drags during the 1960s about the time he came out with his V8 “Widowmaker” motorcycle. He...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Least Favorite Automotive Task?
Even the most talented gearheads have at least one task that they don’t like. Ours is wiring. We’re ham-fisted as it is and when you combine that with the need to work in tight spaces and...
Racing Junk Find: A Hermetically Sealed, Pro Street AMX Time Warp
With the 1980s vibe starting to come back into the world of hot rodding with a force, this pro street AMX is the ticket to coolville. The seller does not say when the car was built, but he does...
Carnage Photos: The BangShift Yin Nova Eats a Valve at 7,000RPM
Well this certainly isn’t how we planned it. A couple of weeks back, Chad introduced his big block powered Nova that he called “Yang”. The name comes from the whole “Yin and...
2012 Ford Mustang Super Cobra Jet: We Get Up Close and Personal
We got word of a brand spanking new 2012 Mustang Super Cobra Jet that was at our favorite local chassis shop (Tube Chassis Designz) for some tweaks and dropped everything to go check it out. This car...
Barnstormin’: Stumblin’ – Rumblin’ and Bumblin’ – The First Couple Hundred Miles in Goliath
Since I got Goliath back from floor replacement surgery a couple of weeks ago, I’ve managed to rack up a couple hundred miles on the truck. The driving has been varied with lots of short trips...
BangShift Tech: Making Big Block Mopar Headers Fit a Small Block Chevy Powered 1965 Impala SS!
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – This technical, how-to, blog was not in the plans. It just came about by accident. One of our project cars had small 1 5/8 inch primary tube Hedman...
