Lohnes to Appear on the Wally Bell Radio Show Tonight!
BangShift’s Brian Lohnes will appear tonight on the Wally Bell Show, a popular internet radio show hosted by the door slammer racing legend, Wally Bell. We’re not sure what the Hell Wally...
Nitro Video: The Boss Bird Pontiac Powered Nitro Funny Car Thunders to Life!
There was a time when a Pontiac powered nitro flopper was pretty normal stuff. Guys like Dick Jesse and Arnie Beswick proudly flew the Poncho banner with header flames belching from under their cars....
Auto Club Dragway in Fontana Threatened in Noise Dispute
One of drag racing’s most grim ironies is that the ancestral home of the sport, Southern California is virtually devoid of drag strips. According to various sources in the area, one of the last...
Video: AFCO and Ring Brothers Test Out the New PT Elite Shocks
Anyone who has seen a Ring Brothers built hot rod knows they don’t do anything half assed. In fact they have taken themed hot rods and muscle cars to a new level in recent years and continue to...
Drag Gallery: Hot Action From Byron Dragway’s Big Bucks Bracket Bash
Having taken you to Texas and then to eastern Massachusetts, we now wing you to Byron, Illinois, home of the legendary Byron Dragway. Greg Rourke, our photo contributor located in the “center...
Cruise Gallery: The Connecting Rods Car Club Cruise – Halifax, MA
With the three day weekend looming large in front of us, and a big green truck itching to hit a cruise night, we called the boss, reported that we had leprosy and ditched out of work early on Friday....
Grande Fuego Video: A European Nitrous Pro Mod Explodes and Burns to the Ground at Santa Pod
Another week, another incredible multi-angle set of videos showing a nitrous Pro Mod exploding and burning to the ground. This time, the action comes from historic Santa Pod Raceway in England, where...
Drag Gallery: The Matagorda County Mud Drags – Texas
Our ever intrepid Texas photo contributor Charles Wickam hit the Matagorda County Mud Drags over Memorial Day weekend, and they hit back. Charles caught a big ol hunk of Texas gumbo upside his noggin...
Indy 500 Video: A Finish No One Saw Coming!
While we understand that the Indy 500 isn’t anywhere near the peak of the popularity it experienced in decades past, we still make it a habit to tune in every year for as much of the race as...
Project Fat Cad Update: Amir Gets His Caddy and Shares his First Impressions
FatCad Part 1 FatCad Part 2 FatCad Part 3 starts below! Dennis Coy of Showroom Sales and Leasing came through and delivered the car. He had been keeping me posted as it was...
Cool Video: Jeri Ellsworth Builds a Pure Stock Circle Track Car in Her Driveway (Yes, we said her)
We were tipped off to this cool video (one in a series actually) by BangShift member Chryco63. It features tips and construction methods for modifying a late second generation Camaro into a Pure...
Cool Old Press Photos: ’57 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
As a quick refresher, we were handed a folio full of old glossy press photos and hand-typed press releases for “new” 1957 model cars. It’s totally nuts and we’re sharing them...
BangShift Question of they Day: What the Hell is This Thing?
This one has us completely and utterly stumped. This photo was posted by BangShift member Blazerteam and seems to show an old Buick that had truly horrible things done to it. Is this a motorhome?...
14-Year OId Texas Girl Wins New Camaro From Her High School For Good Grades and Attendance
When we graduated from high school, we were given a diploma, which was actually a restraining order that prohibited us from ever coming within 500 feet of the school ever again. We wish we were in...
