Pro Drag Team Developing Electric Dragster Capable of Top Fuel Elapsed Times
BangShift.com has learned that a top tier drag racing teams with heavy ties to the US military has been secretly developing a revolutionary electric dragster that has already turned elapsed times...
URGENT SEMA LEGISLATIVE ALERT: ACT NOW!!!!
This one sucks folks. Please support the hobby by stopping this Arkansas Legislation. Legislation like this will only hurt our hobby, and revoke our rights. When legislation like this passes in one...
Project Car Update: The Dual-Quad 409 Powered 1955 Chevy Build
This is the introduction of a very cool 1955 Chevy project that BangShift.com member Monk is wrenching on. The car will be packing one of the nastiest 409 mills we’ve seen. It’s got all...
Roadside Find: A Cool Collection of Vintage Bulldozers and Equipment
On a recent Sunday cruise with the family, we came across an unexpected roadside treat. Said treat was a small collection of vintage bulldozers, crawlers, and equipment that included an old road...
From the Archive: Vintage Drag Racing Hero Cards
As we delved into our personal archive of neat stuff here at the BangShift.com east coast headquarters we came across two vintage drag racing “hero cards”. When we say “hero...
Awesome Read: The Fantastic Story of Bigfoot 1 – The Original Monster Truck
If there is one vehicle in the universe that we want to some day sit in, at minimum, and at maximum idle around a parking lot, it is Bigfoot 1. The truck that started as a hobby project of Bob...
BangShift Poll Results: What is the Most Historically Significant Drag Strip Still in Operation
This was the biggest poll we’ve ever had on the site and it was a dog fight right down to the end with both Great Lakes Dragaway and George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip receiving thousands of...
Fun Not Dead: GM To Introduce SS Sedan in 2013 as 2014 Model
General Motors, once punch drunk and clinging to the ropes is starting to feel like itself again. The company has become more lean, produced better cars, and has shed lots of the creepy government...
Caption this Photo: Why are These Men Smiling?
When these two are on a golf cart and smiling like Cheshire cats, life is probably fixin’ to get bad for other drag racers. The two men in question are of course, the always hard charging Billy...
Great Video: The Story Behind the Spectre 341 Challenge
The Spectre 341 Challenge is one of the most intense street car events in the world. Held on a five mile stretch of Nevada highway 341, it curls and climbs up a mountain, often times with with no...
Original Two Lane Blacktop 55 Chevy To Be Displayed at the 2011 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
The most Bangshifty movie car of all time, Two Lane Blacktop’s 1955 Chevy will be appearing at the 2011 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, June 16-18 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This is one...
Project Car UPDATE: Pro Stock Bike Champ Eddie Krawiec’s Drag Radial 2000 Camaro
ABOUT EDDIE KRAWIEC’S DRAG RADIAL 2000 CAMARO 2008 NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Eddie Krawiec and DMC Racing have teamed up to build a bad ass 2000 Camaro for Drag...
Caption this Photo: Go Halves on a Duster?
Mike Janis debuted his newest “Widow Maker” Pro Mod at the first ADRL race of the season. Janis runs the machine in the ADRL’s Pro Extreme class and it was built by Andy McCoy Race...
eBay Find: 1962 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty That’s Nearly All Original
In the early 1960s, if you wanted to be the fastest guy on the block, you ponied up for a Pontiac. If you wanted to be the fastest guy in the county you went to the biggest Pontiac dealer you could...
