Narco-Tanks: The New Scourge of the Mexican Drug War
The long running war between powerful Mexican drug cartels and the Mexican government rages on, the argument that the cartels are better armed than the police and army seems to be valid with the...
Event Coverage UPDATE: Carbon Customs presents the 2011 Run to Music City
Here at BangShift, we are all about driving your hot rods. If that means a trip to the local cruise night once a week, great. A roadtrip? Even better. But if you actually go out and put all your...
Video: Chris Alston’s 1964 Nova Makes Vortech Superchargers First 6-Second Pass
What’s it take for your 598 cubic inch 1964 Nova to run deep in the 6’s at over 212 mph? Apparently the answer is a Vortech V-28 123 supercharger. Chris Alston Jr.’s little Chevy...
100ft Drags Bring Drag Racing Back to Long Island, NY
After telling you about the social and political storm clouds surrounding the drag strip in Fontana, California, we thought it would be good to give you a good news story about grassroots drag...
Cool Parts: F and B Performance Engineered Products 6-BBL EFI Systems
A while back we featured the cool ‘Cuda of BangShift member BKBridges in our BangShift Reader Garage of the Week blog item. We joked that BK’s ‘Cuda and virtually all of his other...
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...
