Event Coverage Re-Run: SCTA El Mirage July 2010
It’s LSR season and we’re gearing up for full coverage of east coast speed at Loring, Maine in a couple of weeks. Before we head up into the wilds of northern Main, we’ll share...
Huge Event Gallery: The 2010 ADRL UTI Texas Drags
Last weekend’s ADRL UTI Texas Drags produced some big elapsed times, big wreckage, and inundated the fine people at Houston Raceway Park with big horsepower. Our man Charles Wickam was on the...
Gallery: Dirt Track Insanity From Battleground Speedway!
Charles Wickam has been a busy fellow shooting awesome photos for the BangShift universe to check out. He just wrapped an awesome shoot at the ADRL event in Houston and just a week before that he was...
Epic Failure Video: Massive Cranes Folding Up Like An Erector Set
Cranes are amongst the most impressive machines in the BangShift universe. They serve a simple purpose, to lift heavy junk. The vast majority of the time they complete this task with little drama or...
The Parting Shift: Working the Tree Mounted Shifter in a Sweet 1961 Galaxie
It has been a long time since we featured someone making a three on the tree shifter work. In this case the car is an awesome 1961 Galaxie with a 390 that has been fortified with factory hi-po parts....
Car Feature Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Awesome 1971 One of None Superbird
A car feature on a 1971 Plymouth Super Bird? You got it. So what if Mopar never built such an animal, Gary and Pam Beineke did, and this one’s loaded with a 472ci Hemi wth a Six Pack. Yeah,...
NHRA’s Non-Profit Status Could Soon Be Under Review by the IRS
A Washington D.C law firm has filed a complaint to the IRS on behalf of a client that wants to remain anonymous, challenging the National Hot Rod Association’s status as a tax exempt...
Camaro Convertibles To Hit the Showroom in Late February
The long awaited Chevy Camaro convertible will finally be available in showrooms by the end of February according to company sources. Lots of work has gone into the places you’d expect, the...
Rally Jump Carnage: Look Out Below!!
Those crazy rally drivers love to jump their cars. Normally they will get some air over berms and smallish hills in the woods. In this clip, you’ll see a guy completely misjudge a huge drop off...
Killer deal: Buy Grumpy Jenkins 1969 Pro Stock Camaro for 3K!
That’s right, we have proof that Grumpy Jenkins listed his 1969 Camaro Pro Stocker for sale at a price of $3,000…in 1972. Thanks to a BangShift reader who is as big as a drag racing...
If a Donk and a Rat Rod Had a Baby…The DonkRod
We were cruising AutoTraderClassics recently and cam upon this car which we can only describe as the marriage of a donk and a rat rod. While it is true that old cars had large diameter wheels back in...
Characters of Pixar’s Cars 2 Revealed, Familiar Faces and a BangShift Sponsor Included
The long awaited follow up to the massive 2006 hit movie Cars is due to hit the theaters in June of this year. Pictures of the cars involved in Cars 2 have been revealed and they show that most of...
Awesome Video: A Helmet-Cam View of a Wheelstander Run
We’ve always wanted to drive a wheelstander and this video really sealed the deal for us. Shot from a helmet-cam, it shows just how wild and wacky these machines are. The video comes from...
Racing Junk Find: A 1974 Corvette With Some Dubious Claims Behind It
When we run across an ad for a “1500hp” Corvette that was originally equipped with a 427/435hp engine…in 1974 we need to share it. There is clearly a photo showing a 427ci/435hp...
