The Parting Shift: Suicide Shifting the Coolest Custom Harley We’ve Ever Seen
In the nearly 100 Parting Shift items we have published over the last couple years, we never thought to include a motorcycle with a suicide shifter. Why? Clearly it is because we’re morons, but...
Caption this Photo: The Greatest Snowmobile Hauler Ever!
Necessity is the mother of invention and beer is the catalyst for creative hackery. We’re not sure but we think this snowmobile hauler was created by one drunken mother! This photo was posted...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Racing Vehicle?
In checking out Jeremy’s project Mustang earlier today, we got to thinking about our favorite race machines. While there are lots of memorable hot rods, muscle cars, and kustoms we’ve run...
Project Car Spotlight: The 1979 Mustang Pace Car Racecar
Bangshift.com member Jeremy George’s 1979 Mustang Pace Car edition has gone from a neglected car sitting beside a barn to a feisty autocross runner that will see action on frozen lakes this...
Book Review: Sports Car Racing in Camera 1950-1959 by Paul Parker
There are certain eras in auto racing that just have special appeal to us. The old days of racing hot rods on the dry lakes in the 1930s and 1940s, the rollicking match race drag racing days of the...
Video: 2010’s Wildest Doorslammer Close Calls and Wall Bangers
2010 was certainly a wild year at the drags. The small tire scene continues to be white hot and this video shows some of the craziest action from last year. Filmed at many southern tracks like South...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A 1969 Copo Camaro With Serious Drag History
COPO Camaros all seem to have led interesting lives. Obviously they were purchased by guys who “knew the system” and were looking for the maximum level of factory muscle. This car that...
New Product: Holley’s Throttle Position Sensor Kit for Electric Choke Carbs
Holley has rolled out a neat new kit that allows for an electric choke equipped Holley carb to be modified so it will accept a throttle position sensor, necessary to make many modern transmissions...
BangShift Question of the Day: Land Speed Racing or the Drags?
Today the question centers around acceleration contests. Do you like yours in the long, drawn out format of land speed racing or the brutally short and violent format of drag racing? Having actively...
Horrific Wreck Video: Australia’s Debbie Reed Suffers a Massive Top End Crash
Debbie Reed is a name very familiar to Aussie drag racing fans, but maybe not so for North American straight line followers. She’s been in the sport for 30 years and is a successful Top Alcohol...
Awesome Craigslist Ad Find: A Hilariously Accurate Sales Pitch for a 1988 Yugo
You’ve got to respect anyone who is selling something that’s clearly crap, and is totally honest about it. The seller of a 1988 Yugo in Southern California should consider a career in...
Kablooey Photos: Hello Nitrous, Goodbye Wankel Rotary Engine
Our man on the San Antonio scene, Kevin Blalock is back with another cool photo sequence of stuff blowing up in spectacular fashion. Last time it was a third-gen Camaro, and this time it is a rotary...
BangShift.com Announces Road Tour Express Team Members
Team BangShift.com is ready to rock the roads of sunny southern California for the first Road Tour Express of 2011 and we’ve put together a hodgepodge group befitting he BangShift name....
