Tuesday Time Killer: Take a Virtual Cruise of Woodward Ave During the Dream Cruise
Normally when we’re tipped off on something that can suck your entire day into a time vortex we share it on Monday, not this week. BangShift reader Gene Stauffer made the brilliant discovery...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Jeep Wagoneer With a SEMA Past and an Under Hood Surprise
As we prepare to head out and tackle the 2010 SEMA show, we found a really cool Jeep Wagoneer that was part of the extravaganza a few years back. Built by Popular Mechanics magazine, the truck...
Video: GM Performance Parts SEMA Unveiling with Nate “The Great” Marquardt and Skyscrape.
The 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas officially opens today, and after weeks of preparation and setup, the top manufacturers in the industry are ready to show off the latest and greatest the automotive...
Bill Caswell’s SEMA Project Baja BMW Makes Grand Entrance, On a Fork Truck
We already tipped you off to the fact that our rally pal Bill Caswell will be literally constructing a large portion of his BMW Baja 1000 entry in the Miller Welders booth at the SEMA show this year....
Killer Video: Cruising in a 650hp, 409 powered, 5-Speed, 1955 Chevy
One of the coolest cars owned by a BangShift forum member is the 1955 Chevy owned by our forum freak Monk. This car is equipped with a 650hp 409, and most importantly a 5-gear manual transmission. We...
A Sneak Peek at the East Coast’s Newest Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Build
The nostalgia Funny Car craze is still going strong. Evidence of that comes in the form of this sneak peek at Dana Hard’s flopper build which is set to kick into high gear this winter. A 1969...
The Indoor Professional Racing Facility Dream: Still Pie in the Sky
After reading up on and thinking about the now infamous indoor drag races held in Chicago during the early 1960s, our thoughts turned to some modern attempts to create an indoor venue that could host...
Spied: Jason Carter’s Bad Ass, Twin Turbo, ’78 Malibu at DMC Racing
Small tire drag cars tend not to live the longest or easiest of lives. Shoving all that power down to the ground on a little 10.5 or 10.5W tire can be really tricky for both tuning and driving. Many...
Vintage Drag Video: A Cool 1970s TV Ad for England’s Santa Pod Raceway
This cool video caught both our eyes and our ears when we first saw it. Our eyes because it shows some awesome old school drag iron running down the strip, and our ears because of the voice over...
eBay Find: A 1998 Firebird with SEMA and Lingenfelter History
We decided to go hunting for cars with some SEMA show history on eBay, due to the fact that the big show in Las Vegas goes down this week. We managed to find a bunch of awful, lifted, blinged out...
Event Coverage: 2010 Good Guys Southeastern Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway
2010 marks the 17th running of the Good Guys Southeastern Nationals, and since we were going to be there announcing the Good Guys Street Challenge Autocross, we decided to bring you a gallery of...
Event Coverage: 80 Photos of Detroit Speed’s 2010 Open House, BBQ, and Shop Tour
Detroit Speed’s Open House and BBQ is a must attend event each year during the Good Guys South Eastern Nationals. Since we were at Charlotte Motor Speedway to announce the Good Guys Street...
The Parting Shift: How to Scare Your Wife With a Four Speed
With Halloween just a couple days away we have the ultimate stick shift fright video. The driver of this blown Mustang decided that he was going to scare his wife and tape it. To say that she...
Video: The History of the Hemi Under Glass
The famed Hurst Hemi Under Glass Barracuda, driven by Bob Riggle, has been an icon in the sport of drag racing for decades. We found video of Riggle as his illustrious career behind the wheel was...
