Dates for 2011 NHRA National and California Hot Rod Reunions Announced
We loves us some nostalgia drag racing here at BangShift.com and two of our very favorite events are the NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion and the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Tony, Greg and the...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Gorgeous 1938 Lincoln With a Custom Coach Body
If you dig past our love of monster trucks, weed whacker pulling tractors, header flames, and wheelstanders, you’ll also see that we’re suckers for the elegant machines that wealthy folks...
Great Read: How Ford Got Their Mojo Workin’
The story of how Ford dragged itself out of a death spiral and back to being profitable will fill the text books of business schools for decades to come. At base, it really seems simple. Design...
Cool New Product: New ’40 Ford Bodies From Drake Reproductions
The 1940 Ford is a totally iconic car in the world of hot rodding. From the era of the bootlegger running ‘shine through the back woods with a muscled up flattie to the gasser era at drag...
Incredible Wreck Video: In Car With Danny Thompson When His Mustang Flies at 260mph!
This is some amazing footage. We’re riding along with Danny Thompson in his Mustang as he hauls the mail down the Bonneville Salt Flats. Things are going along really well until he crests...
SEMA 2010: The Ugly, the Bad and the Totally Tasteless
As we finally begin to run out of photos and stuff related to the 2010 SEMA show, we thought that showing you the underbelly of the experience was necessary. For every totally bitchin’ car at...
Racing Junk Find: The Craziest Freaking Project We Have Ever Seen
We were happily searching RacingJunk recently when we navigated into the exhibition drag racing vehicle section. We expected a jet car, wheelstander, or some other vehicle along those lines. Instead...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s More Fun?
We’ve been thinking of something since we departed Las Vegas last week. The question that has been running through our feeble mind is pretty basic. It actually cuts right down to the core of...
Barnstormin’: My Top 10 Favorite Cars and Trucks from SEMA 2010
With about a week to reflect on it and literally thousands of photos to pile through, I thought it would be a peachy time to glue together my top 10 favorite vehicles from the 2010 SEMA show. It...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Pumpkin Run at Fleming’s Junkyard
Since you’ve just checked out the gallery dedicated to the residents at Fleming’s Auto Parts in Egg Harbor, NJ, we thought that we should show you the other 250 photos from the 2010...
Junkyard Gallery: A Look at Fleming’s Junkyard in New Jersey
Intrepid BangShift photo contributor Joe Grippo recently attended the infamous Pumpkin Run car show which takes place in the totally awesome Fleming’s Junkyard located in Egg Harbor, NJ. He...
BangShift Book Review: Hot Rod Magazine All the Covers
If you are a fan or collector of old car magazines, this is one that needs to hit your shelf in a hurry. Hot Rod: All the Covers by Drew Hardin and the editors of Hot Rod Magazine tells the tale of...
SEMA 2010 Question: Crazy or Cool?
Would you buy or build your kid a half scale monster truck? While junior dragsters, quarter midgets, and small racing karts have a cute factor, this Baby Huey has a fright factor. As you can see by...
Great Read: Proving That Drag Racing is the World’s Loudest Sport
Bangshifters certainly know that nitromethane powered drag racing vehicles are the most bone chattering loud cars on Earth. Others outside the realm of straight line fever don’t, however. ESPN...
