Be There: Hang Out With Rally Hero Bill Caswell This Weekend in Chicago
Pal o’ BangShift, Bill Caswell is appearing this weekend at the Craftsman Experience, a cool interactive place that Craftsman uses to showcase products and host cool events like this...
eBay Find: A Neato Pro Street 1964 GTO
With Hot Rod Drag Week looming in just a couple of days, we went and searched for something fun to take on the trip. We dug up a coolio 1964 Pontiac GTO that has been given the full Pro Street...
Punisher Comic Issue ‘Hot Rods of Death’ To Hit Stands Soon
You’ll not be shocked to learn that we were comic book readers back in the day. Our primary character of choice was The Punisher. Why? He’s the ultimate example of the bad “good...
Wild Video: Dude Swallowed by Alky Funny Car
The luckiest dude in America is the guy who is standing in front of this Alky Funny Car when the car shoots forward and swallows him up inside the body. It appears to us that the driver was whacking...
Horrific Street Racing Wreck Decapitates Staten Island Man
A 20 year old man was decapitated during a horrifying crash induced by street racing down Bay Street in Staten Island, New York. A passenger in the car escaped with his life but was burned and...
Killer Drag Video: Peter Farber’s 6-Second, 1972 Dodge D100 Truck
Of all our looney friends, Peter Farber stands alone. He currently runs an awesome 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Pro Mod, but the dude cut his teeth in the 1972 Dodge D100 truck featured in this video....
NHRA Unleashed at National Trail this weekend, plus more video.
NHRA’s new UnLeashed series is visiting Hebron Ohio’s National Trail Raceway this weekend for the 3rd UnLeashed event of 2010. If you are looking for some of the quickest and fastest...
Retro Gallery: Photos From Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
As racers gear up their equipment for another grueling but awesome trip at Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors, we’re going to get you in the mood by walking you down memory...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Real Z-11 1963 Chevy Impala Factory Racer
With Hot Rod Drag Week coming up next week, we’re in door-slammer mode mentally. While shopping for the whip we would take on the tour, this real Z-11 1963 Chevy Impala jumped out at us. The...
Wreck Video: Full Contact Aussie Road Racing
During our days announcing SCCA road races, one of the most fun classes to call was Spec Miata. What they lacked in power and speed they made up for in contact. It was Saturday Night Thunder with...
Hot Rod Drag Week is Coming, Sign Up Now! Gossip Inside!
Hot Rod Drag Week is just around the corner and if you are getting your heap ready to compete, you only have a couple days left to preregister! September 10th is the final day to save some cash by...
Video Bonanza: Duesenberg Drag Racing!
Recently the Ab Jenkins Memorial Duesenberg Festival of Speed went down in Indiana. The event was a historic gathering of the magnificent American machines and it also featured a Duesenberg drag race...
BangShift Barn Find: A Survivor 1968 Camaro From Ohio
These days it is rare for a “barn find” car to actually be found in a barn, but BangShift member Stiney did just that, scoring this totally awesome 1968 RS Camaro from an Ohio barn. Like...
Book Review: Legendary Corvettes by Randy Leffingwell – Photos by Dave Wendt
The Corvette certainly has a special place in American automotive history. As the only enduring American sports car, the Corvette has carried the Stars and Stripes in the road racing world since the...
