Video Carnage Bonanza: More Circle Track Spectator Drags Wreckage
Few things we have posted over the years here at BangShift.com have gotten us the response that the recent video bonanza featuring spectator drags wreckage from circle tracks across the country...
Craigslist Find: A Death Trap Masquerading as a Snowmobile
When we were tipped off by a BangShift reader in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to this insane creation we didn’t know how to react. At first we kind of thought it was a joke, and then the more we...
Rumor Confirmed: New England Dragway to Race Under NHRA Sanction in 2011
BangShift.com has confirmed, through discussions with highly placed sources that New England Dragway, a longtime IHRA national event facility will switch sanctions at the end of the 2010 season and...
The Parting Shift: Bumper Cam Footage of Bob Self’s 218mph Ford GT From Loring, Maine
Bob Self’s totally bad ass 2006 Ford GT can lay claim to being the fastest car at Loring, Maine during the 2010 LTA event. Bob ran this monster to a 218mph lap and it sounded as sweet as...
Mustang Outsells Camaro by Three Cars in July
The battle royale between the Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro continued in earnest through the month of July, 2010, with the two in a virtual dead heat for sales during that time period. Only three...
BangShift Project Car Spotlight: A Crazy Tube-Chassis Fiero From the Netherlands
One of the truly cool things about this whole BangShift deal is the fact that we’re international. Guys are building nasty hot rods all over the world and thankfully we’re able to see...
Video: In-Car Foootage of a Run Up The Big Eliminator at Gravelrama
If there is one event we’re going to commit ourselves to checking out in 2011, it is Gravelrama, held every year in Cleves, Ohio. A veritable orgy of horsepower, rock crawling, flat drags,...
NHRA Unleashed: BangShift’s Chad Reynolds Announcing at Indy This Weekend!
If you are in the greater Indy area this weekend, August 6-8, make sure to stop by O’Reilly Raceway Park to check out the NHRA’s new Unleashed series and the dulcet announcing tones...
Mecum Auctioning Off Pieces of Reggie Jackson’s Car Collection Next Weekend, Jaw Dropping Stuff
The Mecum at Monterey auction, to be held August 13-14 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey, California, will feature 15 cars from the private collection of Reggie “Mr. October” Jackson, who is...
Great Read: Tommy Ivo’s Tow Rig History
Tommy Ivo is rightfully known as drag racing’s first great showman. He had awesome looking cars that ran up to their appearance, and even his towing equipment was top shelf. He understood that...
BangShift Approved: New Jegs Practice Tree Iphone App
We don’t normally get excited over iPhone apps and the like, but in this case we wish we had an iPhone to install one on. Jegs High Performance Mail-Order has come up with an app every racer...
Epic Crane Fail Video: Crane Drops Another Crane
Driving a crane must be cool, but as this video will show, there are certainly risks both physical and financial. In this clip, you’ll see a huge crane lifting a smaller road going crane with...
eBay Find: An Old and Rare Hone Overdrive Unit
While proud BangShift sponsor Gear Vendors is the undisputed champion of overdrive units these days, there were some companies that attempted to produce similar, albeit much cruder examples in the...
