Ultimate Hot Rod: US-Built Scramjet Runs Mach 5 in Testing
Back on May 26, 2010 the X-51A WaveRider, an unmanned aerial vehicle (didn’t we used to called them planes?) ran for more than three minutes at full throttle, or five times the speed of sound...
Car Feature: Gary Harris’s Killer 1965 Ford Falcon
When we were prowling the pits at Beech Bend Raceway looking for feature cars during the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, one of the first cars we needed to find was this 1965 Ford Falcon owned...
Project Car Spotlight: An Odd-Ball Mopar Project That We Love
If you are a regular reader of BangShift.com you know that we really love dirty, hands-on projects. Bonus points are usually awarded if said project involves an off-beat, under loved, out of the norm...
Sweet T: Ingeune Buick Funny Car Shirts Now Available!
One of the neatest gearhead stories of the last few years is that of John Lipori and Ingeune, the Buick bodied and powered funny car has dad raced in the late 1960’s. John managed to buy the...
NHRA Sanctioned Track for Sale: Yellowstone Drag Strip
There seems to be a plethora of drag strips coming up for sale recently. We last told you about Abilene Drag Strip in Texas, and we’re back with another piece of high performance real estate....
Barnstormin’: Requiem for a Dead Man’s Tools
At some point it will happen to every one of us. The tools are still willing but the flesh is not. What happens then? Maybe a family fight over their value, maybe a smooth transition of a...
Site of the Week: RaceFansTV.com
We were tipped off to the existence of a new web video site called RaceFansTV.com by one of our loyal BangShift.com readers. After clicking the link we were blown away with the amount of video, info...
Dyno Video: Team Vesco’s 800hp Small Block Bonneville Chevy
With Bonneville action creeping ever closer this summer, teams are readying their hot rods for the yearly racing ritual on the salt. One of those teams is the well known organization known as Team...
Hauling Ass: Bugatti Runs Nearly 270mph on Closed Course
Love it or hate the multi-million dollar Bugatti Veyron will go down in history as one of, if not the baddest ass production car ever created. Just days ago, a Veyron Super Sport, which sports a...
Bigfoot To Sport Chevy Body and Engine at MLB All-Star Game, Panic Ensues
There are few things more iconic in motorsports than the series of Bigfoot monster trucks. Since Bob Chandler built the first one back in Missouri several decades ago, they’ve evolved from...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Cool (but Pricey) 1974 Ford F250
Ford trucks of the 1970’s era are some of the coolest to come out of Detroit. Their brawny style and beefy drive line components make them some of our personal favorites. True, they were...
Dumbass Alert: Guy Steals Camaro Off of Transport Truck; Gets Tased
A 59-year old Oregon man recently found himself on the business end of two pieces of modern technology, On-Star and a taser. This strange pair of bedfellows came into play when Robert Stoddard got...
Project Car Spotlight: The Tale of a BangShifter and the 25 Years He’s Had His Malibu
BangShift.com forum member Bamfster (Dan) is one of the true BangShift originals. He’s been around since the CarJunkieTV days, participated in the epic Red Ball Express run that saw David...
Fire Video: One Mud Truck Flambe Coming Right Up
With our East Coast offices in the beginning stages of a horrific heat wave, it was only natural that we’d seek out some good old fashioned fire action. We got our fix with this footage of an...
