Event Gallery: The 2010 Cal Rods Santa Anita Car Show
While our east coast office is still slogging through the weird weather of early spring in New England, our west coast office is going full force to shows and races. Case in point, this gallery of...
New Product: RHS Pro Elite SBC 23-Degree CNC Ported Iron Heads
If you’re racing in a class that requires you to run iron heads or are simply looking to build a bad ass sleeper motor these new CNC ported, 23-degree, cast iron pieces from RHS should fit your...
Video Feed from the WCHRA Spring Nationals, March 26-28
The BangShift.com presented a live video broadcast of the West Coast Hot Rod Association’s Jaws Gear & Axle Spring Nationals at Auto Club Famoso Raceway March 27-28, 2010. There was lots of...
Photo Galleries from the West Coast Hot Rod Association 2010 Spring Nationals
WCHRA races are awesome events! Unlike many street-car races we’ve been to, it’s always like a party in the pits. Everyone is having a great time, and the action on the track is over the...
Epic Fail: All Impact Racing Safety Products to Be Decertified by SFI
In a stunning announcement, SFI (Safety Foundation Inc.) announced that all products made by Bill Simpson’s Impact Racing, will be decertified by the organization as of April 27,2010. The...
zMax Dragway Names Broadcast Center In Honor of Steve Evans
We ran across a great piece of reporting on Rob Geiger’s site, Go2Geiger.com, about the broadcast center at zMax Dragway being named in honor of broadcasting great Steve Evans. It is a fitting...
Educational Video: Why Outlaw 8.5 Cars Rule
We’ve mentioned that the WCHRA race that we’ll be broadcasting live this weekend will feature an Outlaw 8.5 class. The great equalizer in this category is the fact that all competitors...
Preview Video: A Look at Some of the WCHRA Competitors You Can Watch This Weekend
We’re pumped up to bring you the live streaming braodcast of the WCHRA Spring Nationals this weekend. We’ll be bringing you live doorslammer drag racing action on Saturday and Sunday from...
A Look Back at the Career of Bob Lutz
With Bob Lutz leaving GM on May 1, 2010, more and more retrospective stories are showing up in the media. There’s no doubt that Lutz led, and continues to lead, an interesting life. He worked...
Caption This Photo: The First Step is a Biggie
After you take a few minutes to try and mentally reconstruct the events that led to this accident scene photo, think up a good caption. This is truly a photo worth a thousand words. How the hell did...
Carnage Video: Clutch Explosion…With A Crowd!
If there is one thing more scary than a standard issue clutch explosion in a street car, it is a clutch explosion while the car is surrounded by on-lookers. In this video a Mustang is being run on a...
GM Developing Twin Turbo V6 Eco-Boost Fighter
The website eGMCarTech.com is reporting that the General is pretty far along in developing a 3.0L V6 that sports twin turbos to directly compete against Ford’s hot selling Eco-Boost motors. The...
Killer Video: The Priapism Speed Buggy Burning Tires and Hauling Ass
The (as named by Hot Rod Magazine) Priapism has been a bit of a sensation since hitting the pages of the magazine. The tube chassis, twin V8 powered rod is a master work of fabrication and has a...
Craigslist Find: A Rat Roddy 1931 Buick
We have to say that we’re conflicted on this one. For starters, we have no idea what condition this ’31 Buick was in before it was chopped and channeled into oblivion. Generally speaking...
