Carnage Video: Car Flips and Burns at 24 Hours of Lemons
By now most of you have heard of 24 Hours of Lemons, the road-race enduro series with gag cars that supposedly cost less than $500 to build, safety equipment aside. Seems it’s a good thing that...
Hilarious Video: Trucks Climbing Each Other
We’ve seen magazine covers and other other static photos of massive trucks perched up on another truck’s tire, we’ve just never seen it done in moving pictures. We’re hoping...
Hot Rod Magazine 2010 Drag Week Tracks, Dates, and Rules Announced
Hot Rod Magazine has announced the 2010 dates, tracks, and rules for Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. The fun kicks off on Monday, September 13, 2010 and rages all through the...
Carnage Video: A Tractor Puller Crashes Through the End of the Course
Last week we showed you video of a pulling truck losing its entire rear axle assembly at the end of a pull. Today we’re showing you what happens when the pulling sled itself fails and causes a...
Event Coverage: Sunday at the 2010 Goodguys Scottsdale Spring Nationals
It’s been a perfect weekend here in Scottsdale, Arizona, at Westworld where BangShift.com’s third day at the 2010 Goodguys Spring Nationals delivered even more cool cars. As promised we...
Great Plate: His Maserati….
We’ve got to thank intrepid BangShift.com reader Paul Layfayette for sending us this photo that he shot on his commute to work last week. We can’t recommend snapping photos at 80 mph on...
eBay Find: Kooky Kustom 1961 Corvair
Talk about bizarro world! This 1961 Corvair was put through the full kustom treatment in the late 1960s or early 1970s and then stored. It’s a time capsule to a world we’re not sure we...
Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2010 Goodguys Scottsdale Spring Nationals
It’s been a perfect day here in Scottsdale, Arizona, at Westworld for BangShift.com’s second day at the 2010 Goodguys Spring Nationals. As promised when we gave you a photo gallery from...
eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s 1987 Buick Batmobile LeSabre Funny Car Body
This could be the drag racing barn find of the decade. The infamous 1987 Buick LeSabre Funny Car body used by Kenny Bernstein but designed and perfected by Dale Armstrong was located in a storage...
Event Coverage: Goodguys 2010 Spring Nationals in Scottsdale, Arizona
BangShift.com is here live in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Goodguys Spring Nationals. We’re here to help with the Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross, but took a break to wander the grounds at...
The Parting Shift: Gear Whine M22 Rock Crusher Style
We’ll be the first to admit that Two Lane Blacktop is a weird movie. That doesn’t mean we don’t like it, because we do, but the whole thing is strange. Things that aren’t...
NHRA’s Angelle Sampey Retires From Drag Racing as the Most Winning Female Racer Ever
NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer Angelle Sampey, the winningest female professional racer in the history of motorsports, has retired. She left the sport after a failed attempt to team up with Shirley...
New Product: Zex 2010 Camaro Nitrous Kit
Out of the box, the LS3 powered 2010 Camaro is a pretty tough customer. That being said, any gearhead worth his weight in gear oil can only be happy for so long with factory performance. ZEX has...
Roadside Find: A 1948 Hudson Double Front-Ender
Our buddy Paul was really on his stuff the other day. He tipped us off on the V8 Miata web site that we ran earlier in the day and he also sent this photo of what appears to be a 1948 Hudson double...
