NHRA Insider Podcast: Listen To This Conversation With Pro Stock World Champion Crew Chief Rick Jones
What does it take to go from a guy who was day dreaming about making a living as a chassis builder while back-halving his own race car 40 years ago to being a four time pro stock world champion crew...
Classic YouTube: Backyard Rallying With A Scaled-Down Ford Escort Mk1
It’s that most wonderful time of the year again, when sales are going strong, the Post Office is buried up to their neck in packages, and Santa is wearing his jolly elf mask as he delivers the...
Ride With Jim Pace As He Roars Around Daytona In A Porsche 962 And Narrates The Whole Experience Real Time
It’s still bizarrely sad to refer to Jim Pace in the past tense. The man who can and did drive everything was a staple for years here at BangShift because of the killer videos he was in like...
Not So Fast , Tubby: VW Cancels The I.D. Buggy But Continues With Production Plans For I.D. Buzz
(By Tom Lohnes) – One of Volkswagen’s lesser-known projects, the I.D Buggy was going to be my favorite vehicle they make. Well sadly that will no longer be because VW’s electric vehicle...
Time Is Running Short! Save Big At OPGI Right Now – It’s Holiday20 Time and More!
How that Thanksgiving has passed and Christmas is right around the corner, you know that the holiday deals are going to be flying. OPGI knows it as well and that is why you have a holeshot advantage...
Clean, Mean, and Not Too Lean: This 1960 Buick Electra 225 Convertible Is The Huge Stump Puller You Never Knew You Wanted
This right here is an American automobile in the most pure sense of the word. 123-inch wheelbase, 225.9-inch total length, 62.2-inch tread width up front, 4,571 pounds of sculpted steel and that...
Unreal: Watch A Brand New Toyota GR Yaris Bash Into The 12s In Australia – Turbocharged THREE Cylinder
So if you have not heard of the Toyota GR Yaris, don’t feel bad. This is a car that is not sold in the United States (yet) and is one of those, “why don’t we get the cool stuff,...
If You Don’t Believe That Anything Can Be A Race Car, Then Check Out The Tofu Drift Van
At one point in time a few years back Lohnes referred to me as “BangShift’s patron saint of automotive lost causes” in reference to the SuperBeater Dodge Mirada, and it’s...
Drag Racing Manifesto: It’s Time For Some Real Talk On Radial Tire Racing – A Critical Crossroads Has Been Reached
The world of drag racing is one where evolution and change are constant. One need look no further back than the origins of organized competition in the 1950s to see the sport’s rapid expansion, its...
Historical Footage: Corvette At LeMans In 1960 – From Off The Ship To The End Of The Race, Get A Glimpse Into How The Corvette Did On It’s First Outing At LeMans
Considering that five years beforehand, LeMans was the scene of quite possibly the most horrific auto racing crash known, it was nothing short of amazing that three Corvettes were at LeMans, courtesy...
Historical Footage: Have You Ever Wondered What Would Happen If You Crashed A 1970s-era Fiesta Into A Lightpole?
The Ford Fiesta is an interesting small car. We got it in the United States for three years (1978-1980) as one of the many knee-jerk reactions to the 1970s gas crises and quickly realized that it...
This Hilarious Video Mocking The Lexus December To Remember Sales Event Is Great
Beyond the spiked egg-nog, the hearing of the same damned stories over and over again, and kids asking for stuff, one of the great traditions during the Christmas season are the ridiculous ads run by...
BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Keeping At It With More Fixes And Repairs!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
