The Black Ghost: The Story Behind An Infamous Hemi Challenger And Its Street Racer Reputation
The 1973 Mercury Comet GT that I first learned how to drive like an unhinged maniac in would never fully be my car. For reasons that are still a mystery to this day, the little Comet had a history...
Never Grow Up: Watching Big Trucks and Old Shovels Doing Pretend Work Is A BangShift Spectator Sport
Oh, you may love the NFL, NBA, or NHL but as far as Banghifty spectator sports? If we are going down that road, nothing is better than watching big trucks and old shovels doing pretend work....
Rough Start: 1979 Pontiac Firebird In Need Of Sticker Removal
A couple of days ago we showed you a video of Jay Leno driving an absolute creampuff of a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, to the letter how we’d want it: WS6 suspension, black, T-top, four-speed, bird...
Cool Then, Cool Now: This Look At The 1994 Porsche 911 3.6 Turbo Stirs Up Our Teenage Angst
Growing up as a muscle car and drag race loving kid, it may be a bit of a surprise to hear that I hav always had a weird fondness for Porsches as well. Not that I or anyone else in my family ever...
Stay In Shape: This Video From QA1 Talks About The Importance Of Off-Season Suspension Maintenance For Drag, Street, and Circle Track Cars
If there is one part of racing and really hot rodding in general that does not get the attention that it deserves, it is maintenance. Keeping your parts, pieces, and car working the way it should...
Awesome Video: This Is The Craziest Plow Demonstration Ever – Train Tracks, Rocks, Plowing The Forest Floor! At Speed!
This could be the most BangShift approved plow demonstration video ever created or that ever will be created. The crew at Pathfinder snow plows wanted to show off how tough their polyurethane bladed...
The Lamborghini SC20 Is One Of The Wildest Things They Have Ever Built And You Can’t Have It
(By Tom Lohnes) – Well, that thing is awesome. The Lamborghini SC20 is the perfect car to be unveiled in Winter with its lack of a windshield or roof, RWD, and V12. If you have a gold-plated,...
Watch This Stock Long Block Ford 7.3L Godzilla V8 Make 1100+ Horsepower With Twin Turbos
It’s almost impossible to conceive of an era where guys would pour every cent they had into an engine, employ every known speed trick and killer engineering theory to achieve 300hp. Right? I...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Christmas Gift Are You Buying Yourself This Year?
I can say with no amount of uncertainty that expecting someone else to read my mind and know what I want for Christmas is a crapshoot at best. I don’t give hints, I hate asking for things, and...
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...
