Before Bonneville: More Incredible Images From Ormond Beach, Florida – The One Time World Center Of Speed
We’re back with more historic photos from Ormond, Beach Florida and the land speed racing that took place there before racers discovered the Bonneville Salt Flats. All of the photos you see...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping Gears Left Handed On The Strip In Australia
As we have long known and celebrated here at BangShift, it isn’t just us Yanks that are into high performance driving with a manual transmission. All over the world people revel in ripping...
Watch Two Russian Guys Miss Certain Death By Inches While Stranded On A Highway – Incredible!
There is a reason why it is dangerous to break down on the highway. There is a reason why if you get stranded on a highway you are supposed to stay in your car. That reason is that it is an...
Pro Tested, Pro Abused: What Will 36 Laps Of WFO Action At The Nurburgring Do To A BMW M4?
Ever hear the old joke about the fastest car in the world being a rental car with the walk-away insurance paid for? Well…it’s legit. Not that I personally know anything about...
Video: Vintage Films from Ohio’s Historic Dragway 42
Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio is a really interesting case. The place was opened for 50+ years before being sold to the Matcham family who had plans to revamp and improve the facility. Their plans...
The Conver C550 Is A Real Life, Functional Version Of A Weird Contraption Your Kids Your Make Out Of Legos
My kids love Legos and the fun part about it is that they like free-styling with them probably more than actual kit building. I swear to the heavens that my son Jack has constructed the Lego version...
Jet Setter: A 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III Torquing It’s Way To A Win
If you have never put eyes on a Lincoln Continental Mark III up close and in person, you probably haven’t seen the neat data plate that they fitted them with from the factory. Lincoln was...
2020 Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals Action Photos: Those Wild and Wooly Pro Mods!
(Photos by David Whealon) – The NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified series has been a totally shootout so far in this strange 2020 season. From wreckage at the US Nationals to multiple winners...
Sleeper Video: This 1975 Holden Kingswood Gets It Done In Fine Old Man Style To The Tune Of 10s In Australia
Like the ebola virus, it seems that the LS wave has begun to proliferate on foreign shores. The only good thing is that instead of being placed into quarantine, we get to see YouTube videos of LS...
The Thursday Shift: Make Multiple Runs In This Wailing Boss 302 Powered Old School Drag Falcon
We’re kind of spoiled these days. The world is full of drag radial cars running 4.0s and even into the 3s in the eighth miles. We have pro mods that are ripping 5.80s in the quarter at NHRA...
Time Capsule! This Incredible Video Split Screens A Drive Through Boston In 1963 And The Same Route In 2015
When an MIT professor secured what had to be a gawky and huge camera to the front of his car and drove a loop around Boston in 1963 he likely could have never imagined someone would find the film and...
How Smokey Yunick (Almost) Beat ‘Em All At Talladega With This Boss 302
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While Smokey Yunick often gets recognized most for the work he did with General Motors products, it is important to remember his time spent wrenching on and improving...
Less Is More: This 500-Horse Acura NSX Time Attack Build Is Missing Two Cylinders!
The Acura NSX is the most non-Honda product the company ever made. Basically, Honda showed Ferrari how to build a sports car that wasn’t a tempermental little bitch to deal with on a daily...
The AG-330 Start Cart: When You Need To Fire Off The Mother Of All Hot Rods, Bring Out The Big Guns
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s legend as the fastest aircraft ever created to date can’t be denied by anyone. The exotic-looking, twin-engined reconnaissance aircraft routinely could fly...
