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Gearhead Guys You Should Know: AA/Dale Armstrong
When the dust settles and the big book of drag racing history is finally written, Dale Armstrong will stand alone among a group of five or six men judged to be the greatest crewchiefs of all time....
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Art Arfons
Let’s get one thing straight before we go any further: Art Arfons was a genuine American hero, and not just in the theater of speed. Arfons was a WWII vet and saw combat during the invasion of...
Follow BangShift on Facebook – We Are Closing in on 25,000 Likes!
If you aren’t a follower of BangShift.com on Facebook, you should be! There are nearly 25,000 people already in our BangShift Facebook clan and the number is growing every day. It is a perfect...
Scrapple: The BangShift Guide to Automotive Crap That Happened This Week You Care Nothing About
It has been far too long since we last came at you with some scrapple here on BangShift. Chad and I have been working our asses off on a model rocket project in North Korea as of late and that has...
Action Video: Cars Drag Racing on Dirt in Mexico!
This is not drag racing on sand. It isn’t drag racing through mud. This is freakin’ drag racing on dirt! It’s held in Naco Sonora, Mexico, south of Bizbee, Arizona, but that’s...
BangShift Replay: Is Your Local Strip Safe or Just Pretending to Be?
(Editor’s note: This story ran at the tail end of 2011 but since tracks across the country are opening again we thought we would run this piece a secnd time) – While there is still a fair...
Cool Old Press Photos: ’57 Willys FC Trucks
(Editor’s note: Since seeing those awesome renderings from Chrysler, I have been thinking about old Forward Control trucks. Here’s some old press photos from 1957 of them in action!) A...
Insane Wheelstand Sequence Re-Run: A ’32 Chevy Sedan On the Bumper!
(Editor’s Note: This wheelstand sequence ran back in 2010 and for kicks, we dug it out of the archive) – This ain’t no freaking street rod! This killer action sequence was captured...
Car Feature Re-Run: An Original-Owner 1987 Buick GNX
Gary and Pam Beineke have a stable of awesome cars. We invaded their privacy to shoot and video several cars a couple of years ago and we featured those cars a while back. Most of the cars in their...
From the BangShift Blog Archive: A Serious 1964 GTO Wheelstand!
(Editor’s note: This originally ran back in 2010, but in honor of the March Meet coverage this week, I dug it up!) – I have a soft spot for 1964 Pontiac GTOs. My dad restored one when I...
BangShift Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Automotive Stance?
A car or truck’s stance is the first major thing that anyone notices. How does it sit? What kind of attitude does it emit? From being slammed down into the weeds to riding like a monster truck,...
Barnstormin’: The Glory of Slow
(My grandfather, Warren Lohnes passed away on Sunday. I am rerunning this column from 2009 in his memory.) I’ll never know 100 percent why, but I have a special place in my heart for slow...
BangShift Engine Tech: How a programmable ignition can make anyone look like a pro
BangShift.com is proud to announce that we have partnered with Westech Performance Group to bring you killer engine tech in 2011! From the complicated to the just plain fun, we’ll have it all...
Mountain Motor: A Closer Look at the 1005ci – 2100hp Naturally Aspirated Monster From Sonny Leonard
Of all the engines at the 2011 PRI show, none were spoken about more or with more wonderment than this one. This is a motor that Sonny Leonard Racing Engines calls, “The Godfather” and...