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Bad News: Tulsa Raceway Park to Become Gravel Pit
It is being reported that Tulsa Raceway Park, recently a stop on the 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week tour has entered into a sales agreement with a mineral company that will literally turn the...
Win a free trip to the SEMA Show in Vegas thanks to Optima Batteries
Who doesn’t want to come to Vegas for the SEMA Show? If you raised your hand, then stop reading now and go back to the photo galleries. If you want to experience the biggest show of speed...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Elburn Lions Club Classic Car Show – Elburn, Illinois.
Chicago area photo contributor Greg Rourke recently hit up the 2011 Elburn, Illinois Lions Club Classic Car show and sent us 200 photos back for the gallery. Like here in New England, the car show...
Is This the Greatest Barn Find of All Time?
Since we’re not all that into classic Mercedes here at BangShift, the fact that we’re talking about one today means that it is pretty special. A Canadian Mercedes restoration expert named...
eBay Find: John Wayne’s Modified 1966 International Travelall
Yes, that John Wayne. This custom built 1966 International Travelall was commissioned by Wayne himself and built by Ray Gaskin who operated a fabrication and truck building business. Gaskin was...
Awesome Video: A World Record Semi-Truck Jump From Washington State
There are stunt jumps and then there’s this. Filmed in Washington State at Evergreen Speedway, it shows a sleeper cab equipped semi truck (an International perhaps?) gaining a full head of...
Event Coverage: Goodguys Lonestar Nationals including Ridetech Autocross Win
Hot rodding in Texas is huge, and there is no better place to see that than Texas Motorspeedway during the Goodguys Lonestar Nationals. We were on site announcing the Goodguys Autocross action all...
Cool Collection Gallery: The Larry Klairmont Collection – Chicago, Illinois
Larry Klairmont seems like the kind of dude we want to have a beer with. At 85-years old, the highly successful real estate developer has amassed a collection of more the 300 cars. He keeps it open...
Monday Time Killer: Still Too Fast To Race – An Hour Long Documentary on Group B Rally Car History
We’ve written a bunch over about Group B rally cars over the years here at BangShift. We’re by no means rally experts, but these machines need to be in the lexicon of every serious...
Event Gallery: The 2011 Carlisle Fall Swap Meet
Each year gearheads in the Northeast swarm all 150 acres of the Carlisle, PA Fairgrounds to oogle, haggle, and purchase all manner of stuff from cars to toys. More than 8,000 vendor spaces make up...
BangShift Burnout Battle — Who Won?
Our first international BangShift Burnout Battle was waged last week. A tired malaise-era Oldsmobile Delta 88 threw up a seemingly endless wall of smoke outside of London, England while back home a...
Dyno Video: The Lingenfelter Flat Plane LS Motor Makes 1,000hp With Turbo – Exhaust Hotter Than the Sun!
Last week we showed you some video of the Lingenfelter Performance Engineering flat plane crank equipped GM LS engine. The mill made about 650hp and there were some notes that it was going to be...
Show Gallery: The 2011 Long Beach Autorama
The 2011 Long Beach Autorama once again turned out to be a great show. Since 1958, the event has been showcasing some of the coolest kustoms, race cars, and hot rods in the country. It is open to...
The Parting Shift: Fire Shooting Big Rig Addition
Admittedly, I’m way behind schedule with this week’s Parting Shift. I was so deep in the soup that I enlisted the help of my pal and killer artist Stu Wotypka. Stu struck gold with this...