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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...
Epic Wheelstand Video: One For the Record Book at Sanair Dragway in Canada
This is the wheelstand video to end wheelstand videos. Personally, my favorite before I laid eyes on this one was Steve Blue’s epic wheels up run from the Byron Power Wheelstanding World...
New BS Shirts for Sale – Just in Time for the Holidays!
After muddling along for a couple of years with our standard “logo” shirts, Chad and I hooked up with proud BangShift sponsor Snooky’s and enlisted their services in coming up with...
Amazing Find: An All Wheel Drive 1965 Mustang Built in 1965!
The famed Irish engineer and businessman Harry Ferguson is best known for creating the modern farm tractor as we know it. Ford’s amazingly popular N series of tractors were based on lots of...
Yellowstone Drag Strip Sold to Local Family – Racing to Continue at Facility in 2012!
Some great news to follow up on our blog item regarding the sale of Yellowstone Drag Strip. Normally when a strip goes up for auction there’s all kinds of wheeling and dealing behind the scenes...