Tag Archive: spotlight
Gallery: Straight Axle Drag Car Coolness All Up In Your Business
(Photos from the BangShift archive) – With today’s modern suspension technology, we’re seeing performances out of cars with tiny tires that really boggle the mind. From shocks made...
BangShift Exclusive Breaking News: Roland Leong Returns To Nitro Funny Cars!
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) BANGSHIFT EXCLUSIVE. “The Hawaiian” Roland Leong returns to Nitro Funny Car for the 2014 Season! After a couple of weekend phone calls, BangShift.com...
Which One Of These Do You Think Is 2014’s Best Super Bowl Commercial So Far?
For the past week several 2014 Super Bowl Commercials have been “leaked” out so that we can all get a preview of them. Which one of these do you think is 2014’s Best Super Bowl...
Insane Photo Sequence Re-Run: A Competiton Coupe Nearly Power Wheelies Over Backwards!
(Editor’s note: Today is “big game” Sunday and undoubtedly we’ll see some awesome performances. That made me think of the most awesome performance I have ever captured on a...
Was This Luck Or A Real “Save”? Watch A Drag Racer Go On A Wild Ride After His Brakes Fail!
If there is something more terrifying than losing your brakes at high speed on a race track, feel free to let us know. The mere thought of it makes shivers run down our collective spines around here....
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk: Functional, Fun But….WTF (Why The Face?)
From 1984-2001 the Jeep Cherokee was a tough, indestructible, and basic SUV. In a stroke of what we will smart-assedly call “genius”, Chrysler killed off the Cherokee after 2001 and...
Video: This Insane 12-Rotor Rotary Engine Has Us Wanting One Bad – 5,000 Potential Horsepower
Yes, we said 9,000 horsepower potential. We’re not pulling that number out of our keisters either. It is listed on the R12 website as the highest potential output from this 960ci 12-rotor piece...
Wishes On Wheels: An Incredible Tour Of A 1950s Chrysler Plant – Engine Line, Body Line, More!
Every time we find something neat we proclaim it as one of the coolest things we have ever posted, but that’s no stretch when it comes to the film “Wishes On Wheels” a 1950s...
The 2014 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels – More Cool Cars, Trucks, and Flying Bikes From The Show
(Photos by Mike Brooks) — Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries from Mike Brooks who went to the 53rd Pittsburgh World of Wheels show last weekend. While the weather was...
We’ve Got Great Action Photos Right Here From The 2014 U.S. Street Nationals In Bradenton
(Text and Photos by Benoit Pigeon) We haven’t even gotten out of the month of January and yet we’ve already crowned the Champions at the first race for Pro Modified in 2014. This past...
This 1966 Factory Hemi Charger Is Smashed, Burned, And Bringing Big Money On eBay Right Now
It has long been known that whenever the word “hemi” is attached to a car, the price goes up. It goes up even more when the words, “factory hemi” are used. This 1966 factory...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2014 Is Wes Rydell’s 1935 Chevrolet Phaeton
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2014 Is Wes Rydell’s 1935 Chevrolet Phaeton! The AMBR Trophy, or America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2014, goes to Wes Rydell who’s Foose...
Here Are The Contenders For The 2014 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Trophy
It was more than 30 years ago that I went to my first Grand National Roadster Show, back when it was home in Oakland California, and the electricity and excitement I felt as a young kid is still...
