Tag Archive: spotlight
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics – The Incredible Story Behind ChumpCar’s 36-hour Endurance Race!
(Words John Condren – Photos by Alicia Glubrecht) There’s always something cold and heartless about statistics. Raw numbers. Basic facts that rarely tell the whole story. For example,...
Drag Gallery: Rumble At The Grove 2013 – Doorslammers Only! Wheels Up Action!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) -The Rumble at the Grove means one thing…..Doorslammers! Not a dragster or altered in sight. The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods came to Maple Grove with a variety of...
More Donut Derelicts Cruise In Photos Of Hot Rods, Customs, Street Machines, And More!
Donut Derelicts unofficially started in 1986 and has been a staple of Southern California Hot Rodding ever since. And the only thing that is keeping it from growing any larger is the lack of parking...
NEW PHOTOS! DuQuoin Street Machine Nationals 2013: Check Out New Photos Daily
Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke, BangShift.com’s Cagney and Lacey errr…Starsky and Hutch… of event coverage, were on site at the DuQuoin Street Machine Nationals shooting photos and...
Gallery: Mega Mopar Action Weekend 2013 Maple Grove – Car Show And Strip Action!
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Mega Mopar Action Series returned to Maple Grove Raceway for its third annual visit to the venerable Pennsylvania race facility. And it was a good one....
Luxury Liner: We Drive The 2013 GMC Sierra Denali 2500HD Crew Cab – A Velvet Brute!
(Words by Brian Lohnes Photos by Dave Nutting) – As the resident lover of all things truck related here at BangShift, I was more than happy to get my grubby mitts on this 2013 GMC Sierra Denali...
Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel Wins Optima Batteries Faceoff At Road America 2013 + Full Event Results
That’s right folks, BangShift Sponsor Ridetech was on top of the podium at this past weekend’s Optima Batteries Faceoff at Road America 2013. With 22 Ridetech customers in the...
Photo Coverage And Invitees: Optima Faceoff At Road America 2013, Including Scary Moments
(Photos and Words Bob Chiluk/Greg Rourke) This past weekend was one of the premier pro touring events of the year, the 2013 Optima Batteries Faceoff at Road America, and all that attended had the...
NHRA Coverage: Uni-Select Auto Parts New England Nationals — SUNDAY RESULTS
It is go time for the inaugural Uni-Select NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire this weekend and BangShift is here. Not only are our stickers slatered on cars...
Gallery: Nostalgia Pro Stock Builds At High Speed Welding – Bunny Burkett Pink Pinto!
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Last time we visited Dennis Spal at his High Speed Welding shop in Westmont, Illinois he was finishing up the mechanical restoration of Grumpy’s Toy X....
Gallery: The NHRA Hot Rod Reunion–Hot Rods, Nostalgia Drags and Burnouts at the Host Hotel!
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Bangshift was in full force at the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion this past weekend, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. With Brian on the microphone, Chad...
Incredible Video: Watch As A Dragster Blows A 150mph Donut At The Top End And Hits…NOTHING!
Any Taub was competing at Atco Dragway recently in her rear engine sportsman dragster. From the looks of the dial in board, this is a very low 7-second dragster, so we can safely assume that the car...
Gallery: Fire Breathing Cacklefest Photos From The 2013 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The nostalgia drag racing world has developed some cool rituals and traditions over the years but in our eyes the coolest is clearly the famed Cacklefests that...
