Tag Archive: spotlight
The 2013 BangShift Awards – Awards That Have No Meaning And Very Little Value Inside!
(Photos by Dave Nutting, the author, random people about town, Charles Wickam, and a cat named Boots) – Hello and welcome to the 2013 BangShift Awards For Automotive Excellence. These awards...
BangShift 2013 Highlight Reel: Tommy Lee Byrd’s Favorite Shots From The Year That Was!
(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – It’s the end of the year, and for me, it’s hard to remember all the places I’ve been in the past 12 months. Drag strips, car shows, trade shows, road trips...
A Romanian Kid Built A Lego Hot Rod And It Actually Drives! 500,000 Pieces!
Be warned people, be warned. I showed this video to my Lego obsessed 5 and 7 year old sons and they flipped out. More specifically they flipped out, ran upstairs and then I heard the noise. You know...
BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: The Great Drag Action Photos Of Steve Wilson!
The 2013 photo highlight reels continue with great BangShift contributor Steve Wilson sharing his favorite “picks of the little” from a busy 2013 shooting season. Wilson is based out of...
Watch Kris Foster And Other Dirtbike Free Riders Perform Incredible Stunts And Jumps Using The Land!
As best we know, dirt bike free riding is simply heading out into the countryside, mountains, etc with your dirt bike and eschewing roads and trails for the natural habitat and the cool obstacles it...
BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: Lohnes’s Favorite Snaps From An Adventurous 2013
(Photos by the author) — So Nutting kicked off a series of “BangShift Photo Highlight Reel” stories that we’re going to run featuring all of our contributors who want to cull...
The Humbler: Five Buddies Built This Cheap Turbo Jeep To Go 12s And Destroy On The Autocross
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – This could be the most BangShifty vehicle we have ever featured before. Built by a group of five smart friends and raced at the Grassroots Motorsports $2,000...
This Match Race In Thailand Between A Hot Rod Diesel Truck And A 125cc Scooter Is Nuts!
We have been harping for a long time on the idea that drag racing is not just something that happens between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. There are strips on every continent aside from those...
Here’s Your Last ProMod Racing Coverage For 2013. The Snowbird Nationals In Bradenton Were Huge!
It’s the Off Season for all the professional category racers, but that didn’t keep the crazies of Pro Mod from heading to Bradenton last week for some final passes of 2013. The number of...
2013 PRI Show Coverage: More Racecars, Parts and Cool Stuff From PRI In Indy
There are some really trick looking parts here at the 2013 PRI Show, and about 8 jillion people as well. This is probably the largest gathering of racers, crew, builders, and manufacturers in the...
2013 PRI Show Coverage: Racecars, Race Parts, And Cool Stuff From PRI In Indy
The 2013 PRI Show is packed, and we’re having a ball! Not only are the coolest parts and cars in the racing and high performance world on hand, but also some super cool and famous racers, crew...
These Images From A 1930s Era Boston Buick Dealership Are Breathtaking –
1932 wasn’t exactly a banner year in the USA. While it was the year that the iconic ’32 Ford came out, it was also the year when the Great Depression reached its bleak crescendo (along...
Out Of Court And Onto The 1/4 Mile: Fontana Dragstrip Reopening Soon! We Have The Scoop!
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) While we rode out to the northeastern corner of Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway, VP of Operations Ray Wilkings, talked about the construction going on...
