Tag Archive: spotlight
Breaking News: 2012 COPO Camaro Confirmed by Chevrolet Performance – 69 Cars to Be Built
The 2012 COPO Camaro is not longer a concept car, the model will be produced by Chevrolet and 69 of them will be manufactured this year. The announcement came from Chevrolet Performance today and it...
Feature: A Day In the Life of the Champion Speed Shop Nostalgia Top Fuel Team
(Words and photos by Red Line Synthetic Oil) – Race fans in the aging wooden grandstands at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield let out a collective breath as a pair of Nostalgia Top Fuel...
Watch Some Crazy Swedes Go Nostalgia Drag Racing On Ice!
This is literally one of the coolest drag races we have ever seen! BangShift reader Arlid (who hails from Norway) tipped us off to this video from Sweden that features six minutes of action from what...
Awesome In Car Video of a Big Block Chevy Powered McLaren M6B Can Am Car Flying Around Laguna Seca
There are few eras in racing that we’re more sad that we missed than the golden age of Can-Am in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These were some of the most drop dead sexy full bodied race cars...
Carnage Photos: Here’s the Aftermath of Mark Sanders’s Funny Car Crash at the 2012 March Meet
The most violent and destructive wreck at the 2012 March Meet was the early event wall banger suffered by Mark Sanders and his Mr. Explosive Nova. His crash was a high speed top end affair and the...
Gallery: Meet the Legends Nostalgia Drags – Sealy, Texas Gallery Two
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we unleashed the first batch of photos that Charles Wickam shot at the “Meet the Legends” nostalgia drags held in Sealy, Texas. We’re...
Nostalgia Drags Gallery: Meet the Legends Nostalgia Drags – Sealy, Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While we were broadcasting the March Meet from Bakersfield last weekend, Texas photo contributor Charles Wickam was at another killer nostalgia event in Sealy,...
Denver Schutz Drives a Front Engine Top Fueler Up a Wall and Down Again Without Flipping
Today at the 2012 March Meet Top Fuel racer Denver Schutz appeared to suffer a crash on the top end of the race track. In actuality, he pulled off one of the most incredible front engine dragster...
Crazy Bumper Dragging, Lane Crossing, Shoebox Chevy Wheelstand Photo Sequence!
Of all the awesome wheelstands we have captured during the 2012 March Meet, this one, featuring a big tire equipped shoebox Chevy takes the cake by a mile! In this sequence of 15 photos you can see...
BangShift LIVE FREE Streaming Video Coverage of the 2012 March Meet
BangShift is proud to announce that we will once again be providing FREE LIVE streaming coverage of the historic March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California starting this Thursday at...
Juan Pablo Montoya Crashed into Jet Dryer at 2012 Daytona 500 – Insane Fire Follows
Remember all those times you saw NASCAR race cars crash into the track jet dryer at high speed? Oh wait, you don’t because something this rat poop crazy hasn’t happened in the history of...
Gallery: The 2012 Detroit Autorama
(Photos by Edward Chesher) – The Detroit Autorama is one of the, if not THE premier indoor car show in the USA. From the huge collection of vehicles that trek from all corners to be displayed...
BangShift Exclusive: We Interview Bret Kepner About the ADRL’s New Supercar Showdown Class
Smell that drag racing fans? It is fresh air. Fresh air swooshed into the room by the near unbridled excitement surrounding the ADRL’s Supercar Showdown class that will be contested at the...
Video: Danica Patrick Suffers Hellacious Wreck at Daytona and Walks Away
Danica Patrick suffered a massive crash in today’s first Gatorade Duel at Daytona International Speedway. She walked away from the scary crash with no apparent injuries. This was a wild one...