Video of the Week: 1970 Formula A Action from Lime Rock With Narration from James Garner
Jul 09, 2009Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
It’s 1970, James Garner was one of the coolest dudes on Earth, and one of his screaming V8 open-wheel race cars is pounding the pavement at Lime Rock. What could be better? That’s the...
GM Ditches NHRA Teams
Jul 09, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, during GM’s bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday, the automaker filed papers to sever ties with four NHRA teams: three Pro Stock operations and one Funny Car...
BangShift.com Welcomes MSD Ignition as Sponsor
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Today Chad and I are very proud to introduce MSD Ignition as a sponsor of BangShift.com! MSD has a long history of producing high quality, hard working, American-made ignition parts to the automotive...
International Speedway Corp Posts Loss on Declining Attendance Figures
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Your eyes weren’t lying. There has been a lot of exposed aluminum at NASCAR races this season and the financial reporting from International Speedway Corp. proves it beyond a shadow of a...
Carnage of the Week: If You’re Gonna be Dumb…
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
This week’s carnage is more human than mechanical. It’s a perfect lesson in, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve got to be tough Take a couple of semi-drunken guys, a truck...
Toyota to F1: No Japanese GP at Fuji Speedway in 2010
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Toyota announced that it will not host the 2010 Japanese GP at the company owned Fuji Speedway. The economic conditions and the company’s financial situation were cityed as the main reasons for...
Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: The Most Evil Cadillac in the World
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were at Lead East last year, the epic 1950’s themed event held yearly in New Jersey, on a magazine assignment that never saw the light of day. Through the course of the weekend we saw...
English Nostalgia Drag Racing Coverage
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Nostalgia drag racing may have been born in America, but it has spread like wildfire, even across the Atlantic Ocean to England where there is as hardcore a nostalgia scene as there is here....
Website of the Week: TyroneMalone.net
Jul 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We live in a gearhead world where the idea of a high-performance diesel-powered truck is second nature, but such was not always the case. Tyrone Malone can rightfully be called one of the pioneers of...
Aussie Driver Has Car Confiscated for Posting Burnout Vids on Facebook
Jul 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
An Australian driver has had his car taken by police after posting photos and video of himself doing burnouts on a public road. Tough “Anti-Hoon” laws have been inacted to combat bad,...
Goodwood Festival of Speed Coverage from Autoblog
Jul 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Another year, and another year we were not at the Goodwood Festival Speed in England. It’s one of the coolest gearhead events on the planet, bringing together cars and people from all over the...
Photo Gallery: Burbank Bob’s Big Boy Cruise Night, 7/3/2009
Jul 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The Burbank Bob’s Big Boy is the cruising hub of SoCal’s San ernando Valley and has been the spot to hang out on Friday night’s for decades. There’s probably not a better...
Dale Coyne Wins First Race in 558th Start
Jul 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s the best story in motorsports and it will be for the whole of the 2009 season, and chances are you’ve never even heard about it. Dale Coyne Racing’s win at last weekend’s...
NASCAR/Mayfield Case Heads to Federal Court
Jul 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It ain’t over yet. NASCAR has gone before a Federal Judge seeking to uphold their competition ban of Jeremy Mayfield that was lifted by a lower court judge. With the introduction of this case...
