Event Gallery: Geezers at the Grove 2009 by Joe Grippo
Sep 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Maple Grove’s big nostalgia race every year is the weekend long festival of old stuff called, “Geezers at the Grove”. Racers and fans travel from miles around to see the show which...
Missed the Memo: News Story on the
Sep 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Published the same day that the results from the RM “Icons of Speed and Style” auction became widespread knowledge, this piece from the Bloomberg News Service touted the awesome rising...
Great Fabrication Parts and Tools from Chassis Shop
Sep 29, 2009Chad ReynoldsNew Products
This is not really a new product announcement, but a tip to a check out a company we’ve used multiple times when making stuff from scratch. It’s Chassis Shop, a great source for little...
Welcome to the Big Leagues Kid: Logano Flips Seven Times in Dover
Sep 29, 2009Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Joey Logano already has a Sprint Cup win under his belt, but his real baptism by fire came last weekend on the “Monster Mile” in Dover, Delware, when he was involved in a nasty wreck that...
Breaking News: Holley Files for Bankruptcy…Again!
Sep 29, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We can’t believe it either, but it looks like Holley Performance, a leading supplier of performance fuel systems and other high-performance products, is once again filing for Chapter 11...
Great Find: Gallery of Vintage Print Ads for Muscle Cars
Sep 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Automotive print ads from the muscle car era ranged from funny to boastful to downright trippy. That being said, they all were awesome and some could be great examples of how the domestic...
Craigslist Find: Lawn Tractor Death Machine From Hell
Sep 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Let’s be honest, we all need a lawn tractor capable of driving over a Prius. Read the Bill of Rights closely some day and deep down in the fine print somewhere past the “bear arms”...
Renault F1 Team Wrecked Intentionally; Full Story From the New York Times
Sep 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It sounds like something out of a movie. A desperate F1 team, two drivers, a planned crash. Thing is, it’s real life. It has been revealed that at last season’s Singapore GP, the first...
It Came From the Forums: Holley Carb Rebuild
Sep 28, 2009Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
The BangShift.com forums are ripe with all kinds of good technical info. Forum member milner351 recently tackled the rebuild of a Holley double pumper carb and did so with great photos and...
Event Coverage: Mass. Cruisers Gillette Stadium Cruise Night September 2009
Sep 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The Mass. Cruisers car club recently started an every-other-week cruise night at Patriot Place, the complex in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, is...
Just Dashes Can Now Restore Gauges and Panels
Sep 28, 2009Chad ReynoldsNew Products
They call the place Just Dashes, but they do way more. Any interior restoration you need, they have it covered. The comany is known for repairing wrecked old-car dash pads, and they can also restore...
Event Coverage: 2009 Cruisin’ for a Cure Charity Car Show
Sep 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
We gearheads are known for doing lots of good stuff. Charity work is on that list. Cruisin’ for a Cure took place at the Orange County Fairgrounds in So Cal last weekend and raised a ton of...
Radical Variable-Valve-Timing Engines from Mast Motorsports
Sep 27, 2009Chad ReynoldsNew Products
We met the guys from Mast Motorsports at the GM Performance Parts LSX Shootout in Memphis last year, but we just checked in on the company web site and we’re amazed at how far they have come....
Video: Spectacular Vintage Drags Film From the 1969 NHRA Nationals
Sep 26, 2009Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
One of the greatest things about the Internet is the preservation of a bunch of old film clips, which can presented for new generations to see. Below are three videos that comprise a Hurst movie...
