Site of the Week: Yenko.net
Sep 16, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
During the horsepower war of the 1960s in Detroit, Ford, GM and Chrysler were cranking out high performance cars that ran harder and faster than anything previously built. That was good enough for...
Video: Green Hornet Movie Car Crash On Set
Sep 16, 2009Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We would have never caught this one if it were not for the guys at CarDomain. It seems they surf TMZ.com more than we do, which is never. That celebrity-stalking site posted this way back on...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 2, Martin, Michigan
Sep 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Day 2 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors, is done. There are three days of racing left for the competitors in this wild event that has cars racing at five drag strips in...
Video: 7-Second Pro Street Firebird at Drag Week 2009
Sep 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Here’s a video of Eric Yost in his Pro Street Power Adder third gen Pontiac Firebird at Martin, Michigan, on the second day of Drag Week 2009. This pass shows an 8.29, but this car ran 8.11 on...
Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 Day 2 Results are In
Sep 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Right now it’s the end of Day 2 at Hot Rod Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors. This is the week-long event with drag racing every day, and the cars have to drive on the street from track to...
Michigan Track Sets Crappy Record
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan, has set a new track record. For rainouts. The track is suffering its worst year (in terms of weather) in its nearly six-decade existence. Adding pressure is the...
Video: ZZ572 Powered Jeep CJ
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
This Jeep is in Denmark…we think. Where ever it is, we want it. V8 powered CJ Jeeps have a certain air of coolness about them, but one packing a GM Performance Parts ZZ572 crate motor with...
Canadian Street Racing Law Deemed Unconstitutional
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
A Canadian street racing law that deemed anyone driving 50 kph above the posted speed limit as “street racing” has been deemed unconstitutional by an Ontario judge. The ruling came on the...
New Zealand Grandmother Has a Bitchin’ Hot Rod
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
This is some kind of cool. A New Zealand grandmother, and former drag racer, has recently been cruising her killer blown-Hemi-powered 1934 Ford hot rod around the streets of Lincoln, New Zealand....
The Dodge Caliber SRT-4 is Dead
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Chrysler’s lone exciting small car is dead, according to a report from AutoWeek. No specifics were given on why the car was knocked out of the lineup, but if they’re killing this one, we...
Free Download of the New Mopar Performance Catalog
Sep 15, 2009Chad ReynoldsNew Products
Mopar Performance has released a new catalog with lots of the old V8 parts still in place and with many all-new parts for the modern cars. It is free to download here at the Mopar web site. Also,...
Live Streaming Video from Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Hot Rod Magazine’s fifth annual Drag Week is off and running with competitors heading to US 131 Dragway in Martin, Michigan for action today, Tuesday, September 15. Hot Rod is providing a live...
Video: Monday Racing at Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Our last installment of coverage for Monday’s first day of competition at Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 comes from BangShift.com forum member seanm, who put together a video of racing that includes...
Drag Week 2009 Coverage from FordFE.com and Jay Brown
Sep 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Jay Brown has been running Drag Week since the very first year. He is a fan of the Ford FE engine and usually runs them. This time, he has a stack-injected SOHC motor in the running in a ’64...
