Connecticut Junkyard Owner in Hot Water
Oct 09, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We can’t imagine being in the junkyard business these days. It cannot be easy. For decades it must have been pretty straightforward. Score a big tract of land way outside of town, put up a...
Oddball Barris Creation in Canadian Collection
Oct 09, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ll be up front in telling you that we had no idea George Barris’s shop turned out anything other than the occasional beautiful kustom mixed among a majority of semi-garish stuff. We...
Great Read: A Look At Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Trucks
Oct 09, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing series picked up where CORR left off. It’s a series featuring race trucks that weigh in at two tons and pack nearly 1,000 hp. The courses are winding, bending,...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: Oddly Painted VW Racer
Oct 09, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back in 1979, BMW had Andy Warhol paint an M1 race car that was to be run at Le Mans. Dubbed the “art car”, the machine went on to finish six overall at the race. It was the only time it...
Barn Find Wild ’70s Custom Road Runner for $3,000!
Oct 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We picked up on this one via CarDomain via Chevelles.com. It’s the incredible story of a Road Runner that was parked since 1982, and that just sold for $3,000! It has a 383 and a four-speed,...
Bullpen Cars: A Short History
Oct 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s Fall and that means one thing: Major League Baseball Playoffs! Hate sports you say? Don’t be so fast to take off. As we were watching some baseball we thought about a great story we...
Three New Hampshire Mechanics in Big Trouble Over Flubbed Emissions Tests
Oct 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Three New Hampshire mechanics and the company they were formerly employed by are in big trouble with state authorities after admitting to cheating nearly 100 cars through the state’s emissions...
NASCAR Tells Driver Brad Kaselowski to Back Off Racing So Hard!
Oct 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It has come to light that NASCAR racer Brad Kaselowski, a non-qualifier for the “Chase,” was warned by NASCAR on Sunday to essentially back off of racing Juan Pablo Montoya so hard during...
King of the Trars: 850hp 1966 Galaxie Mud Bogger
Oct 08, 2009Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Well, this one should put people in two distinct camps. You’ll either love it or absolutely hate it. “It” is a 1966 Ford Galaxie sporting an 850hp big-block Chevy motor, huge axles,...
BangShift Approved: A racer’s last pass.
Oct 08, 2009Chad ReynoldsMISC, Videos
On September 29th, 2009 Jerome Miller, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away at age 72. You can read his obituary here. We didn’t know Jerome. Heck, we had never even heard of him until...
Gentleman Start Your Attorneys; December 1 Hearing for Mayfield NASCAR Injunction
Oct 08, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Wednesday it was announced that Jeremy Mayfield’s appeal to the injunction NASCAR has placed on him will be heard in court on December 1, 2009. This legal clash, depending on the outcome, will...
Why Tires Are So Freakin’ Expensive
Oct 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Bought tires lately? If it seems like prices are on a quick rise, that’s because they are. The Wall Street Journal took a look into the situation and explored many of the avenues that drive...
Great Read: From Dirt Tracks to Super Speedways; Local Racers and National Heroes
Oct 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
While the days of a few guys at the local gas station fielding a competitive entry in NASCAR are long over, there is still some elements of small town America left in the sport. Local short tracks,...
Your Weirdest Driving Citation
Oct 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
A man in Canada managed to crash his tractor into a police cruiser, resulting in both himself and the police officer taking trips to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The interesting...
