Totally Bitchin’ Video: Ford/Shelby Promo Film From 1965
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
It was very good to be Carroll Shelby in 1965. Hell, it is very good to be him now, but in the mid 1960s the man had the world by the stones. Bankrolled by the Ford Motor Company, Shelby was building...
More Changes At The Top Level of General Motors Management
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Interim GM CEO Ed Whitacre is at it again. He’s made more changes at the top of the GM food chain by announcing that he would be replacing GM’s “Head of Government Relations”...
GM to Change Discount Policy for Employees
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
GM will make significant changes to their policy of giving employees who want to buy a GM model big discounts. In the current version of the plan, no vehicles are off limits, so the hot selling...
How Car Companies Come Up With Lame Car Names
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
There was a time when car names were decided by packing a bunch of advertising and marketing guys in a room with bourbon and cigarettes. When they ran out of both, the meeting was over. Back in those...
Hundreds of Drag Racing Images from Winnipeg, Canda’s Keystone/Bison Dragways
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
When we conjure thoughts of Winnipeg, Canada, which we admit is not often, drag racing is not normally on the list. Located above North Dakota, Winnipeg’s winters are harsh. It is actually...
War on Racetracks: New Jersey Track Sued by Anti-Noise Group
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Call us alarmist if you want, but in following the news wires and getting tips from readers, it’s clear that racing facilities in this country are under attack. If you’ve been reading us...
Ebay Find: The Last Car To Come From Boyd Coddington’s Shop, The French Connection
Dec 31, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
The last car to leave the fabled shop of Boyd Coddington was this amazing creation called The French Connection. It was created as a tribute to the Delahaye T-165 roadster, a near unicorn of a car...
Cool Gearhead Spot: Doorthy’s Place
Dec 30, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Nope, we didn’t spell that wrong. Doorthy’s Place is a neat little corner of the web that celebrates a dude who has a kick ass home shop where all his buddies hang out and wrench on their...
Car Looks Dumb, Gets Great Mileage, With Video
Dec 30, 2009Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Apparently making your car resemble a Gila monster will result in big mileage gains. We think it will also result in a marked reduction in the amount of lovin’ you receive from the opposiste...
Feds to Auction Massive Car Collection in Utah, With Video
Dec 30, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The U.S Marshals are set to auction the 220-car collection of Jeffrey Mowen, a Utah man who has been indicted on charges relating to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. Note we said indicted as...
Illinois Drag Racer Gets the Call of a Lifetime From Qatari Sheik
Dec 30, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It sounds like something out of the movies. Illinois drag racer Alex Hossler, who runs a totally bad ass Camaro Pro Mod, was called by Qatari Sheik Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani who asked Alex to run in...
GM to Recall Corvettes Due to Potential for Roof to Fly Off
Dec 30, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Imagine the horror. You’ve just put on freshly pressed slacks, a brand new sweater, and your golf shoes are all polished up. You kiss the missus on the cheek and zip off with your clubs in the...
Pipe Dream? Delayed Alabama Track Still Hopes for 2011 Opening
Dec 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
So many times we lament whiny neighbors, draconian laws, and stupid local politics for blocking progress on new race track projects, but it seems that as many stories as we see about that stuff, we...
End of the Line for Venerable Yates Cylinder Head in NASCAR
Dec 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you’ve been racing a Ford product in NASCAR competition since 1992, you have been running the Robert Yates designed cylinder heads and intake manifold. The heads, which were originally...
