2009: Bad Year for Cars
Dec 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re not breaking any news here when we tell you that 2009 was just about the worst year in the modern history of selling cars. Aside from Ford climbing out of the ashes and starting to make...
Carnage Video: Failed Burnout Leads to Massive Clutch Explosion
Dec 29, 2009Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Clutch explosions are among the most horrific examples of automotive component failures. Few things attached to a car have the ability to cause more instant carnage, to things both mechanical and...
EBay Find: Restored 1992 Camaro Cop Car
Dec 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
We were tipped to the eBay auction of this pristine 1992 Chevy Camaro BC4-package cop car by BangShift.com forum memember MR4Speed. The car was an active unit in Utah for most of its life before...
Saab: Is it Over Yet?
Dec 29, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Saab, depending where you get your news from, is either dead or not quite dead. The Spyker company is still putting out releases that it is expecting to hear word from GM about the last offer to...
The Very Best of BangShift.com in 2009
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
This web site has been live for a little over a year and has been called BangShift.com for just 10 months. In that time it has grown from an idea into a place that has been visited 900,000 times....
Gary Densham Heads To Australia in Nostalgia Nitro Flopper
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Gary Densham, a stalwart on the NHRA Funny Car trail, has, after several years of struggling hunting for cash to run the NHRA tour, taken to racing his nostalgia Camaro Funny Car. He’s sending...
Was This The Coolest Dirt Track Race Ever?
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We have to thank BangShift.com forum member Mr4Speed for the tip on this item about an amazing dirt track race that took place back in 1959 at Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. The item was posted...
Motor City Motors Debuts at 10:00 PM Tonight on Discovery
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Motor City Motors, a new show brought to you by the same people who did Monster Garage, debuts at 10:00 pm on the Discovery Channel tonight. The show is set in Detroit and will highlight the talent...
Cool Trucks! The Vehicles of the Poles
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Polar ice caps are awful places to spend time. Not that we’ve actually done it, but since we managed to pass fifth grade geography (on the third try no less) we know that the weather is...
IHRA Brings Back Top Sportsman and Top Dragster Quick 8s at National Events
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
For those of you not up to speed with the drag racing classes known as Top Dragster and Top Sportsman, they are the quickest and fastest Sportsman classes in the world. They are unique in the fact...
eBay Pick: Crazy 1962 Pontiac Catalina That Never Was
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
A bubble-top 1962 Catalina is a damn cool car on its own. One packing a developmental all-aluminum 389 engine that was one of 14 built for Mickey Thompson is freaking sublime. This car is not a clone...
Monday Time Killer: The Amazing Hand Made Aluminum Models of Young C. Park
Dec 28, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We had never heard of the internet craftsmanship museum until we were tipped off about an amazing page on the site by BangShift.com forum member Joes66Fury2. He urged us to look at the page...
Vote for BangShift.com in the Best of 2009 Poll at CompetitionPlus.com!
Dec 24, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We at BangShift.com were surprised and honored to discover that we made the list for the annual Best Of poll at CompetitionPlus.com, one of the oldest web sites serving the drag racing community....
Santa Please: A 598ci, 900hp, Pump Gas Big Block Chevy
Dec 24, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Hey Santa, thanks in advance for all the awesome stuff. Listen, we got to thinking about the ramp truck and that 350 in there isn’t going to cut the mustard. We’ll put it to you like...
