Breaking News: NHRA Announces Four Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The NHRA has announced that for the first time ever, a national event will be run four wide with the inaugural “Four Wide Nationals” held at zMax Dragway on March 25-28, 2010....
Chip Ganassi Addresses Auto Writers, Says Future Survival of Racing is Not Guaranteed
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Chip Ganassi, one of the most successful racing team owners in American auto racing history, addressed the 40th annual All-America Team Banquet which is put on by the American Auto Racing Writers and...
Great Read: An Interview With Everett Jasmer, One Of Monster Truck Racing’s Founding Fathers
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
During the 1980s when the monster truck craze was exploding all across the country, a few trucks began to establish themselves as the premier machines in the genre. Bob Chandler’s Bigfoot and...
Video: Linda Vaughn, Buster Couch, and Dick Smothers BangShifting an Olds
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
This is a semi-strange but awesome piece of video that comes from the US Nationals back int he late 1960s. Any video that includes Linda Vaughn in her prime, big Buster Couch (the legendary NHRA...
Snow Performance Intros Cool Water/Methanol Injection for Muscle Cars, Gives Us News On A Cool Project
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
Snow Performance, the industry leader in water and methanol injection systems, has introduced a cool new system designed for naturally aspirated engines that helps raise the octane level of fuel and...
GM Brass Challenges Ford To A Diesel Truck Tug of War, Literally
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
This would be certainly be cool to see. GM’s Tom Stephens, the company’s vice chairman in charge of global product operations, recently said in an interview with Pickuptrucks.com that he...
ProCharger Releases the Mother of All Blowers, Behold the F4
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
When photos began to surface of the ProCharger F4 at the PRI show, people around the web were quick to dismiss the apparent size and scope of the unit as trick photography. In order to completely...
Site of the Week: YouDriveWhat.com
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
YouDriveWhat.com is a brutally simple website that contains photos of odd, exotic, bizarre, awful, weird, and unique cars. It is essentially a large photo gallery of snapshots featuring completely...
Photo Gallery: 100 Chevy Novas and Chevy IIs
Jan 21, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
OK, here it is, the next big gallery in our upcoming series of model-specific photo blowouts. Last time we brought you a bunch of Chevelles, this time its Novas and Chevy IIs. We’ve got every...
RacingJunk Find: Wild Rear Engine El Camino Mud Bogger
Jan 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
This mud bogging El Camino is completely BangShift.com approved! Sporting four-wheel drive, a 408ci small-block mounted in the bed, a nitrous bottle located next to the shifter, and 35-inch Boggers...
Ridetech President in Stable Condition after fall
Jan 21, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift.com sponsor and friend Bret Voelkel, President of Ridetech, was hospitalized Jan 20th, 2010 after suffering a head injury due to a fall. Voelkel was seen running from the Ridetech...
Weld Racing’s most bitchin wheel yet
Jan 21, 2010Chad ReynoldsNew Products
When Kyle Fickler, Scott Rider, and the Granite Creek investment group bought Weld Racing from American Racing Wheels in November of 2008, the industry knew good things were in store for Weld. Kyle...
NASCAR Drivers Test New Spoiler, Cars Still Look Dumb
Jan 20, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The lame ass wing that has adorned the rear of NASCAR’s spec “Car of Tomorrow” since 2007 is one step closer to the scrap heap today, after several drivers ran in a tire test...
MPMC Product Spotlight: Smittybuilt Black Box and Budget XRC 3 Winch
Jan 20, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
We spent some time with the guys from Smittybuilt and learned of a couple cool products that they have brought to market. Since Goliath, our 1966 C50 project truck, is a working brute, and...
