Feb 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
That’s hot! I exclaimed as I singed my hand on a “Paris Hilton Celebrity Styler” (curling iron) that Mrs. Speedzzter left smoldering in the sink. Through the pain, I began...
Feb 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The tragic death of a spectator at last weekend’s NHRA race at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona, has opened the discussion of race track safety. We were tipped off to a Fox Sports story,...
Feb 24, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, OTHER
Galpin Auto Sports is most often known for one of two things. Being the biggest and baddest Ford dealership on the planet is one, and the other is the reputation they have for building weirdo cars....
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s good to be Fritz. After getting whacked from his position atop GM back in February, Fritz Henderson is back on the GM payroll as a consultant. He’s making $59,090 a month and he has...
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve not been reporting on the tragic death of a spectator at last weekend’s NHRA event in Phoenix, Arizona, where a wheel separated from Anton Brown’s Top Fuel dragster and...
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
What kind of lunatic builds an all-aluminum 511ci Ford FE engine and plugs it into a huge, lifted 4×4 truck for the purposes of drag racing it? A BangShift.com approved lunatic, that’s...
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A 17-year old British girl recently won first prize at an English tractor show. She did a frame up resto-job on a 1963 Ford Dexta tractor and completed the entire project by herself. She comes from a...
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve gotta be tough. These words are gospel for the driver of a Camaro in Texas who made the brilliant decision to run through a closed railroad crossing. His...
Feb 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We got wind that the massive “traditional hot rod and custom show” known as the Hunnert Car Pile-up is moving for 2010. The show has been held in Morris, Illinois, recently but will find...
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
In the wonderful world of BangShift.com, there’s nothing cooler than a station wagon that can haul ass. With respect to the drags, station wagons are actually a legit choice for a racer because...
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
While we were at DMC Racing in Halifax, Massachusetts, catching up on the build of Eddie Krawiec’s Drag Radial 2000 Camaro, our wandering eye (and lens) zapped a few extra photos of killer...
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
ADRL racer Todd Moyer earns the BangShift.com unintentional stunt driver of the week award for saving his freshly updated race car from certain doom in this video clip. We got tipped off to it while...
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
With the spring book release season right around the corner we recently found a copy of The Ultimate American V-8 Engine Data Book, 2nd Edition by Peter C. Sessler. We’re motor and number geeks...
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were tipped off to this very cool gallery on Flickr.com of old Ford and Mercury dealerships. We dig stuff like this because it is as much about the cars as it is about the small cities and towns...
