Name the Better Racing Offspring: Ashley Force Versus Dale Junior
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We ran across a great piece on the SportingNews.com that compares the careers (to this point) of Ashley Force Hood and Dale Earnhardt Jr. and asks the simple question, who’s better? It’s...
RacingJunk.com Find: A 747ci 4-Stage Nitrous Snorting Monster
Feb 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
We’ll be honest, we were really close to blogging about a cool 2.0L Pinto motor we found that was set up for road racing, then we decided to peek around RacingJunk.com a little more and our...
New E-Force Corvette Blower Kit From Edelbrock
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
The guys over at Edelbrock have rolled out another variation to their popular line of E-Force Superchargers. This one is application specific to 2008-2010 Corvettes and it is an awesome way to take...
Girls With Cars, Popular Hot Rodding Magazine Style
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It seems that perhaps Johnny Hunkins, editor of Popular Hot Rodding magazine, has been reading the BangShift.com girls with cars thread. Actually, we’ll can’t really steal any credit for...
Street Race in Maryland, go to Jail
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Maryland State Police are pushing a statewide bill that would allow for up to 60 days of jail time and a maximum fine of $500 for anyone caught street racing. That fine is the current limit for...
Troubled Ohio Circle Track May be Saved by a Drag Strip
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
There’s an interesting story going on at Mansfield Motorsports Park in Mansfield, Ohio. The track was founded as a 3/8-mile dirt oval in 1959, then grew to a 1/2-mile by 1972. The place was...
There May Still Be Hope for the Late Pontiac G8
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
When GM killed when the Pontiac brand, the most lamentable loss was the G8. Sure, it was a more door, but it was packing big LS-power, could be optioned with a six-speed, and drove circles around a...
Cool 8-Second Mustang Car Feature at Summit Racing
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We know how tough it is to build an 8-second car, and can’t imagine how difficult it would be to accomplish that while making it a show car at the same time. We came across Ken Belanger’s...
Danica Finishes Fontana NASCAR Race Three Laps Down
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Well it wouldn’t be a Monday if we weren’t reporting on Danica Patrick’s latest performance in a stock car. It would be honest to say that she did better than her debut in Daytona,...
eBay Find: Jimmy Cagney’s 1934 Auburn Cabriolet
Feb 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
We’re not that big into luxury cars that pre-date WWII, but when we got tipped off to the eBay listing for Jimmy Cagney’s 1934 Auburn Cabriolet, powered by a Lycoming built V-12, we had...
The Parting Shift: Grabbing Gears with the Front Wheels Three Feet in the Air
Feb 19, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s is one thing to pull and awesome wheelie off the starting line in your race car. It’s cool as hell. If you want to upgrade to sublime, pull the wheels and grab gears when they are...
Sad Story: California Woman Dies on Corvette Test Drive
Feb 19, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A 29 year-old mother of four was killed while taking a potential buyer on a test drive. Police claim that high speed was a factor in the wreck. The passenger sustained serious injuries, but reports...
Start Planning: SEMA Says Take a Friend to a Race in August
Feb 19, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
You may not have known this, but BangShift is an official SEMA member. One of the neat programs that SEMA champions is called “Take a Friend to a Race.” It is part of Motorsports...
New Sponsor: Spectre Performance Joins BangShift.com!
Feb 19, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We are proud to announce that we have yet another great sponsor to add to the BangShift.com family of companies. Spectre Performance, and their Speed by Spectre brand, have come on board to support...
