NASCAR’s Chase Apparently Chasing Away Fans
Sep 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Maybe the headline should have read, “Jersey Shore” out draws NASCAR on TV, because it did, by hundreds of thousands of people. Last weekend’s NASCAR event at New Hampshire Motor...
Be There: English Power Tool Drag Racing Championship This Weekend
Sep 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Yeovil, England will play host to the national Power Tool Drag Racing Championship this weekend. Unfortunately we’ll not be there to cover the event, but that doesn’t mean some of our...
You’re Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine
Sep 23, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
We’re not qualified to comment on the proper way to start a refurbished turbine engine hanging off the wing of a Boeing 737, but we do know wrong when we see it. For instance, it is wrong to...
Quaker City Raceway Up For Auction: No Reserve Means A Guaranteed Sale
Sep 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Quaker City Raceway in Salem, Ohio, is scheduled to go up onto the auction block on October 17, 2010. The track was put up for auction a couple years ago, but with a reserve. This time there is none,...
Trar-Tastic eBay Find: A 1939 Cadillac Monster Truck/Mud Bogger Fun Toy
Sep 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
If you are in the process of building a wild mud bogging, world crushing trar, you can stop. Your efforts will be in vain because the ultimate vehicle of the breed is for sale on eBay. The man who...
Sad News: Supercharger Guru Mert Littlefield Passes
Sep 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Mert Littlefield, the supercharger maven whose equipment has adorned everything from fuel dragsters and floppers to monster trucks and mud bog racers has died. He was 66 years old....
Show Gallery: The 20th Annual Bay City Cruisers Car Show
Sep 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Despite a dreary forecast and threatening skies, intrepid BangShift photo contributor Charles Wickam attended the 20th annual Bay City Cruisers car show deep in the heart of Texas. The show was...
Wet Wreckage Video: How to Destroy an Off Shore Racing Boat and Laugh It Off
Sep 22, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Motorized boat racing on nearly every level is insane. Hurtling across a constantly variable surface with as little of the actual vessel touching the water as possible can lead to some humongous...
Spirit of Rett Streamliner Goes 416.9 mph to Break 45 yr old Summers Brothers Record
Sep 22, 2010Chad ReynoldsEvent Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
Charlie Nearburg and the rest of the Spirit of Rett landspeed racing team are on cloud nine this morning as they have broken a 45 year old 409 mph record set by the Summers brothers back in 1965. At...
Will Chinese Investors Control GM After the IPO?
Sep 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
With General Motors getting its stuff into a pile and business in order to roll out what will undoubtedly be the most massive initial public stock offering in American, or perhaps world history, some...
eBay Find: A Custom 1955 Studebaker Pickup
Sep 22, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This week’s eBay find is a great looking 1955 Stude truck that’s been customized from top to bottom and really looks bitchin’. Bonus points were given due to the fact that the truck...
Great Read: An Interview With Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Joie Chitwood III has led an interesting life. He was a part of the family stunt show from the age of 5 right through his college years, he has overseen the creation of race tracks, run the...
Wreckage Video: Early 1980’s Demo Footage From Deep in the Heart of New Jersey
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We’re so confused about this video. On the one hand, there is the brilliant unintentional comedy provided by a cast of characters participating in this demo derby. Then there’s the...
Caption This Photo: Wrenching Danny Morrison Style
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Danny Morrison won the Spirit of Drag Week award on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010. He’s a great dude with a big heart and a big everything else, the guy is a freaking giant. He’s also a wiz with...
