Vintage NASCAR-NAGE Video: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp Leave the Ball Yard in 1960
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
First we’ll say that it defies logic that either of these men lived, let alone both. This is another piece of old nascar footage from Daytona. It was also shot in 1960, like the large wreck of...
Mayfield In Court, Judge Confused About Brian France’s Address
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
As we reported yesterday, the legal teams representing former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield and the sanctioning body were in court today to settle differences in opinion about sharing information...
Breaking News: Bob Tasca Sr., Legendary Ford Dealer and Performance Icon, Has Passed Away
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The patriarch of the Tasca Family, the creator of both the Ford Thunderbolt, and Cobra Jet Mustang, the man who nearly single handedly brought John Force into the Ford fold, and the man who fostered...
Henry Ford Museum Pops The Hoods of Display Cars
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Henry Ford museum has a section called Automobiles in American life, and since 1987, all the cars in that section have been on display with their hoods closed. Museum officials have decided to...
eBay Auction for Boyd Coddington’s Last Project Car Ends Today
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
On New Years Eve we reported that the French Connection, the last car to come from the shop of Boyd Coddington, was being sold on eBay. That auction ends today, and we know you’ll be watching....
Vintage NASCAR-nage Video: 37-Car Wreck at Daytona in 1960
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We seem to be on a bit of a nostalgia NASCAR video hot streak lately. This footage is truly killer. It was shot at a 250-mile Modified race run at Daytona in 1960. The field consisted of 73 different...
Don Prudhomme Retires From Drag Racing
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The storied, 47-year career of drag racing legend Don “The Snake” Prudhomme has drawn to a close. In an announcement that was made on Thursday, January 7, Prudhomme thanked his fans and...
Craigslist Pick: When Custom Paint Goes Wrong
Jan 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
When we saw photos of this four-door 1957 Chevy for sale in New Jersey we flashed back to a strange time in history called the 1990s. During that time, it was acceptable and in some cases encouraged...
Video: The Coolest NASCAR Film of All Time
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Bar none, end of story, this video featuring clips from NASCAR racing in the 1960s is the coolest stock car racing video we have ever seen. There’s Ford FEs running with the valve covers off,...
Action In the Jeremy Mayfield Case Scheduled for Thursday
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
On Thursday, the legal teams for NASCAR and Jeremy Mayfield have to meet with a Federal judge due to some issues with the discovery phase of the lawsuit. Basically, the NASCAR attorneys are claiming...
Old Time Carnage Video: Ancient Stock Car Flies Off Track and Wipes Out Grandstand
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
All we really have to work with on this video is the date, which is 1960 and the place, which is Darlington Speedway. Let’s just say that it was a bad day to be sitting in the elevated...
NASCAR Scene Weekly Publication Bites the Dust
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
NASCAR Scene, which for nearly 30 years has been the weekly publication of record covering the world of stock car racing, is no more. The vast majority of the staff was laid off on Tuesday and word...
GM Chief On Saab: Pay Up, Sucka
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re liking GM Chairman Ed Whitacre more and more. He’s been rip-roaring through the management ranks at the General, replacing the old guard with new people who want to light a fire...
War on Racetracks: Social Circle Residents Form Opposition Group to Proposed Drag Strip
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Nattering nabobs in Social Circle, Georgia, trying to protect what must be the last utopian community in America, have formed an opposition group to lobby against a proposed drag strip project in the...
