California Woman Left Marooned By NASCAR Reality Show
Jan 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Reality television strikes again. The show NASCAR Angels has a crew running around the country repairing cars for people on a three-day deadline. But a woman in California who appealed to the...
We Tour DMC Racing: Turbocharged Gearhead Nirvana
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
DMC Racing is loacted in Halifax, Massachusetts, and has developed a reputation as one of the premier small-tire drag race car builders in the eastern half of the country. The spotless, humongo shop...
Killer Video: Russian Truck Racing
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
This is the total embodiment of the old adage, “people will race anything.” We’re taking you on a trip to the Russian countryside to check out some awesome racing action, complete...
Bad Idea: Student Driver Wrecks Car During Lesson In Snow Storm, Instructor in Critical Condition
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Sometimes you just have to shake your head at the decisions people make. A Haverhill, Massachusetts driving instructor, has been hospitalized in critical condition after a student he was instructing...
Shocker: Ford Sales Up 30% in December
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Good news for fans of the Ford brand. Sales jumped 30% in December and magically, incentive spending dropped. This is a suprisingly good sign and another tell tale that the company has a strong and...
Video: Drunk Driver Drags a Coke Machine Behind His Car
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re guessing that this came from New Years Eve, the red-letter day for drunk driving. Maybe the guy was on his way to find a pallet full of rum to go with his Coke. Source: Failblog.org...
Will Schumacher Be An F1 Title Contender in 2010?
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve been keeping an eye on the press surrounding the return of Michael Schumacher to the Formula One mix in 2010. To say that this guy is treated like some sort of living god in the European...
Mustang Outsells Camaro for 2009
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
In the July 2009 issue, Car and Driver magazine announced that the Mustang had won the Pony Car wars in terms of performance, even with more than a hundred less horsepower then the Camaro. It looks...
Preview Video: Short Track Racing Reality Show Debuts on the History Channel This Sunday
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Sunday night, January 10, the History Channel will debut “Madhouse,” a reality series based around the racing and personalities at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
Video: The Public Execution of a Detroit Diesel
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
This is a strange video, but one that’s morbidly entertaining. It shows a Detroit Diesel of unknown displacement on some sort of test stand in front of the crowd of people. Those people are...
RacingJunk Find: Neat 1965 Altered Wheelbase Plymouth
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
This killer 1965 altered-wheelbase Plymouth that we found for sale on RacingJunk.com seems to be a recreation as the seller does not mention any racing history nor does he cite any famous drivers in...
Shop-a-holic: We Tour The Bat Cave Body Shop
Jan 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Bat Cave. That legendary spot that Bruce Wayne parked the Batmobile in. No one knew where it was or how to find it. That pretty much sums up the situation with an awesome body shop operation we...
Ranking the Top 11 High Performance Fords From the Last Decade That You Have to Own
Jan 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We Americans can’t seem to get enough of ranking lists. It must be in our collective cultural DNA. Even though a good case can be made that the decade of “the Noughties” does not...
Killer Nose Art and History From Velasco Enterprises
Jan 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We pride ourselves on being not just car geeks, but also American history geeks. We have a special admiration for the men and women of the so called “Greatest Generation” who fought so...
