The Parting Shift: Pulling Gears With the Front End in the Sky!
Mar 05, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We’ve been Parting Shift delinquent for the last two weeks, so we wanted to get back into the groove with a good one. This helmet cam video shows Doug Lambeck, racing his A/Stock Automatic...
Video: Parts 1 through 4 of Ridetech’s Johnny Merder Hot Rodding his Grand dad’s 1965 Chevy Pickup
Mar 04, 2011Chad ReynoldsTECH, Videos
Some of us are lucky enough to own a car or truck that once belonged to a beloved family member. And some of those cars and trucks were bought new by said family member. Such is the case with Johnny...
Barnstormin’: Braving the Maine Elements for Diner Food and Cool Cars
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last weekend’s Lohnes family excursion to Owl’s Head Maine was really a fun trip. While my wife may not be a huge car person, she does like to travel and see new places. She also likes to...
Book Review: TV Tommy Ivo – Drag Racing’s Master Showman by Tom Cotter
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
When we were informed several months ago about an upcoming book on the career of “TV” Tommy Ivo and that book was to be written by Tom Cotter, our inner drag geek got very excited. We...
Car Feature: 800 Horsepower 1964 Dodge 330 by Renteria Bros.
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesCar Features, MOPAR, Videos
Mike Renteria Sr.’s 1964 Dodge 330 makes 800 horsepower out of a 496ci big-block Mopar wedge motor, gets driven and shown regularly, and belongs to a man who is 70 years old. Mike is the father...
eBay Find: A Lunatic Fringe, Street-Legal, 9-second Fiat
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This is awesome. A hell-raising 1937 Fiat that runs nines at the strip, has a killer little 327ci small block in it backed by a G-Force transmission, and is street legal. In a move that seems to defy...
Sponsor News: Detroit Speed Joins the BangShift.com family of sponsors.
Mar 03, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift.com would like to welcome Detroit Speed and Engineering to the BangShift family of sponsors. We pride ourselves on having the industries best companies as sponsors here at BangShift.com and...
New Sponsor: Optima Batteries Joins BangShift.com!
Mar 03, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift.com is proud to announce that Optima Batteries, The Ultimate Power Source, has joined us as a new sponsor for 2011. BangShift.com and Optima have enjoyed a very strong relationship over the...
BangShift Poll: Do You Care About the Geneva Motor Show?
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Lots of automotive sites have been flooding the airwaves this week with coverage and glorified press releases from the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. There’s the usual bit of fawning over exotics, wry...
Unmanned Bulldozer in Texas Travels a Mile, Destroys Two Mobile Homes and Wounds House
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Bulldozers. Mankind has harnessed their power for the forces of good, but occasionally they escape man’s feeble grasp and wreak havoc. Such was the case in Odessa, Texas last week when an...
Video: A BangShift Approved Wheelstander Golf Cart
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Wheelstanders rank as our favorite drag strip exhibition attractions. Sure, the jets are cool and put on a great show, but damn if we aren’t caught up in the idea of steering a car with the...
Don Schumacher Racing and zMax Dragway Offer NHRA Fans A Neat Hospitality Package
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Don Schumacher Racing and zMax Dragway, the house that Bruton built down in Concord, North Carolina, have gotten together to offer a cool hospitality package for fans attending or thinking of...
Splosion Video: A Mud Bogging Lincoln Trar Literally Grenades a Transmission
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Transmissions really bear the brunt of a lot of automotive abuse. Mud bogging may be one of the harshest environs for a slush box to operate in. This video proves that statement in a damned graphic...
Scoundrels: Ohio Couple Busted Stealing From GM Plant and Selling Spoils on eBay
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
A couple in Boardman, Ohio has been indicted by two grand juries on charges that they stole parts from the GM plant in Youngstown and sold them on eBay. Reportedly, police found over 4,400 vehicle...
