BangShift Reader Garage of the Week: An Ass-Kicking 1923 Ford Track-T
Jun 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the most recent additions to the throngs of BangShift member garages is that of a dude named DeckOfficer. He happens to own a very pissed off 1923 Ford Track-T that is capable of turning heads...
Video Tribute: Todd Gartshore, the Face and Co-Founder of Baer Brakes, passed away this weekend.
Jun 28, 2011Chad ReynoldsMISC, Videos
If you spent any time around Todd Gartshore, you learned a few good things. He had great sayings, told awesome jokes, and turned on his spokesperson face whenever it was needed. He would not write up...
Video: Racer Bobby Regester Wrecks His Sunbird off the Side of Pikes Peak
Jun 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Long story short, Bobby Regester lost the handle on his Pontiac Sunbird on the wrong corner at Pikes Peak. There was no guardrail or barrier to protect him from a sickening wreck that sent the car...
Ohio Man Charged with Multiple Felonies For Trying to Sell 1965 Chevelle as an Authentic Z16
Jun 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
An Ohio man is facing up to eight years in prison if convicted of the four different felonies he has been charged with in conjunction with an eBay auction of a 1965 Chevelle. The man was trying to...
Freaking Insane On-Board Video: Monster Tajima’s Record Lap Up Pikes Peak
Jun 28, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
If anyone sitting at home thinks that they have the chops to break the new record at Pikes Peak, this video will probably cure you of those aspirations. We were tipped off to it by Bangshift photo...
10-Minute Barrier Brokean at Pikes Peak, Monster Tajima Owns Mountain Again, More Pavement Coming
Jun 27, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The old man they call “Monster” broke what is probably the last significant performance barrier at Pikes Peak on Sunday, wheeling a highly modified Suzuki (YUCK!) SX4 up the mountain in...
Incredible Wreckage Video: A Trans-Am Camaro Hits the Tire Wall at More than 150mph and Launches Out of Track
Jun 27, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Gunter Schaldach is probably still sore today, but that’s small potatoes compared to what could have happened to him after suffering one of the more horrifying road racing crashed of the last...
Great Cruise Gallery: The Hot Rod Magazine Cruise Night – El Segundo, California
Jun 27, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Scott Liggett, our embedded photo contributor in the Southern California area recently attended the first Hot Rod Magazine cruise night at the mag’s HQ in El Segundo, California. We’ve...
Nightmare Photos: Lady Crashes Lexus Into Car Show – Wrecks Show Cars
Jun 26, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our pal Berserko Bob sent us an e-mail laden with a collection of horrifying photos from a California car show/cruise night gone very wrong. When the first one we saw was a late model Lexus virtually...
Click here to Watch the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb LIVE!
Jun 26, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is going on NOW and there is live video from “the hill”! The racing just got going, so grab a snack, a beer, a soda, or anything else you need...
Bill Caswell Wrecks at Pikes Peak – Walks Away – Car Destroyed
Jun 25, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Bill Caswell suffered a tough wreck on Friday during practice for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. His homebuilt BMW entered a virtual hairpin turn flat out in fourth gear and then tried to bury itself...
Barnstormin’: The Maverick that Tried to Kill Me
Jun 24, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Editor’s note —- This item ran about two years ago, and I was reminded of it last weekend at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion as the track crew struggled to get the 330′...
NASCAR EFI UPDATE: Testing Dates Expanded, Some Details Start to Emerge
Jun 24, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
More details and information regarding the EFI systems that Sprint Cup cars will be equipped with have emerged with a recent piece on a San Antonio, Texas based blog. In a story that was primarily...
Bitchin’ Video: Dry Hops and Nitro Cackle From OCIR in the Early 1980s
Jun 24, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We got tipped off to this video by a BangShift reader and it rules all. Featuring the nitro floppers of Billy Meyer and Jim Dunn circa 1982 at the dead Orange County International Raceway, it shows...
