COURTNEY FORCE ANNOUNCES TRAXXAS SPONSORSHIP FOR ROOKIE SEASON IN NITRO FUNNY CAR
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Courtney Force announced today that she will field a nitro Funny Car with the backing of Traxxas remote control vehicles on the 2012 NHRA tour. She will of course be a part of the massive John Force...
CORVETTE DAYTONA PROTOTYPE QUICKEST IN DAYTONA 24 HOURS TESTING!
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
For the first time in the 50 years history of the 24 Hours of Daytona there will be Corvette bodied machines competing in Daytona Prototype category and it looks like they’ll be bringing the...
ROBBIE GORDON FACING DQ AT DAKAR RALLY – HAS BEEN DRIVING LIKE A MAN POSSESSED
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Robby Gordon, who has been driving his Hummer entry at the 2012 Dakar Rally like a man with his hair on fire is facing a DQ on what seem to be some flimsy grounds, according to several news reports...
AWESOME SHOP TOUR VIDEO: AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT SCOTT SHAFIROFF RACING ENGINES
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
If you are a drag racer or drag racing fan you know the name Scott Shafiroff and more specifically his business, Scott Shafiroff Racing Engines. Scott teamed up with BS to help sponsor our live video...
CAPTION THIS PHOTO: WHAT ARE THESE GUYS SAYING TO EACH OTHER WHILE WRENCHING ON THE JEEP?
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The original Jeep is one of the reasons we’re not a German or Japanese speaking country currently. Tough as nails, maneuverable, and able to traverse virtually every type of terrain it ever...
CLAY MILLICAN TO RUN ENTIRE NHRA SEASON WITH PARTS PLUS SPONSORSHIP
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Clay Millican, the most dominant Top Fuel racer in IHRA history will be running the full 2012 NHRA schedule with packing from the Parts Plus automotive parts distributor network. This will be the...
WATCH CRAZY ARABIAN DUNE RACERS RIP UP THE SAND – NEW TOP FUEL PILOT AL-BALOOSHI AMONG THEM
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION
One of the cooler motor sports we’ve never gotten to see in person is the unique style of sand drags/hill climbs that are contested over in Arabia. These are wild tube chassis trucks with...
SAD NEWS: RIGHT HAND MAN OF DON GARLITS T.C, LEMONS PASSES
Jan 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Tommy “TC” Lemons died yesterday in Ocala, Florida. Lemons was the long time sidekick of Don Garlits and one of the men responsible for sorting out the rear engine Top Fuel Dragster along...
OH BOY: GM MAY SLASH VOLT PRODUCTION – BUILD SLOW SELLING ELECTRIC TO ORDER
Jan 11, 2012Brian LohnesUncategorized
The slow selling Chevy Volt may be built on a made to order basis after June according to various news reports circling the web today. According to GM officials at the North American International...
CAPTION THIS PHOTO: THE FIRST JUNIOR DRAGSTER IN THE WORLD?
Jan 11, 2012Brian LohnesUncategorized
Talk about neat! In this 1939 photo we see a guy named Robert Preston pouring what we assume is fuel into his home built car. According to what we were able to dig up, this little baby had a washing...
WATCH A SHIFTER KART RACER EXPERIENCE A SCARY WRECK FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT ANGLES!
Jan 11, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION
Shifter kart racing is pretty serious business. These little demon like mechanical creatures own the track records at many road courses, are blindingly fast, and can corner like no one’s...
WATCH THE INFAMOUS SWEDISH ICE RACING CAMARO LET IT ALL HANG OUT ON A SNOWY AND ICY COURSE!
Jan 11, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION
It has been a weirdly mild in and around BangShift eastern world HQ this year. We don’t have a flake of snow on the ground and temps have been in the 40s most of the time. Luckily for us,...
AMAZING 1920S ERA, 1900HP SPEED BOAT TO BE AUCTIONED – KILLER AQUATIC HOT ROD!
Jan 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the coolest boat we have ever seen is going to be sold at a Florida auction late this month. The Miss America VIII, built by Garfield Wood and powered by, get this, two Harry Miller built V16...
CAPTION THIS PHOTO: HENRY FORD AND A THRONG OF REPORTERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CIRCA 1938
Jan 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Henry Ford was a genius and one of the greatest industrialists who ever lived, but he was not exactly a people person. He certainly was not a media person, that’s why we were really interested...
