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Category Archive: BangShift News

The Classic American Muscle Invitational At The SCCA Finals Was A Big Success – Additional Event, More Stuff Coming?

A while back we told you that there was going to be a Classic American Muscle autocross invitational held at the SCCA national SOLO Championships this year. Well, the event took place and everyone...

Crash And Burn: Watch As “Skinny Mike” Schwartz Goes For A Wild Ride At The 2014 Time Machine Nationals

“Skinny Mike” Schwartz went for one hell of a ride at the 2014 Time Machine Nationals at Great Lakes Dragway in Wisconsin. Don Besch filmed the accident, and according to him, during...

Okay, Somebody BASE-Jumped With Their ‘Chute PIERCED To His Body. Watch If You Dare.

It’s not like BASE jumping isn’t cringe inducing in it’s own right: You’re cutting the safe zone of parachuting down to the slimmest margin, you’re very close to an...

Ferrari Air Jordans Actually Exist For People Who Collect Shoes.

I will never, ever comprehend “sneaker-heads”. These are people who obsessively collect shoes, usually athletic-type shoes, especially limited editions. A couple of years ago we had the...

Flippin’ RV’s Premieres Tonight At 8 On GAC. If You Dig Vintage Trailers, You Won’t Want To Miss It!

We told you about the new Flippin’ RV’s TV Show a few months ago when they had a pilot on GAC, and because all you BangShifters watched and loved it, the network picked it up and are...

VOTE NOW! Our Buddies At Hammerhead Are In The Running For SEMA’s LaunchPad Competition

While everyone in the country is constantly bitching about manufacturing and innovation being dead in the United States, our buddy Jeff Lee and his dad have thrown caution to the wind and are proving...

Georgia Auto Dealers Association Wants Tesla’s One Store In The State To Lose Their License

Tesla’s “sell directly to the consumer” approach has been grating nerves ever since they started operations. The newest case comes from the state of Georgia, where the one Tesla...

Bad News: Wisconsin Junkyard Troy Auto Parts, Filled With 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s, Iron Closing – 4,000 Cars To Be Crushed

There’s nothing good about this story other than the fact that it is not too late to try and save what little that can be saved from the remains of Troy Auto Parts in East Troy, Wisconsin. The...

BangShift Exclusive: Check Out Our Tour Of Stacey David’s Rattletrap Productions and Gearz Studio!

It’s not like I ever need a reason to go to a car show, but when our buddy Jeff Lee at Hammerhead IRS suggested that I make an appearance at the Fontanel Car Cruise-In, we were intrigued. When he...

More Big Car Greatness: Fords, Lincolns and Mercurys getting a workout

More Big Car Videos for you to enjoy, this time from the Blue Oval camp. Oddly, there isn’t a lot to choose from online. I looked for a bit, I came up with a couple of things, but the biggest...

Barnstormin’: The Big Gone – Lots Of Words, Lots of Fun, and Lots of Hours At The 60th US Nationals

I literally walked into my house about 15 minutes before sitting down to write this Barnstormin’ column and I am still expecting to see an NHRA Division Director tap me on the shoulder and have...

100’s Of Photos From The 32nd Annual Great Labor Day Cruise In Orange County California

The Great Labor Day Cruise in Orange County California is a MUST SEE show here in SoCal. It is NOT just a hang out lawnchair show, although there is plenty of that going on, but it’s truly a...

Mopar Mini Nationals Photos: Cudas, Belvederes, And Mopars Oh My!

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelly) Some people try to stay unbiased when it comes to the big 3 from Detroit. “I love them all,” they say. No matter what they say, everybody has a slight bias...

When One Guy Has An Engine, And One Guy Has A Nostalgia Dragster, It’s Amazing What Two Minutes Can Do. Watch This!

Brad Shaw sent us this cool video from one hell of a fun thrash to put an engine into a Nostalgia Dragster. The front engine dragster belongs to Tony Lee, who had the dragster sitting around with no...