Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
Event Coverage: Wednesday at the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week, Including a 262-MPH Truck!
OK, you readers, I admit I am totally wiped right now. While the cool guys are out at the 200 MPH Club banquet tonight, I’m still pounding out all the coverage I can on the 2009 Bonneville...
Team Nish Still in the Hunt for Top Speed at 2009 Speed Week
The 2009 SCTA/BNI Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats is slowly drawing to a close as teams set records, blow up, or just plain fail. Meanwhile, the fastest cars of Bonneville are still in a...
Barnstormin’: I’m a Clunker-holic
I can’t say that I pride myself on being a champion of the environment or even really ever going out of my way to save trees, dolphins, owls, or any other limited edition woodland creature....
Mendy Goes to Hollywood: Mendy Fry Behind-the -Scenes Footage of SCE Gaskets TV Commercial Shoot
We got tipped off to this bit of coolness by our pal Cole Coonce. This is video of a television commercial shoot involving Mendy Fry, the acclaimed Fuel Dragster and Funny Car pilot from California....
Website of the Week: Photographic History of Virginia International Raceway
We’re suckers for vintage photos around here and especially if they are of the drag race or road race variety. This awesome set of photos, specifically related to the history of Virginia...
Craigslist Nugget: “Rulingest Car Ever”
Some people truly know how to sell. It’s all about the eye-catching title of your ad on Craigslist and the dude selling this really clean Nova pulled out all the stops with the invention of the...
Video: Take a ride in a 235-MPH Corvette
Ed and Linda Van Scoy have been racing their C4 Corvette at Bonneville for 15 years. It has gotten Ed into the Bonneville 200-MPH Club, and has held several records. All of that experience clearly...
AP Editorial Says GM Must Concentrate on Cars. We Say No, Really?
Today’s Captain Obvious Award goes to the Associated Press, which ran a story entitled, “GM has to Focus on Its Cars to Boost Sales.” You don’t say! The story then goes on to...
Great Rant: Peter De Lorenzo’s Take on the Woodward Dream Cruise and What Detroit Means to The Auto Industy
We’ll admit that lots of times we do not exactly agree with all that Autoextremist’s Peter De Lorenzo has to say. He’s a guy who grew up in the auto industry and spent many years...
Video: Gary Hart’s 248-mph Studebaker Blows a Turbo at Speed
Blowing up a turbo isn’t good. It’s really not good at over 200 mph. Running a car at Bonneville Speedway is a lot like putting your engine through a 2 minute dyno pull, which means you...
Event Coverage: Tuesday at the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week
It was another long day for BangShift.com at the 2009 SCTA/BNI Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats, as we tore all over the Salt to bring you a photo gallery of all the action from Tuesday. The...
Poteet and Main Speed Demon Streamliner runs 387 at Bonneville Speedweek 2009
When we arrived at Bonneville Speedway on Saturday for the start of the 2009 SCTA/BNI Speed Week, it was no surprise that the team of Poteet and Main had the first car on the line to make a pass....
BREAKING NEWS: Yahoo! GM Unveils Product Plans, 2014 Camaro Included!
Today, GM held a press conference announcing its short term product release plans and they included a mention about the Camaro being “freshened” in the 2014/2015 model year. This is good...
Chrysler Boosting Truck Production; Cash for Clunkers to Blame?
With the recent news that the Cash for Clunkers program is spurring on the sales of trucks and SUVs more than it is for economy minded cars, we got to thinking when we heard that Chrysler was ramping...