Category Archive: BangShift News
Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Cheetah
Bill Thomas had the answer to Carroll Shelby’s Cobra in his head, all he needed was someone to provide some backing and support in order for him to be able to construct it. Due to the...
Book Review: Infinity Over Zero
Cole Coonce (who recently became a member of our forums) penned Infinity Over Zero, a tome about the history of land speed racing. It’s something that every enthusiast of the genre should have...
The Lohnes Wreck Files: Altered vs. Tree
For this week’s installment I do not have video or good photos (the photo above is not even the incident I’m talking about), but in many ways the story stands on its own. Long story...
USF1 Wants to Test Danica Patrick
This could get very interesting to say the least. Ken Anderson, one of the guys behind the US Formula One effort admitted that he is interesting having Danica Patrick make some test laps for their F1...
Barnstormin’: Taking the Heroes Down a Peg
Is it me or does it sometimes seem like we have an odd relationship with our heroes? We can celebrate their accomplishments and achievements but often it seems that we take the same glee in pointing...
eBay Picks of the Week: Hemi Edition!
This week has been a good one on eBay, and it made the choice for our Pick of the Week a tough one. Everything from ex-Pro Stockers, sand-drag Jeeps, straight-axle Novas, and Pro Stock intakes got my...
Monday Time Killer: American Racing History
We consider ourselves kind of impervious to some of the stuff we post on here. Lots of the Monday Time Killers in the past are sites we have already spent too many hours on, so when we run them,...
Chadmouth: The People and Events that Shape Our Personal Car-centric World
Spending the past week surrounded by new and old Mustang Cobra Jets, reading recent blog items about 2010 Camaros getting built, and hearing news about new dragstrips opening has got me thinking...
New Gallery: Wheels-Up Action From the 2009 Winternationals
Need your wheels up launch fix for the day? Not going to get it anywhere else? Well we’ve got you covered. Our recent visit to the 2009 Kragen Oreilly NHRA Winternationals gave AV Kid Dustin...
General Motors Might File For Chapter 11
This just in from Reuters: CHICAGO (Reuters) – General Motors Corp, nearing a Tuesday deadline to present a viability plan to the U.S. government, is considering as one option a Chapter 11...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Dallas Raceway is Opening Soon!
Our normal Friday excuse to go home early and drink has been aimed at a reason to drown our sorrows, but in keeping with the celebratory nature of Brian’s story last week about new 2010 Camaros...
New NHRA Television Ads
NHRA has released six new television ads for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and they are very, very cool. High production values, beautiful footage, and great editing lead to five...
Motorized Freak of the Week: Bill Dunlap’s A/Fuel Dragster
When is an A/Fuel injected-nitro dragster a motorized freak? Actually, all the time, but especially when the guy driving it is sitting closer to the front wheels than the rear wheels. We got to see...
Regional Aftermarket Chain Store Autobacs Files For Chapter 11
Autobacs, a chain of auto parts stores that specialize in aftermarket parts, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing extremely slow sales and mounting debts, according to the Reuters...