Category Archive: BangShift News
How the NHRA is Weathering the Financial Storm
We would not exactly be breaking news if we told you that the economy sucked like a dealer lot full of mini-vans. When stuff is rocky like this, the strong, creating, and innovative survive. We came...
Mayfield on ESPN: Takes Shots at NASCAR, Admits Career is Over
Jeremy Mayfield appeared on ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Sunday morning. It was his first nationally televised one-on-one interview since being suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for failing a...
Monday Time Killer: The Massive Photo Gallery at RacingSportsCars.com
If you are a fan of sports car racing in all of its myriad of forms, chances are you’ve checked in over at RacingSportsCars.com, as it’s a wealth of info on the subject. Our favorite part...
Friday Excuse to Go Home and Drink: Drinking Leads To Inventing Stuff
For years we’ve bought into the theory that drinking does not exactly increase your level of smarts. There have been a couple incidents involving injuries and fire to back up that line of...
Another Shelby-Licensed Something-Or-Other Sells For $330,000
This week, BangShift.com has had a frenzy of talk about special-edition Mustangs. Well, here’s another one, and to be honest, we can’t really tell what it means that it’s “the...
Great Read: A Short History of the Snake and the Mongoose
You certainly do not need to be a drag racing geek to have heard of the great rivalry between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “Mongoose” McEwen. The two were part of what is...
eBay Pick: 1985 El Camino Sporting a Caddy Bum
This is a confusing piece. isn’t it? Normally people turn stuff into El Caminos by adding a truck like bed. Few people actually modify the Elky to be more car like. The seller of this creation...
Criagslist Pick: Vintage Twin Engine Racing Go Kart
Old go karts are especially neat. First off they weren’t built in China, and secondly, they could have had multiple engines on them like this one that’s for sale in Kansas City. Packing...
Sublime Fail: Man Crashes Self Propelled Recliner Into Car While Drunk
This story may actually top them all. A 61-year old Minnesota man named Dennis LeRoy was sentenced to 180 days in jail for drunk driving. Not news, right? We should probably add the small detail that...
Ford Announces Limited Edition 2010 Boss 302R Factory Race Package
We’ve been talking special edition Ford Mustangs around here lots, and apparently Ford has been listening as they just announced the release of a limited edition 2010 Boss 302R factory race car...
New Ridetech Project Car: a Factory Five Roadster!
BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech always has some cool project going on, and this time company owner Bret Voelkel has picked up one of the hot little Factory Five ’33 Hot Rods for the...
Killer Video: SOHC Ford Floating the Valves at Eight Grand
The is gearhead voyeurism: a look inside the valve cover of a 427 SOHC Ford motor at eight-freakin’-thousand RPM. What you’ll see is valve float. Not wildly bouncing valve float, but a...
Retro-Cool: Drag Racing Online Features Vintage Drag Racing Posters
People collect just about everyting. Our habit is weirdo, basketcase cars, but others like to collect all manner of drag race and hot rod memorabilia. Vintage drag race posters happen to be the focus...
Dart Wants Your Input on a New Ford Cylinder Head Design
Dart Heads has decided to build a fresh, kill-all cylinder head for small-block Fords, and the company is looking for input on design features from racers who really use the stuff. This could be a...