Category Archive: BangShift News
So You Like the New Camaro? Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
So you really like the looks of the new Camaro? Into its muscular good looks and high performance? You must have been in GM’s latest target group for potential Camaro buyers: gay men....
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wants to Drive an Indy Car; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Since he’s handily dominating the world of NASCAR, Dale Jr. is apparently ready to move onto his next area of conquest, Indy. Oh wait a second, he’s not dominating NASCAR? We naturally...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: Vintage 1935 Dodge Jalopy Race car
With this week’s CraigsList pick we’re headed to the backwoods of Thomasville, North Carolina, where we have located a killer, near prehistoric 1935 Dodge jalopy racer. These are the cars...
Silverado Outsells F150; Tundra Sales Plummet
PickupTrucks.com is reporting that the Chevy Silverado outsold the Ford F-150 in June and the Toyota Tundra suffered a major sales volume dip. Meanwhile, the Nissan Titan is quickly becoming a...
Thanks, Captain Obvious: CNN Tells us How to Spot Unmarked Cop Cars
We’re giving a heartfelt thanks to CNN for publishing this groundbreaking story about unmarked police cruisers and how to spot them while driving. They also give the top speed specs of each...
Cool Old Press Photo: The 1957 Butter Face Lincoln Premier
Recently we showed you an old press photo from our personal archive of the stunning 1957 Lincoln Mark II and the not so stunning 1957 Lincoln Premier. That shot did not give the full fledged view of...
It Came From the Fab Shop: All Hail the Old RV
(By Loren Krussow) – Most car guys like what other people call junk. We can’t walk by a broken transmission lying in the mud without a quick glance to see if we know what kind it is. A...
Video of the Week: 1970 Formula A Action from Lime Rock With Narration from James Garner
It’s 1970, James Garner was one of the coolest dudes on Earth, and one of his screaming V8 open-wheel race cars is pounding the pavement at Lime Rock. What could be better? That’s the...
GM Ditches NHRA Teams
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that, during GM’s bankruptcy hearing on Tuesday, the automaker filed papers to sever ties with four NHRA teams: three Pro Stock operations and one Funny Car...
BangShift.com Welcomes MSD Ignition as Sponsor
Today Chad and I are very proud to introduce MSD Ignition as a sponsor of BangShift.com! MSD has a long history of producing high quality, hard working, American-made ignition parts to the automotive...
International Speedway Corp Posts Loss on Declining Attendance Figures
Your eyes weren’t lying. There has been a lot of exposed aluminum at NASCAR races this season and the financial reporting from International Speedway Corp. proves it beyond a shadow of a...
Carnage of the Week: If You’re Gonna be Dumb…
This week’s carnage is more human than mechanical. It’s a perfect lesson in, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve got to be tough Take a couple of semi-drunken guys, a truck...
Toyota to F1: No Japanese GP at Fuji Speedway in 2010
Toyota announced that it will not host the 2010 Japanese GP at the company owned Fuji Speedway. The economic conditions and the company’s financial situation were cityed as the main reasons for...
Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: The Most Evil Cadillac in the World
We were at Lead East last year, the epic 1950’s themed event held yearly in New Jersey, on a magazine assignment that never saw the light of day. Through the course of the weekend we saw...