BangShift 2015 Photo Highlight Reel: Nutting’s Favorite Moments
I love writing these “year in review” pieces, mainly because it gives me an excuse to go back through my photos and blog items from the last twelve months and remember how many awesome...
In Memoriam: Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, Cornerstone Of The Band Motörhead, Has Passed On
Anyone who knows rock music only needs to hear the name “Lemmy” to know who is being talked about: long black hair, mutton chops, handlebar mustache, a couple of big moles, and a voice...
The “WTF?” Files: Man Tries To Time-Travel With A Dodge Challenger, Takes Out Businesses Instead
(Photos: WEAR-3, Florida) In the Back To The Future franchise, Doc Brown and Marty McFly use a DeLorean DMC-12 on steroids to travel through time. In the movie, it looked awesome and sounded...
Roadkill! The Guys Take Their Circle-Track Racer And Slap Most Of A Monte Carlo On Top, Then Street-Drive The Whole Thing!
It is honestly quite impressive that Finnegan and Freiburger actually had a car that the legal team at TEN refused to let them drive on the street. A few years ago, they had bought an amateur-level...
Best Of 2015: The One Chevy Lumina Z34 That You Do Not Want To Provoke – It’s Really A 4th Gen Trans Am! Meet The Z57 Lumina!
Does anybody really remember the Chevrolet Lumina with positive feelings? Nope, not really. The new-for-1990 Lumina, in coupe form anyways, was the replacement for the G-body Chevrolet Monte Carlo,...
Best Of BangShift: The 2015 Mopar Hemi Challenge – Indy’s Most Awesome Battle
Over the six day span that is the Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals, I get to do some cool stuff but the coolest is announcing the Mopar Hemi Challenge alongside Herb McCandless. “Mr....
No-Prep Explosion: March San Antonio Event Has $50,000 For Big Tire Cars And $10,000 For Small
There’s a large contingent of you out there in reader-land who believe that “no-prep” racing is a dumb idea and that it is the current flavor of the week when it comes to drag...
Best Of 2015: Here’s A Proper Barn Find: A Turbonique T-16 Rocket Go Kart Was Found In A Barn In Alberta
Turbonique only existed because the rule book and safety manual were both thrown out of the window when Gene Middlebrooks started screwing around with monopropellant thrust systems. This...
Rusty Riches? Would You Throw Down $5,000 For This 1972 Challenger “Project”? Someone Did
For starters don’t think that the tone of this item is against the guy selling the car. Far from it. The seller here had a ton of clean photos, an upfront approach, and made no bones about the...
Inexperienced, Undereducated Truck Driver Destroys Indiana Bridge Built In 1880
(Photos and statement by Orange County Indiana Law Enforcement) – When engineers designed the iron bridge in Paoli they tried to account for lots of things. Unfortuantely they could not...
THE Original Goodguy Is Gone: Gary Meadors, Goodguys Founder, Has Passed.
It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Gary Meadors, the Founder and Chairman of Goodguys Rod and Custom Association died suddenly today. When I got the news this afternoon I found myself...
Best of BangShift: This Incredible Boat Is Powered By A Supercharged Allison V1710 Aircraft Engine
No one does over the top excess like serious boaters and boat builders. Over the years we have posted about some boats here at BangShift but this thing is absolutely in a class by itself and likely...
Best Of BangShift 2015: What To Do With A 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara During The Winter From Hell
(Photos and snow to the face by Dave Nutting) – I’m by no means an overly intelligent guy but when the chance to nab the keys to a 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara presented...
Plant Tour: A Visit To FK Rod Ends And Fragola Performance Systems – Making Components In The USA The Right Way
Sometimes even the best laid plans take a while to play out and because of Ma Nature’s open assault on the New England area this winter, it took way too long for me to make the couple hour...
