FBI Searches Ford HQ After Employee Bugs A Conference Room. No, Really, It Happened.
Jul 28, 2014Bryan McTaggart7
This one sounds like it came directly from the Watergate files. A former Ford employee, 43 year old Sharon Leach, had her home raided by the FBI in June. Among items seized were computers, portable...
Chryslers At Carlisle 2014: Sweet Wagons, Vans, and Trucks – The Coolest Of The Cool
Jul 28, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our man Grippo was on the scene recently at the famed Chryslers at Carlisle show where some of the coolest, most rare, unique, and sought after Chrysler products...
Holley To Sponsor National Corvette Museum’s New Racetrack Control Tower Building – Will They Let Us In?
Jul 28, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Holley To Sponsor National Corvette Museum’s New Racetrack Control Tower Building – Will They Let Us In?
Chad and I got super excited when we heard that Holley and the National Corvette Museum had reached an agreement that will see Holley’s name proudly displayed as the sponsor of the new state of...
STARTING TOMORROW: The Salt Flats Of Salduro – Our Incredible Series Documenting The First Racing At Bonneville, 100 Years Ago
Jul 28, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Starting tomorrow, we’ll begin publishing the first installment of the longest, most involved, and most detailed series of stories we have ever run on BangShift. Penned by Bret Kepner and...
KABOOM! Watch This Tractor Suffer A Violent And Fiery Explosion While Dragging The Sled
Jul 28, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on KABOOM! Watch This Tractor Suffer A Violent And Fiery Explosion While Dragging The Sled
When Jason Fuqua put the hammer down in the cockpit of his Tennessee Tracks tractor, things were looking up. The machine was moving ahead, the nose was coming up ever so slightly, and he looked to be...
Somernites Cruise Action: Cars, Cruising, And Americana In The Heart Of Kentucky
Jul 28, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Somernites Cruise Action: Cars, Cruising, And Americana In The Heart Of Kentucky
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We had been wanting to visit Somernites for a long time and just hadn’t. The car hasn’t been anywhere yet this year because post-rebuild leaks. We...
NTPA Mule City 300 Pull – Action Photos From Galot Motorsports Park Where It All Happened
Jul 28, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on NTPA Mule City 300 Pull – Action Photos From Galot Motorsports Park Where It All Happened
(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – We have been telling you about the heavy duty work going on at Galot Motorsports Park in regard to the drag strip the is being revived on the property but...
Meet The Newest BangShift Project, “Angry Grandpa”, And Check Out The First Mod: A Cat-Back Magnaflow System!
Jul 28, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
After running my 2006 Chrysler 300C at London Dragway in Kentucky, I drove away both very impressed and wanting more. The big barge had turned better times than I was expecting; honestly, instead of...
Predictable Move: Hellcat Challenger 001 Off Assembly To Be Auctioned At Barrett-Jackson (Charity Gets Dough, So It Is All Good)
Jul 28, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Remember back in the good old days…like 10 years ago when new cars would come out and arrive at the dealers to be driven off by happy new owners? Remember when THAT used to be the chain of...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Dog Days Of Summer And The Unenjoyable Results Of The Heat
Jul 28, 2014Bryan McTaggart4
With temperatures hovering in the mid-90s, humidity at full steam, and the only relief coming in the form of a thunderstorm, summer is wearing out the locals around here. I, for one, only bitch about...
If You Have Ever Wondered What A Pulling Tractor On Asphalt Wearing Slicks Would Look Like, Here’s Your Answer
Jul 27, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Being that it is Sunday morning and I am surfing the internet for fun videos of stuff that may entertain you, finding a mini-modified tractor on drag slicks, pulling a sled on asphalt and essentially...
Holy Smokes! This 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Pro Stocker Is Completely Unrestored, Exactly As it Was Raced, And For Sale
Jul 27, 2014Brian Lohnes9
So I have basically turned this into “Stuff For Sale Sunday” at this point but frankly, these links keep coming to me and they contain cars and trucks that are so freaking cool I have...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Killer Photos From The Pits – What An Event!
Jul 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Killer Photos From The Pits – What An Event!
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – And we have finally come to the end of a literal week of coverage from the 2014 Meltdown Drags that were held at Byron Dragway in Illinois. We’ve...
Someone In England Has Built A Rolls Royce Turbine Powered Mini-Van – You Can Buy It, You Should Buy It
Jul 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Someone In England Has Built A Rolls Royce Turbine Powered Mini-Van – You Can Buy It, You Should Buy It
In this situation, there’s only one tactful and polite thing to do and that is to buy this Renault van with a Rolls Royce Viper turbine mounted in the back. The van is for sale in England, the...












