Hellcat, Now In Screaming Passengers Edition-Charger Will Get Mopar’s Newest Mountain Motor!
This was speculated ever since the Hellcat rumors started spreading around, but now that the SAE paperwork for a Hellcat Charger was discovered, it’s confirmed. Charger mules with the nose...
Historical Crash-Test Footage: You Might Not Want To Watch Your Car Hit The Wall
Here’s how this story goes: I occasionally make fun of Brian’s addiction to all things involving large truck. He just nods and smiles. I take it a step further and call him out over the...
Rough Start: This Lincoln Will Be Waiting For You In Mobile
I’ve been to Mobile, Alabama once. I wasn’t supposed to go out of the hotel that night, but I did…walked about a mile, found a nice jazz joint with some killer food and soaked up...
Bonneville Speed Week 2014: Bonneville By The Numbers – Useful, Useless, Interesting, And Inane Stats For The Salt
With 100 years of racing history being celebrated on the Bonneville Salt Flats this August at SCTA Speed Week, I thought it would be interesting to delve into some of the stuff that can be gleaned...
FBI Searches Ford HQ After Employee Bugs A Conference Room. No, Really, It Happened.
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
(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?
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
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
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
(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
(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!
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)
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
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...
