Original Mercury 7 Astronaut Scott Carpenter Dies At 88 Years Old
And then there was one. 92-year old John Glenn stands as the last living member of the original Mercury 7 with the passing of Scott Carpenter on October 10th. Carpenter was the fourth American in...
Project Violent Valiant: A Mopar Powered Pro Touring Ass Kicker That Is Anything But Nice!
We’re proud to announce that BangShift will be teaming up with the talented guys at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Addison, Illinois to bring your the full blow by blow account of the build of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Non-Internet Automotive Information Resource?
While it is true that the internet can provide an answer for virtually any question you can dream up (automotive or otherwise), sometimes firing up the ol’ Google machine and punching keys...
Incredible Craigslist Find: A 1979 Dodge D-50 Truck – Motor In Cab, Driver Sits In Bed, Thing Hauls!
One of the many reasons that the BangShift readership rules all others is because whenever you see something in your internet or physical travels you whack a photo, save the link, and then send it to...
Car Show Gallery: The Space City Cruisers Car Show – League Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more Wickam action! You know it has finally cooled off in Texas because the shows and races are going full bore and Charles literally cannot...
Check Out Our Gallery From Day Of The Drags 2013 – Nostalgia Perfection!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Every year about this time we get sore with Charles Wickam. Why? Mainly because he is at Little River Dragway in Texas for the Kontinentals Day of the Drags and we...
Is This The World’s Smallest Electronically Fuel Injected Engine? 100% Scratch Built By Hand And MegaSquirt Brains! (Video)
This video is heading around the internet like wildfire and for good reason. It features a 100% scratch built 45cc V8 engine that is electronically fuel injected. If that isn’t awesome enough,...
The Aussies Have A Two Seat Top Fuel Dragster – This Is Not A Flipping Drill! (Video)
We’ve long reveled at the awesome Powercruise shows that go down in Australia and at a couple locations here in the USA. Sadly we haven’t been able to attend one ourselves, but we sure...
Throwdown In T-Town LIVE Broadcast: Saturday Replay Available Now!
UPDATE: Watch all of Saturday’s action without some of the downtime! Pro Mods, Outlaw Doorslammers, Outlaw 10.5, Drag Radial and Much More! This Friday and Saturday we’ll be live...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Dead Car Company Would You Bring Back to Life With One Billion Dollars?
The list of dead car companies is damned long. Some of the names are infamous like Yugo. Some of the names are legendary like Duesenberg and nearly all of them are lamented by legions of devoted...
100 Photos of Chevy Novas!
The Chevy Nova is a staple at car shows, drag strips, cruise nights, autocrosses, and anywhere that car guys are getting together with their classic American iron. Hell, my dad still races the 1970...
BangShift Blog Archive: We Interview EJ Potter, The Michigan Madman
(Editor’s note: We ran this piece on EJ Potter back in 2010- We’re running it again today because we were thinking of EJ yesterday when the dude wiped out on the V8 bike in the vide we...
FREE REPLAY Of Our Interview With Pro Mod Drivers, And Track Owners, Martin And Haney
That’s right folks, tonight we’ll be starting our LIVE Streaming Video broadcast of the Throwdown in T-Town with an hour (or more) of fun with Pro Mod drivers Todd Martin, Keith Haney,...
