WEIRD WRECK VIDEO: A HONDA MOUNTS A CADDY INSIDE A PARKING GARAGE!
Jan 06, 2012Brian Lohnes5
You’ve got to feel bad to the owner of the Caddy that was totaled in this strange Massachusetts crash. It was reported the woman drove her 2011 STS to the office, parked in a garage she never...
BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT YOU’VE EVER DONE TO AN ENGINE?
Jan 06, 2012Brian Lohnes9
After seeing the photo of that nuked Hemi, it naturally made us think of crap that we have blown up or been directly involved with the destruction of. Back in college when running the VW road racing...
COOL VIDEO: ACTION FROM THE GOODGUYS DEL MAR AUTOCROSS AND CHAD GETTING ATTACKED WITH PIE!
Jan 06, 2012Brian Lohnes1
So there I was, digging on this really neat video featuring action from the Goodguys Del Mar autocross and BAM! Right there at the end Chad gets attacked with pie. Is there anything better in the...
SAD NEWS: PONTIAC-OAKLAND CLUB INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT DAVID BENNETT PASSES
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on SAD NEWS: PONTIAC-OAKLAND CLUB INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT DAVID BENNETT PASSES
Sad news from the world of Pontiacs today as POCI President David Bennett passed away unexpectedly after taking a fall last week. Bennett has been the president of the organization since 2008 and had...
BANGSHIFT EXCLUSIVE: INAUGURAL LINGENFELTER PERFORMANCE NATIONALS TO HAPPEN AT NORWALK IN SEPT 2012!
Jan 05, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, one of the most fabled and respected high performance car builders in the nation has announced that they will host the Lingenfelter Performance Nationals on...
CHEVY CALLING ALL 8,000 VOLTS BACK TO DEALERS FOR STEEL PLATE INSTALL TO PROTECT BATTERIES
Jan 05, 2012Brian Lohnes6
GM has announced that they will have all 8,000 Chevy Volts currently on the road return to dealerships for the installation of a steel plate that will help to prevent a fire like that which occurred...
AWESOME IN-CAR VIDEO: A THREE GEAR WHEELSTAND!
Jan 05, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Lisa Caldwell is a California bracket racer who loves her Mopar and loves wheelstands. We’re not talking weenie little one foot jobs either, we’re talking bumper dragging, bang a couple...
MOVE OVER SMALLEST, CRAPPIEST CAR IN THE WORLD – THERE IS A NEW SMALLEST, CRAPPIEST, CAR IN THE WORLD
Jan 04, 2012Brian Lohnes11
The Bajaj company of India has introduced a car that is smaller, crappier, slower, and appears to be more unfit for human travel than the current king of those categories, the Tata Nano. Measuring...
BREAKING NEWS: BRANDON BERNSTEIN NAMED DRIVER OF MAV TV/LUCAS OIL DRAGSTER
Jan 04, 2012Brian Lohnes2
One of the most prominent rumors floating around the professional drag racing scene over the last couple of weeks had Brandon Bernstein taking the seat in the second Morgan Lucas Racing team car for...
CRAZY VIDEO: AN IN CAR VIEW OF A HUGE HIGHWAY PILE UP – WARNING BAD LANGUAGE!
Jan 04, 2012Brian Lohnes10
The guys over at Jalopnik posted this wild video earlier today and we were tipped off to it by a reader. WARNING – THERE ARE MULTIPLE F-WORDS USED AND YOU CAN HEAR THEM CLEARLY – WARNING....
RACING JUNK FIND: A TURN-KEY 1966 MUSTANG ROAD RACER
Jan 04, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on RACING JUNK FIND: A TURN-KEY 1966 MUSTANG ROAD RACER
Hey, if we’re talking about suspensions that make classic American cars carve corners, let’s look at one that has been set up to do just that! This 1966 Mustang has been a competitor and...
GLOBAL WEST SUSPENSION SIGNS ON FOR 2012 WITH BANGSHIFT.COM!
Jan 04, 2012Brian Lohnes3
The name Global West needs no introduction, but there may be a few things about them that you didn’t know. Like the fact that they have been in the suspension business for over 30 years. Global...
NOVEL IDEA: FORD TO BEGIN TRANSPORTING NEW CARS TO DEALERS ON TRUCKS IN NEPAL
Jan 04, 2012Brian Lohnes3
There are certain things we take for granted in the automotive world. Stuff like, factory fresh new cars being loaded onto trucks and trains for transport to dealerships. As it turns out, this is...
DRAG GALLERY: THE 2011 BYRON DRAGWAY HANGOVER NATIONALS
Jan 03, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on DRAG GALLERY: THE 2011 BYRON DRAGWAY HANGOVER NATIONALS
It is the second day of 2012 and we’re already hitting you with race galleries! Thanks to lunatic BangShift photog Greg Rourke, we have a nice gallery of photos from the 2012 Hangover Nationals...












