Mad Matt Graves Joins American Powertrain: New Products, Announcements, and More to Come!
I met Matt Graves several years ago at the Car Craft Summer Nationals while standing by the grill and pouring drinks. To say we were fast friends would be like saying french fries like salt....
Driveway Tech: Battling the Stuck Rings on the Monte Carlo – Round 2
In our continuing attempts to be cheapskates and fix our oil burning ’73 Monte Carlo’s 350 spending as little as possible; we decided to try a tried and true solution to our...
ALERT!!!! Stolen Race Car. Please help!
I wish we had more information, but here goes. On Sunday at 2pm local time in Las Vegas, some douchebags pulled into a private lot and stole a fellow racers trailer, race car, golf cart, and...
Vote Now: Ford Racing Facebook Contest Evan Smith vs. Robert Hight
Everyone knows that we love drag racing here at BangShift.com and our boys over at the NMCA/NMRA just sent us this cool announcement, so we are calling on all BangShifters to help them out. NMRA...
DEAD: Ford Kills the Econoline Van – Euro Transit Van Slated To Replace It in 2013
The Ford Econoline van is Dearborn’s latest dead man walking. The line was introduced in 1961 and will conclude with the 2013 model year per Ford’s announcement yesterday. In the place of...
Racing Junk Find: A Vintage Time Capsule 1932 Ford Race Car
Lots of my favorite cars in the history of drag racing came from the Street Roadster class. Now relegated to Competiton Eliminator and lacking virtually all of the character and coolness of the old...
Feds Heap Nine New Charges On Knoll – Court Appearance Today to Determine Mental Competency
The legal woes of Evan Knoll just got exponentially worse. The superseding indictment that we reported about two weeks ago was filed in US District Court yesterday and it appears the government has...
Engine Video: Hear the Crazy 12-Rotor Engine Fire Up and Run!
Last week we told you about and showed you a wild 12-rotor Rotary style engine that was on a stand at the 2011 PRI show. In that blog item we mentioned wanting to hear it run. Well, we no longer...
Yellowstone Drag Strip Set to the Auctioned Tomorrow – Nice Facility Outside of Billings Montana
If you have always wanted to own a functional quarter mile drag strip, tomorrow is your lucky day. Yellowstone Drag Strip in Montana is being sold to the highest bidder. The track is not a property...
Vote for the Best V8 Engine of All Time – Help the Guys at Hot Rod Out!
The guys over at Hot Rod Magazine need your help. They’ve compiled the most detailed and thorough survey about American V8 engines anyone ever has, or probably ever will. The Hot Rod staff is...
Mucking Awesome Video: High Flying Highlights From the Bithlo Hill-n-Hole Races – Huge Trucks in Flight
This video 100% solidified the fact that I need to visit the Bithlo Mud Racing complex next year. This is a highlight reel from the 2.5-ton class at a Hill-n-Hole event. The name does not mean the...
Saab Declared Dead Again: This Time it is Probably True
Like any good brain eating zombie, the Saab brand has been staggering around listlessly for a couple years now. They have not produced a car in months, have not paid their workers in a longer period...
GM Performance Announces Continuation of LSX Challenge Series For 2012
After a successful 2011 run, the four race LSx Challenge series will be back in 2012 per an announcement from GM Performance Parts. The series will comprised of five classes, four of which are heads...
24 Year Old Man Launches Mustang GT Off of a Parking Garage!
We’ve had a busy afternoon in the BangShift news room with tips literally pouring in from all over the world. This one is hot off the presses from Switzerland where a 24-year old man...
