Book Review: TV Tommy Ivo – Drag Racing’s Master Showman by Tom Cotter
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: TV Tommy Ivo – Drag Racing’s Master Showman by Tom Cotter
When we were informed several months ago about an upcoming book on the career of “TV” Tommy Ivo and that book was to be written by Tom Cotter, our inner drag geek got very excited. We...
Car Feature: 800 Horsepower 1964 Dodge 330 by Renteria Bros.
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Car Feature: 800 Horsepower 1964 Dodge 330 by Renteria Bros.
Mike Renteria Sr.’s 1964 Dodge 330 makes 800 horsepower out of a 496ci big-block Mopar wedge motor, gets driven and shown regularly, and belongs to a man who is 70 years old. Mike is the father...
eBay Find: A Lunatic Fringe, Street-Legal, 9-second Fiat
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Lunatic Fringe, Street-Legal, 9-second Fiat
This is awesome. A hell-raising 1937 Fiat that runs nines at the strip, has a killer little 327ci small block in it backed by a G-Force transmission, and is street legal. In a move that seems to defy...
Sponsor News: Detroit Speed Joins the BangShift.com family of sponsors.
Mar 03, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Sponsor News: Detroit Speed Joins the BangShift.com family of sponsors.
BangShift.com would like to welcome Detroit Speed and Engineering to the BangShift family of sponsors. We pride ourselves on having the industries best companies as sponsors here at BangShift.com and...
New Sponsor: Optima Batteries Joins BangShift.com!
Mar 03, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Sponsor: Optima Batteries Joins BangShift.com!
BangShift.com is proud to announce that Optima Batteries, The Ultimate Power Source, has joined us as a new sponsor for 2011. BangShift.com and Optima have enjoyed a very strong relationship over the...
BangShift Poll: Do You Care About the Geneva Motor Show?
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Poll: Do You Care About the Geneva Motor Show?
Lots of automotive sites have been flooding the airwaves this week with coverage and glorified press releases from the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. There’s the usual bit of fawning over exotics, wry...
Unmanned Bulldozer in Texas Travels a Mile, Destroys Two Mobile Homes and Wounds House
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Unmanned Bulldozer in Texas Travels a Mile, Destroys Two Mobile Homes and Wounds House
Bulldozers. Mankind has harnessed their power for the forces of good, but occasionally they escape man’s feeble grasp and wreak havoc. Such was the case in Odessa, Texas last week when an...
Video: A BangShift Approved Wheelstander Golf Cart
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: A BangShift Approved Wheelstander Golf Cart
Wheelstanders rank as our favorite drag strip exhibition attractions. Sure, the jets are cool and put on a great show, but damn if we aren’t caught up in the idea of steering a car with the...
Don Schumacher Racing and zMax Dragway Offer NHRA Fans A Neat Hospitality Package
Mar 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Don Schumacher Racing and zMax Dragway Offer NHRA Fans A Neat Hospitality Package
Don Schumacher Racing and zMax Dragway, the house that Bruton built down in Concord, North Carolina, have gotten together to offer a cool hospitality package for fans attending or thinking of...
Splosion Video: A Mud Bogging Lincoln Trar Literally Grenades a Transmission
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Splosion Video: A Mud Bogging Lincoln Trar Literally Grenades a Transmission
Transmissions really bear the brunt of a lot of automotive abuse. Mud bogging may be one of the harshest environs for a slush box to operate in. This video proves that statement in a damned graphic...
Scoundrels: Ohio Couple Busted Stealing From GM Plant and Selling Spoils on eBay
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Scoundrels: Ohio Couple Busted Stealing From GM Plant and Selling Spoils on eBay
A couple in Boardman, Ohio has been indicted by two grand juries on charges that they stole parts from the GM plant in Youngstown and sold them on eBay. Reportedly, police found over 4,400 vehicle...
Aeromotive Giving Away Free A1000 Fuel Pump on Facebook! Enter Now – Drawing on Friday
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Aeromotive Giving Away Free A1000 Fuel Pump on Facebook! Enter Now – Drawing on Friday
Our friends at Aeromotive are giving away one of their industry leading A1000 Fuel Pumps this Friday. All you need to do is jump on their Facebook page, post photos of your junk and tell them how...
Cool Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Take Hot Rod’s Crusher Camaro on a Road Trip to Arizona
Mar 02, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Take Hot Rod’s Crusher Camaro on a Road Trip to Arizona
Hot Rod Magazine’s Crusher Camaro has seen many engine and transmission combinations over the years. The current version is certainly a fan favorite. Decked out in 1980s spec garb and sporting...
Awesome Video: The Trailer for a Documentary on Mike Charlton’s Bucks Down Quest for the Motorcycle LSR Record
Mar 01, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: The Trailer for a Documentary on Mike Charlton’s Bucks Down Quest for the Motorcycle LSR Record
Eastlake, Ohio’s Mike Charlton is a man of action, not empty words. He’s build and ridden his supercharged V8 exhibition drag bike for years. He constructed a jet powered semi-truck for...












