Awesome Read Update: How American Open Wheel Racing Destroyed Itself: The Finale
The inside story of how open wheel racing in America essentially wrecked itself is incredibly riveting, especially when told from the inside out by legendary racing journalist Ed Hinton. We read the...
Rumor: Ford to End Mercury Brand
In what has to be the least shocking rumor regarding the closing of an automotive brand, Ford seem to be getting ready to close down Mercury for good. Making up only about 6% of Ford’s sales...
Craigslist Find: A Weirdo, Homebuilt, Mini Big-Rig
We swear that this stuff finds us. While piling through Craigslist ads in the Pittsburgh area, we found a listing for a truly unique truck. The concept is totally BangShift approved but the actual...
RacingJunk Find: The Baddest 1968 Road Runner Ever
If we told you that we found a Hemi powered Road Runner on RacingJunk.com, you’d shrug and move on. If we told you that Hemi was a 14-71 blown 496ci Keith Black engine, you’d stick...
LIFE Gallery: Neato Kiddie Cars From the Past
Old kiddie cars are cool. Today most vehicles for small children are of plastic construction and move around on power supplied from batteries. That was not the case back in the day, as cars were...
Roger Burgess Forms World-Wide Pro Mod Association, Creates 2011 World Challenge
Roger Burgess, the uber-wealthy and uber-enthusiastic Pro Mod supporter and racer, has formed the World Wide Pro Mod Association and has created an awesome World Challenge race that will be held in...
Crazy Flaming Carnage Video: 18-Wheeler T-Bones Dump Truck
We’ll start with the punchline. According to the Associated Press, neither driver in this massive collision was hurt. We cannot fathom how that is possible because the impact looks like someone...
Interesting Read: A Profile of Top Fuel Racer Antron Brown
For better or for worse, drag racing is the most accessible motorsport in the world. Anything with wheels can run down the strip for glory. While it’s true that top-level competitors need to be...
eBay Gurney-Driven Trans Am Mustang: Not All It Seems? Here’s The Rest of the Story
While all the automotive internet has been aflutter with the announcement of a restored “Dan Gurney” 1969 Mustang Trans-Am racer for sale on eBay, we’ve been scratching our heads a...
Pebble Beach Concours 2010 to Feature Hot Rod Lakesters and Historic Bonneville Racers
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is probably the stuffiest car show in North America. A few years ago the organizers created a class for vintage hot rods and this year it has been announced...
AutoTrader Classics Find: A 1952 Dodge Power Wagon
There are few vehicles more ironic than the mighty Dodge Power Wagon. When we saw this awesome 1952 model for sale on AutoTraderClassics.com, we instantly fell in love. Not counting the original...
Event Coverage: MSD Ignition’s 6th Annual Company Car Show and Picnic
MSD Ignition hosted their 6th annual Company Car Show and Picnic and our company insider Todd Ryden sent us photos. The car count was great, and MSD staffers brought out everything you can imagine...
Indy Gallery: A BangShifter’s Guide To the 2010 Indy 500 Practice
The 2010 Indy 500 is slated to be run this weekend, and while we’re not exactly die hard Indy Car fans, we dig the hell out of cool racing photos. BangShift.com forum member IndyShiftMan (Jeff)...
BangShift.com’s exclusive Hot Rod Power Tour 2010 Coverage presented by Ridetech
We’re going on Hot Rod’s Power Tour 2010! And as you would expect, we are going to be bringing you the latest news, photos, and dirt bigger, faster, and cooler than anyone else on the...
