Craigslist Find: A Nicely Done 1989 Cammer-motored ‘Stang
We’re starting to come around to the whole, “stick a DOHC Cobra motor in a Fox-bodied Mustang” thing. Even if just for the crowd reactions at car shows and the strip, it’s...
Speedway Motorsports Announces First Quarter Earnings
It’s safe to say that the racetrack business is still profitable, but not as much as it was in 2009. Speedway Motorsports Inc, otherwise known as O. Bruton Smith’s company, made a pile of...
Ridetech Announces Cool Power Tour Shirt Offer
The boys at Ridetech are at it again! If you’ve been around BangShift.com since we first launched you know that Ridetech has been with us from the get go. They’re always thinking up and...
NHRA Says Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Still on For Beech Bend Raceway
The NHRA has announced that the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is still on for Father’s Day weekend and will be held at the currently submerged Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green,...
Weirdly Cool Video: A Monster Truck Event in Time Lapse Photography
We admire people with artistic talent and vision. Since ours kind of stunted after we were introduced to finger painting, it’s our sworn duty to highlight the works of people who do neat stuff....
Carnage Video: Mustang Pole Vault Attempt
Let’s face it, we are at the dragstrip more than anyone but the touring pros, so it only makes sense that we’ve seen a lot of funny and weird things go down while at the track. One that...
Indiana State Troopers Get Hemi-fied
In what seems to be a growing trend among police forces across the country, the Indiana State Police have opted to purchase a bunch of Dodge Charger police package cars for their officers. The...
Neat Old Truck Ad: Introducing the 1953 Ford F800 Dump Truck
We have unabashed love for old medium- and heavy-duty trucks, so when we saw this ad for the 1953 Ford F-800, we had to share it. Using the construction of the New York Thruway as the backdrop, this...
Event Coverage: Source Interlink Von Fink’s Squirrel Hair Panel Jam
Scott Liggett, one of our ace BangShift.com photographic contributors, recently attended the Source Interlink Media Von Fink’s Squirrel Hair Panel Jam Charity Car Show at the SIM’s El...
Willow Springs International Motorsports Park Adds Timing System to Street-Legal Drag Strip
We must have missed the memo because we had no idea that Willow Springs, the famous road course in Rosamond, California, actually ran street legal drags on a 1,000-foot drag strip comprised of the...
Historic Dick Landy Photos Unearthed
Our pal Darr Hawthrone of MoparMax (and other fine web publications) shot us a heads up about an awesome piece that he just published showing a collection of never-before-seen Dick Landy photos. In...
Chevy Suburban Turns 75 Years Old; Doesn’t Look a Day Over 60
Yesterday, GM celebrated a neat milestone. The venerable Chevrolet Suburban turned 75 years-old and held onto the title of the longest continuously produced model in the USA. Undoubtedly you’ve...
Crazy eBay Find: 1987 Sport King Boaterhome
When we were tipped off to the auction of a 1987 Sport King Boaterhome on eBay, our first question was, “What the hell is a boaterhome?” The honest answer is, a boaterhome is the coolest...
