Illinois Drag Racer Gets the Call of a Lifetime From Qatari Sheik
It sounds like something out of the movies. Illinois drag racer Alex Hossler, who runs a totally bad ass Camaro Pro Mod, was called by Qatari Sheik Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani who asked Alex to run in...
GM to Recall Corvettes Due to Potential for Roof to Fly Off
Imagine the horror. You’ve just put on freshly pressed slacks, a brand new sweater, and your golf shoes are all polished up. You kiss the missus on the cheek and zip off with your clubs in the...
Pipe Dream? Delayed Alabama Track Still Hopes for 2011 Opening
So many times we lament whiny neighbors, draconian laws, and stupid local politics for blocking progress on new race track projects, but it seems that as many stories as we see about that stuff, we...
End of the Line for Venerable Yates Cylinder Head in NASCAR
If you’ve been racing a Ford product in NASCAR competition since 1992, you have been running the Robert Yates designed cylinder heads and intake manifold. The heads, which were originally...
2009: Bad Year for Cars
We’re not breaking any news here when we tell you that 2009 was just about the worst year in the modern history of selling cars. Aside from Ford climbing out of the ashes and starting to make...
Carnage Video: Failed Burnout Leads to Massive Clutch Explosion
Clutch explosions are among the most horrific examples of automotive component failures. Few things attached to a car have the ability to cause more instant carnage, to things both mechanical and...
EBay Find: Restored 1992 Camaro Cop Car
We were tipped to the eBay auction of this pristine 1992 Chevy Camaro BC4-package cop car by BangShift.com forum memember MR4Speed. The car was an active unit in Utah for most of its life before...
Saab: Is it Over Yet?
Saab, depending where you get your news from, is either dead or not quite dead. The Spyker company is still putting out releases that it is expecting to hear word from GM about the last offer to...
The Very Best of BangShift.com in 2009
This web site has been live for a little over a year and has been called BangShift.com for just 10 months. In that time it has grown from an idea into a place that has been visited 900,000 times....
Gary Densham Heads To Australia in Nostalgia Nitro Flopper
Gary Densham, a stalwart on the NHRA Funny Car trail, has, after several years of struggling hunting for cash to run the NHRA tour, taken to racing his nostalgia Camaro Funny Car. He’s sending...
Was This The Coolest Dirt Track Race Ever?
We have to thank BangShift.com forum member Mr4Speed for the tip on this item about an amazing dirt track race that took place back in 1959 at Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. The item was posted...
Motor City Motors Debuts at 10:00 PM Tonight on Discovery
Motor City Motors, a new show brought to you by the same people who did Monster Garage, debuts at 10:00 pm on the Discovery Channel tonight. The show is set in Detroit and will highlight the talent...
Cool Trucks! The Vehicles of the Poles
The Polar ice caps are awful places to spend time. Not that we’ve actually done it, but since we managed to pass fifth grade geography (on the third try no less) we know that the weather is...
IHRA Brings Back Top Sportsman and Top Dragster Quick 8s at National Events
For those of you not up to speed with the drag racing classes known as Top Dragster and Top Sportsman, they are the quickest and fastest Sportsman classes in the world. They are unique in the fact...
