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...
eBay Pick: Crazy 1962 Pontiac Catalina That Never Was
A bubble-top 1962 Catalina is a damn cool car on its own. One packing a developmental all-aluminum 389 engine that was one of 14 built for Mickey Thompson is freaking sublime. This car is not a clone...
Monday Time Killer: The Amazing Hand Made Aluminum Models of Young C. Park
We had never heard of the internet craftsmanship museum until we were tipped off about an amazing page on the site by BangShift.com forum member Joes66Fury2. He urged us to look at the page...
Vote for BangShift.com in the Best of 2009 Poll at CompetitionPlus.com!
We at BangShift.com were surprised and honored to discover that we made the list for the annual Best Of poll at CompetitionPlus.com, one of the oldest web sites serving the drag racing community....
Santa Please: A 598ci, 900hp, Pump Gas Big Block Chevy
Hey Santa, thanks in advance for all the awesome stuff. Listen, we got to thinking about the ramp truck and that 350 in there isn’t going to cut the mustard. We’ll put it to you like...
More Great Vintage Drag Photos from Phil Burgess at National Dragster
Phil Burgess, editor of National Dragster, keeps catching our attention with his online Dragster Insider column that recently has been featuring a lot of vintage photos of the drag racing era we all...
Santa Please: Killer 1979 Chevy Ramp Truck
Santa, dude, we’ve got just one more request. We’re going to thank you in advance for the two race cars, but man, we really need something to move them around with. The good news is that...
Hilarious Christmas Wish List for Big-Name Racers
Terry Blount over at ESPN.com wrote up a Christmas wish list for a number of big-name racers from the worlds of NHRA, NASCAR, and F1 racing. Some are pot shots, others are hilarious observations, and...
Horror Show: Audi R8 Skewered By Guardrail, Driver Loses Legs
Armco guardrails scare the crap out of us. They were used at drag strips for years and caused the unnecessary injury of many drivers and unnecessary destruction of many race cars. Armco-style steel...
