Pedregon and Force Have Explosive Confrontation at US Nationals; We Share Our Thoughts
This is one for the books and it is just getting fired up. John Force had an explosive near brawling confrontation with Tony Pedregon after he was defeated by Robert Hight at the US Nationals on...
Event Gallery: The 2009 Endless Mountain Truck Show
We have to thank reader Jeremy George for this killer gallery from the 19th Annual Antique Truck Club of America Endless Mountain Truck Show. Inside you’ll find everything from pickups to...
Event Coverage: 46 Photos of OCCA’s 2009 Great Labor Day Cruise
Every Labor Day weekend for the past 26 years the Orange County Cruisin’ Association has put on the three day Great Labor Day Cruise, and the 27th running of the event promised even more fun...
Event Gallery: Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party 2009
The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party 2009 is the unofficial kick off party for Lead East, the rollicking 1950s-themed celebration/car show/concert that essentially takes over...
Event Gallery: 2009 Spindles Car Club Auto-Fest
The Spindles Auto Club claims to be the oldest continuously operating car club in the country, and it has great name recognition in eastern Massachusetts. The club uses that good PR to draw tons of...
Garlits Eliminated At Indy; Becomes Incredibly Overqualified Spectator For Weekend
Don Garlits’ trip to the 55th annual Mac Tool US Nationals as a racer has come to an end. After qualifying his 2009 Drag Pack Challenger in the Stock Eliminator field, he was felled in a heads...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Gov’t Hopes to Have Dealers Paid by the end of September; Year Not Specified
The phrase, “Close enough for government work” is ringing true recently. The row over getting car dealers paid for their Clunker trade-ins seems to have finally been settled and now the...
Tragedy: Three Killed in Horrific Florida Street Racing Wreck
Three people have died as a result of a high speed car wreck in Holly Hill, Florida. The single car accident happened on Thursday night and is believe to be streer-race induced as the Camaro that...
Event Gallery: 2009 Old Time Drags and Funny Car Reunion at Englishtown, New Jersey
The Englishtown Old Time Drags and Funny Car Reunion is a kick ass event. We’ve been to two of them and can vouch that the fun factor is very high. Luckily for us, reader Joe Grippo attended...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: A Monte We Wanty
This one is personal. Back in high school in the late 1990’s we knew a kid, whose name we’ll withhold to protect him, who had this identical car. It’s so close to the car he had, we...
Audi President Says Chevy Volt is a Car for Idiots; We Think It Sounds Like a Perfect Fit For Him
Smarmy. It’s a word used to describe someone who oozes trumped-up self importance, arrogance, and a sickening level of uppity-ness. Basically it describes Johan de Nysschen, who is the...
BangShift Member’s Project of the Week: Eric’s Speedy Beater 1979 F350 Build
This is a new weekly feature where we’ll feature a Bangshift.com forum member’s project each week. We have a huge number and variety of reader project cars that you can read all about...
Ridetech.com Coverage of the 23rd Goodguys West Coast Nationals
BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech attends numerous shows nationwide each year, and often posts coverage on the Ridetech.com site. The most recent photos there are from the Goodguys 23rd annual West...
Chainsaws from Hell: Cool Story on Pro Lumberjack Hot Saws
If you’ve ever attended a lumberjack competition or watched one on television, no doubt you saw the “hot saw” competition. It’s essentially a drag race through a big log using...
