War on Racetracks: Battle Over Proposed Social Circle, GA, Drag Strip Rages On
Both sides of the Social Circle, Georgia, drag strip debate met on January 26, 2010, for a so-called “work session” with the Planning and Zoning board. According to news reports, not much...
Caption This Photo: Chad Wears a ProCharger
Chad Reynolds is one half of the dynamic duo that brings you BangShift.com each and every day. Recently, Chad was out at the MPMC media trade show in Los Angeles. If you are a regular reader,...
Vintage Drag Video: The Coolest Jungle Jim Tribute Video We Have Ever Seen
One of the great games that fans of vintage drag racing play is “what if.” If history could be rewritten and events were to happen in a different way, how would things be different? One...
Cool Show Coverage From Down Under: The 44th Victorian Hot Rod Show
The guys over at CarDomain posted some show coverage from the 44th Victorian Hot Rod show held in Melbourne, Australia. This is one of the longest running shows in Oz and therefore draws lots of the...
No Winches on Mars: Spirit Rover Stuck For Nearly a Year, Probably Forever
The Mars rover Spirit is currently stuck in a sand pit and has been for nearly a year. NASA engineers are working hard to figure a way to get the robotic machine out of its quagmire because it...
Tough Times: W.J and K.J to Start 2010 NHRA Season Without Primary Sponsors
In a true sign of the financial times, both Warren Johnson and his son Kurt will begin the 2010 NHRA season without primary sponsorship and may only compete at a handful of races through the year....
Toyota Crisis Worsens, Cars Pulled From Rental Fleets, A Million More Cars Recalled
In what is quickly turning into one of the great automotive company catastrophies of all time, Toyota has recalled an addditional 1.1 million vehicles due to the potential for them to unintentionally...
GM’s New Chief Whitacre Isn’t a Car Guy, Columnnist Thinks That May Not Be a Problem
With Ed Whitacre essentially choosing himself to serve as the new CEO at General Motors, pundits and columnists are beginning to share their opinions on the man who publicly admitted that he...
Video: Chrysler Begins Airing New Charger Ads
Starting last weekend, Chrysler began airing a new series of ads for the Dodge Charger. They are focusing on the “manly” attributes of the sedan and eschewing stuff like the cupholder...
Video Bonanza: Idiots Jumping Cars and Trucks
This set of videos, featuring amateurs jumping their cars and trucks will make you laugh, cringe, and deflect your eyes from the screen. A couple of the jumps are really funny and others absolutely...
This Could Be the Craziest Cylinder Head Ever
For those of you not familiar with Sonny Leonard, he is a legendary southern engine builder who is well known for his big-cubic-inch nitrous and naturally aspirated engines. When we say big cubic...
eBay Find: Uber Rare Smokey Ram Intake Manifold
We probably should be callous to this stuff by now, but we’re not. We shouldn’t be shocked, or even mildly surprised when unicorn-esque speed parts show up on eBay, but we turn into giddy...
Brent Hajek: Racer, Farmer, Potential Reality Show Star
We’ve always thought of Brent Hajek as a human dynamo. Anyone capable of operating a massive farm, a car museum, an oil field operation, a racing team, and a trucking company is worthy of that...
Site of the Week: Massive Collection of International Harvester Truck Photos
International Harvester started building trucks in 1907 and kept building them for more than 70 years. Along the way they introduced many innovations into the working vehicles of America and with...
