Virgin’s New Craft Uses Nitrous Oxide to Launch Private Parties Into Space
If you think our headline sounds funny, you should see the one that caught our eye at England’s The Enterprise. It said, “Virgin joins 70-mile-high club with launch of spaceship.”...
George Ray is Dead but Thankfully His Wildcat Hot Rod Dragstrip is Not
George Ray, the owner and operator of George Ray’s Wildcat Hot Rod Dragstrip in Paragould, Arkansas, died on December 5th. George ran what many consider to be the coolest drag strip on planet...
Who’s Steering NASCAR?
Fox Sports reporter Lee Spencer recently wrote a thought provoking piece that takes a long look at the state of NASCAR and the challenges facing the organization going forward. One of the most...
Must be the Metric System: Focus RS For Muscle Car of the Year?
It has been said that Americans and Brits are people separated by a common language. After hearing that the Ford Focus RS–a 300hp, front wheel drive, “hot hatch”–was voted as...
Chrysler CEO Takes Swipes at European Bailouts, May Actually Have the Stones to Save Chrysler
Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of Chrysler (and Fiat) made a speech to an economic think tank recently and took some big swings at the efforts of European governments to bail out their own auto...
Killer Vintage Digger for Sale
We found the perfect place for the big Mickey Thompson hemi-headed 427ci Ford that is currently for sale on eBay. It would fit nicely in the front of this vintage front-engine dragster that is also...
EPA Gets Even More Powerful, Targets Nitrous Oxide; Climate Conference Airs Outrageous Propaganda Video
Here’s a quote from EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: “These long-overdue findings cement 2009’s place in history as the year when the United States Government began addressing the...
Unobtanium on eBay: Mickey Thompson Hemi-Headed 427 Side Oiler
There have been some neat and rare parts crossing the eBay waves as of late, but nothing comes close to this. A seller has put up for auction a 427ci side-oiler Ford motor equipped with insanely rare...
Carnage Video: The Monster 800-Horsepower Shredder That Can Destroy Almost Anything
We’ll start off your day with some old fashioned destruction. A company called SSI is in the industrial shredder business and they outdid themselves when they constructed the 800hp Monster...
New BangShift.com Apparel! Just in time for the Holidays.
We know how hard it is to find that special someone the perfect gift during the holidays, so the elves here at BangShift.com are doing our part to help you out with even more apparel choices. Whether...
Carnage Video: Smashing a Ford Aspire at 650 MPH
It seems this was on Mythbusters TV earlier in 2009, but we missed it until we were tipped to it by an item on Autoblog. Now that we have seen this video clip, we’re not sure how our lives were...
2009 SEMA Show to Air on SPEED TV on December 13, 14, and 20
BangShift.com is lucky to be allowed into the business-only SEMA Show, but most car people are not able to attend the trade show that has become one of the best car shows anywhere in addition to...
Video: Chip Foose Will Hot Rod a John Deere Tractor
How did we ever miss this? The Chip Foose media machine must not be firing on all 8 right now, because it was announced back in November that famed car designer Chip Foose has partnered with John...
