NASCAR Tracks Reduce Seating Capacity Due to Falling Ticket Sales
Several top shelf NASCAR facilities have decided to lower their seating capacities after seeing several seasons of falling NASCAR ticket sales. Some tracks have decided to widen existing seats and...
Busted: Memphis City Official Spends $20K of City Money to Personalize City Vehicle
According to a story on The Memphis Commercial Appeal website, former Memphis General Service Director Estrice Boone spent more than $20,000 to have a crashed Dodge Charger police car rehabbed and...
Fake Hemi ‘Cuda Owned by Beach Boys Member Al Jardine Briefly Seized at Barrett-Jackson
Apparently bidders are not the only ones who scrutinize the cars at Barrett-Jackson. The police get in on the act too and their involvement led to the “recreation” ’71 Hemi...
NHRA Forms NHRA Worldwide Network
The NHRA has announced the formation of the NHRA Worldwide Network which will allow drag strips all over the world to apply for and get sanctioned by the NHRA. We’re thinking they should change...
Monday Time Killer: Coachbuilt.com
Holy time suction vortex, Batman! Coachbuilt.com is an amazing and very comprehensive site that deals strictly with American coachbuilders of the past (and perhaps a few of the present). When we were...
eBay Find: Neat 1964 Buick Wildcat
We’ve got kind of a weird fascination with Buick Wildcats that began when we were kids. There was a guy with a beautiful ’65 who lived by our local ice cream stand for many years. It was...
eBay Find: The Cleanest 1971 Chevy Caprice on Earth
Every now and again a car will hit the web that appears to have been in a time warp. This amazing 1971 Caprice coupe is one of those cars. It literally appears to have rolled off the lot yesterday....
Aussie Government to Auction Brett Stevens Entire Racing Operation
The Australian government plans ot auction off the entire racing operation of Brett Stevens, one of the legends of straight line racing down under. Last February Stevens was arrested in a sweeping...
The Parting Shift: Rowing Gears in a 455 4-Speed Buick Skylark
We’ve left you hanging without a good BangShift.com Parting Shift for a couple of weeks, but we’re back strong with this torque monster Buick clip. In it, we take a trip down the asphalt...
Killer Photos: Dakar Rally 2010
The 2010 Dakar Rally is nearing completion with several of the classes still up for grabs. The rally which used to be called the Paris to Dakar rally due to it’s longtime route, is now...
Former F1 Driver Piquet Jr. Heads to NASCAR, BangShift.com Lends Advice
Nelson Piquet Jr., whose most notable accomplishment in an 18-month Formula One career was crashing his car on purpose, will be competing in NASCAR for 2010. Piquet has not revealed which team he...
Contents of Shuttered Delaware Chrysler Plant Up For Auction
Talk about conflicting emotions. On one hand we’re saddened by the fact that the Newark, Delaware, Chrysler plant is closed and will never produce another automobile. On the other hand we think...
Gallery: Van Nuys Blvd. Cruise Night, January 2010
On Wednesday night we headed to Van Nuys, California, for the new tradition of the revised cruise night on famous Van Nuys Blvd. It was the first one of the new year, and it was ice cold for So Cal,...
We Don’t Get It: 2010 Camaro Synergy Green Edition
Chevrolet announced a special edition Camaro for the 2010 model year. The “Camaro Synergy” is an odd paint and stripe package on a 1LT V6 Camaro that also includes some green interior...
