Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
It’s the time of year when water turns solid, and that means the river in Merrill, Wisconsin, at Council Grounds State Park has become a frozen 1/8-mile drag strip. The Merrill Ice Draggers...
eBay Pick: The Ugliest Hummer of All Time
If you tuned into BangShift’s exhaustive coverage of the 2009 SEMA show, you saw lots of cars, some were awesome and some were awful. SEMA show cars really cut pretty clearly down that line,...
Be On the Lookout! Stolen 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine Project Truck
We heard today that a project truck got stolen from Fred Williams, our friend at 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine. The truck is a 1986 CUCV Army Chevy that was on the cover of the magazine a few...
Boyd Coddington’s French Connection Super Rod Fails to Sell on eBay
Several days ago we showed you a link to an eBay page where the last car from Boyd Coddington’s shop was being auctioned off. The car is called French Connection, and it is a 1939 Lincoln built...
Poteet & Main Speed Demon Streamliner Plan for 2010
Ron Main and George Poteet have caused quite a stir over the last few years with their Speed Demon streamliner and their quest for 500 mph. Ron and George are good people, friends of BangShift.com,...
New Mopar Appearance Package for New Challengers
Mopar has introduced a new appearance package for the 2010 Dodge Challenger models. It’s kind of like the mid 1970s when stickers made a car “faster,” since these packages are...
NHRA Special Web Site for the 50th Winternationals
February 11-1, 2010, brings the 50th anniversary of the NHRA Winternationals, which have always been held at the drag strip at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. The NHRA held...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Other Auto-Regulating Politicians to Tour the Detroit Auto Show
As the AP has reported, “Months after the government took large ownership stakes in General Motors, Chrysler and auto lender GMAC Financial Services, top lawmakers and members of the Obama...
Scientists Create Molecule-Sized Dragster
Did you know there is a world of “nanocars” out there? A nanocar is a molecule-sized “robot” and they are being tested for use in the construction and actions of molecular...
Video: Ten Minutes of Rally Wreckage
This video is a win for several reasons. The first is that it features nothing but the pure sounds of wreckage. There’s no dumbass techno soundtrack or other distractions, instead there are...
Vintage NASCAR-NAGE Video: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp Leave the Ball Yard in 1960
First we’ll say that it defies logic that either of these men lived, let alone both. This is another piece of old nascar footage from Daytona. It was also shot in 1960, like the large wreck of...
Mayfield In Court, Judge Confused About Brian France’s Address
As we reported yesterday, the legal teams representing former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield and the sanctioning body were in court today to settle differences in opinion about sharing information...
Breaking News: Bob Tasca Sr., Legendary Ford Dealer and Performance Icon, Has Passed Away
The patriarch of the Tasca Family, the creator of both the Ford Thunderbolt, and Cobra Jet Mustang, the man who nearly single handedly brought John Force into the Ford fold, and the man who fostered...
Henry Ford Museum Pops The Hoods of Display Cars
The Henry Ford museum has a section called Automobiles in American life, and since 1987, all the cars in that section have been on display with their hoods closed. Museum officials have decided to...
