Car Feature: 10.0-Second Small-Block 1973 Camaro, No Nitrous! Plus Vintage Photos
May 28, 2009Brian Lohnes2
It seems like most guys’ hot rods get put into one form or another and live there forever. You built a Pro Street car in the 1980s and it’s probably still sporting steamroller tires out...
Time for Some Upgrades at BangShift.com
May 27, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Time for Some Upgrades at BangShift.com
We have been working overtime recently creating, editing, and proofing new content for the upgrade of BangShift.com which is going to take place throughout the day today, May 27. We advertise...
Video: Drag Racing Altereds in Action at the 2009 March Meet
May 26, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Drag Racing Altereds in Action at the 2009 March Meet
Here’s the next BangShift.com video of the action at the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway, and this time it’s all about the Altereds. There are many modern cars here, but also some...
Roger Penske Making a Play for Saturn
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Roger Penske Making a Play for Saturn
Roger Penske has approached GM about buying the Saturn brand. He would import the South Korean built Renault Samsung Motors line of cars (like the one shown) to be sold at the dealerships. There is...
Inaugural SEMA Car Show Coming August 1
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Inaugural SEMA Car Show Coming August 1
SEMA is getting into the car show business with the production of a show to be held at The Pasadena Convention Center (which is shockingly located in Pasadena, California) on August 1, 2009. The show...
F1 Drivers Complain About Hot Chick on a Billboard
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on F1 Drivers Complain About Hot Chick on a Billboard
While we like to pile on the backs of American professional racing drivers that don’t show any emotion and act like sponsor drones, we’ve never heard anything as ridiculous as this come...
Daytona International Fishing Hole
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Daytona International Fishing Hole
If you think your first day back at work after the long weekend sucks, imaging being on the track management staff at Daytona International Speedway and having this view out of your office window....
Fiat Freaked Out by Chrysler’s Vanishing Value
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Fiat Freaked Out by Chrysler’s Vanishing Value
By a general consensus, most gearheads feel that the Chrysler takeover by Fiat will end in some sort of disaster. The question is only if it will be long-term disaster, short-term disaster, or the...
Drag Racing’s Chuck Finders Passes
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Racing’s Chuck Finders Passes
We’re late out of the blocks with this news, but Chuck Finders who raced with the Stone, Woods, Cook team, along with running many of his own cars, has passed away. Chuck has been a recognized...
Weird Fact of the Day
May 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Weird Fact of the Day
David Reutimann’s name will be etched in the history books because, when he won the rain-delayed Coca-Cola 600 yesterday, he became the first driver in NASCAR history to win a points race with...
Video: Blown Doorslammers in Action at the 2009 March Meet
May 22, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Blown Doorslammers in Action at the 2009 March Meet
And the hits just keep coming! Heavy hitters, that is, like the supercharged A/Gassers from the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series race that opened the 2009 season at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield,...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: We Enjoyed a Jeremy Clarkson Column
May 22, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: We Enjoyed a Jeremy Clarkson Column
Normally, Jeremy Clarkson, made famous by the BBC hit show Top Gear, is known for bashing the daylights out of American cars and anything that has to do with them. He comes off as arrogant, elitist,...
Video: 1,400 Horsepower 565ci Rat Motor on Nitrous!
May 22, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: 1,400 Horsepower 565ci Rat Motor on Nitrous!
You want to see some real big-boy power? Check out this 565ci big-block Chevy with Big Chief heads, twin Dominators on a sheetmetal intake, dry-sump oiling, and something like 650 hp worth of...
Motorized Freak of the Week: The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile
May 22, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Motorized Freak of the Week: The Oscar Meyer Weinermobile
If you’ve read the BangShift.com Motorized Freak column long enough, you knew this was coming at some point. One of the most recognizable vehicles in the history of vehicles, the Oscar Meyer...












