Cool Old Press Photo: 1957 Ford Thunderbird
This week’s Cool Old Press Photo highlights an iconic American car, the 1957 Ford Thunderbird. Introduced in 1955 the Thunderbird quickly became a hot item for Ford, both on the showroom floor...
Gearhead Destination: Beech Bend Raceway
Having just recently returned from a weekend at what is definitely a track in the top five coolest strips in America, we’d be crazy to let this chance to talk a little more about it slip by....
It Came from the Fab Shop: The MF’er of Invention
(By Loren Krussow) – A short while back I got to thinking it would be nice to get out my old ’70 El Camino and perhaps cruise it to the Big Bear BangShift get-together in June. I had...
Site of the Week: OldCarAndTruckPictures.com
While the name of the site certainly does not bowl you over with its inspiration, the massive number and variety of photos on this webpage will. OldCarAndTruckPictures.com is a catchall site that...
All Four Manufacturers Pull Financial Support for NASCAR Nationwide Series and Truck Series
Toyota has become the final auto manufacturer to announce that it will pull all financial support from the NASCAR truck series and Nationwide Series. The company, like the three American brands that...
Barnstormin’: The Hot Rod Reunion Weekend in Kentucky
For BangShift.com, the 2009 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will hopefully be remembered as a watershed weekend where we got ourselves out to a...
Video: Killer Action at the 2009 National Hot Rod Reunion, Saturday
We’re wrapping up the weekend-long BangShift.com coverage of the 2009 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway with the best video yet! This one features some great burnout,...
Sunday Coverage of the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
The 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is in the books. After three days of sweltering heat, crushing humidity, and all-out horsepower warfare, the event has drawn to a close. BangShift.com has been...
Video: Cacklefest at the 2009 Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
The BangShift.com daily coverage of the 2009 Holley/NHRA Hot Rod Reunion continues! Here’s the radical cacklefest that went down on Saturday. Since it was held at night, you get header flames...
Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, 248 Photos!
Saturday at the 2009 Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was action-packed, hot, humid, hazy, and hella cool. The car show was more massive than ever we could have...
Event Coverage: Friday at the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, With Video
We’re here and we’re delivering the goods from the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion being held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, KY. We were shooting photos and video of day one...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Viper Plant Reopens, USA Today Writer is a Killjoy
This week’s Friday Excuse to go Home Early and Drink touches on both happiness and anger. The good news is that the Dodge Viper plant is back up and running in Detroit, cranking out...
More Amazing NHRA Photos by Mark Rebilas
While the NHRA event at Topeka, Kansas, was heldsome time ago, we still found it worthy to direct you to another amazing collection of photos from Mark Rebilas, who was on the scene at that race....
The Internet is Serious Business: Mud Bogging Websites in the New York Times
When we ran across a story about mud-bogging websites being covered in the New York Times, we knew something interesting had to be going on. It’s not like the paper would (Heaven forbid!) send...
