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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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...
CraigsList Pick of the Week: Cool 1971 Chevelle Wagon
This week we head up north, way the hell up north, to the permafrost of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We scouted out a beautiful, big-block powered, 1971 Chevelle wagon that is the perfect mix...
FAST Rolls Out a New Catalog
Looking for EFI stuff? Want something to leaf through when you are supposed to be working at your desk? FAST has just the thing for you. The company has just rolled out a new 32-page color catalog of...
Video: Vintage Nitro Funny Cars from the 2009 March Meet
On Monday we blogged up the fact that we’ve got more video coming and told you that a bunch of drag racing action was headed your way. We started off with a general action reel, then posted a...
Great Garage Sale Coming to the San Diego Area
Our computer guys at Namtra Media are tight with the rod builders at Hot Rods & Custom Stuff, a shop that won the Ridler award a few years ago and that cranks out tons of killer iron. And...
