AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!! Who Won Ridetech’s ’33 Ford Gets Air Caption Contest? I KNOW I KNOW!
Posted in General News March 5, 2013 by Chad Reynolds
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We have a WINNER!!! Fastbak390 made up the winning caption, and will take home a pair of Ridetech Smooth Body shocks, plus 6 Ridetech shirts to share with his buddies. There were tons of great entries, and people are still sending them in just to be funny, even though the competition is over. Do you [...]
New Jersey’s Historic Island Dragway Is Dead And Gone Forever: Suck Ass News
Posted in General News December 12, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The death of a drag strip, specially one that had been operating for more than 50 years, had historical significance, a local following, and stands as one of only three in the state of New Jersey is a gut punch to all drag racers and hot rodders. Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey was [...]
Scrapple: The BangShift Guide to Automotive Crap That Happened This Week You Care Nothing About
Posted in General News April 13, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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It has been far too long since we last came at you with some scrapple here on BangShift. Chad and I have been working our asses off on a model rocket project in North Korea as of late and that has taken up most of our time. I don’t think it will make the news, [...]
Satan’s Weed Whacker: The Twisted Tale of the Kawasaki Triples
Posted in General News July 19, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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“But it’s only 60 horsepower…How wild a ride could this possibly be?….” Ya, in this age of storebought 9 second uber bikes, the H-2 Kawasaki looks almost silly on paper. 12 second quarter mile times? Right, I know, your kid sister’s scooter does that…. But the pure, sudden, violence that occurs when that mere 60 [...]
Your Opinion Needed: Guys Take a New Camaro and Make it Look Like Crap – Lame or Cool?
Posted in General News May 11, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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The boys over at Jalopnik recently ran the story of two guys, Dave Sherer and Anthony Musilli of Long Island, New York. These guys screwed together a 1,000hp 2010 Camaro for use on the 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour. The catch is that they made the car look like total hell. We’re not talking [...]
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Worst Engine You’ve Ever Owned?
Posted in BangShift Question Of The Day?? November 19, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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After realizing that the horrible engine in our family truckster Pacifica consumes motor oil at roughly the same rate it consumes gasoline recently, we got to thinking about the worst engines we’ve owned in cars. Aside from a 305 powered demolition derby car that threw a rod through the pan while we were attempting to [...]
Buford T Justice Hits the Chassis Dyno Today…Guess the Rear Wheel HP!
Posted in CHEVY May 7, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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So color us obsessed if you want, but after our 15-second stock drag romp with Buford a little more than a week ago, we were really interested in putting this car on a dyno to get a rear wheel hp number. Dave Nutting was foaming at the mouth to see it happen and after poo [...]
BangShift Question of the Day: Who is the biggest Villain in Racing History?
Posted in BangShift Question Of The Day?? July 26, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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After following up on the Evan Knoll story yesterday and getting to thinking about”bad guys” in the world of racing, we started coming up with a pretty decent mental list. From devious and dubious drivers, to team owners and sponsors who have ended up in varying levels of prison, racing sure has produced its fair [...]
BangShift Question of the Day: What was your first car?
Posted in BangShift Question Of The Day?? June 27, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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So I’m neck deep in reading a book about famous people’s first cars. The review on this tome will come later this week, but as I was piling through the pages I thought it would be cool to ask those of you in BangShift reader-land what your first car was. Mine was a 1984 Monte [...]
Nightmare Photos: Lady Crashes Lexus Into Car Show – Wrecks Show Cars
Posted in General News June 26, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Our pal Berserko Bob sent us an e-mail laden with a collection of horrifying photos from a California car show/cruise night gone very wrong. When the first one we saw was a late model Lexus virtually inside a Pontiac LeMans we knew we were in for it. We don’t know who, we don’t know how, [...]
Best of BS 2012:Toyota to Join NHRA Pro Stock – Rendering – GM Furious Over Engine
Posted in General News December 28, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Original air date – 4/1/2012) – BangShift has learned that Toyota will be joining NHRA Pro Stock in 2013 by entering a version of the upcoming 2013 Toyota Solara as their chosen body style. The designs you see below have been approved by the NHRA tech department and we believe that the rendering, which BangShift [...]
Barbara Nesbitt Suing NMCA, NHRA, Skinny Kid Race Cars, and Others In Conjunction With Injuries Sustained in 2010 Incident
Posted in General News August 10, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photo by CompetitionPlus.com) – Former NMCA racer Barbara Nesbitt is suing a host of people in conjunction with injuries she sustained during a 2010 incident at zMax Raceway. In the incident, the driveshaft in her car broke, entered the cockpit and caused her severe trauma in the arm and upper body area. In her suit, [...]
NEWS: Chevy Unveils Next Generation Small Block – Dubbed LT1 – Cam in Block – 450hp – 6.2L
Posted in General News October 24, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Literally as we type this, Chevrolet is rolling out the newest version of the venerable small block. Dubbed the LT1, this engine displaces 6.2L, will make 450hp in the Corvette, has the cam in the block, uses pushrods, active fuel management, variable valve timing, an 11.5:1 compression ratio and an aluminum block with iron liners. [...]
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Ugliest American Car?
Posted in BangShift Question Of The Day?? March 6, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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So this one may ruffle a feather or two. We’re interested in hearing your opinion on the ugliest American car of all time. There’s the low hanging fruit of blurting our something like the Pontiac Aztek or the Dodge Nitro, but if you really use your noodle, history has some gnarly examples. Once upon a [...]
BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your Favorite Automotive Toy As a Kiddo?
Posted in BangShift Question Of The Day?? December 14, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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I recently stumbled upon this photo of a young me, proudly perched in my Power Wheels truck back in the early 1980s. Of all the neat car related toys and widgets mom and dad (along with the rest of a very supportive family!) gave me over the years, that truck stands as the singular most [...]
Maryland’s Capitol Raceway Closed Over Apparent Land/Lease Dispute
Posted in General News April 3, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The drag strip operated by NHRA Pro Stock team owner Jim Cunningham, Capitol Raceway is currently closed. The reasons for this closure appear to stem from a dispute over the lease on the track. The land that the facility sits on is owned by a separate party and from what we have read and heard, [...]
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