This Is Our Last Blast Of Pomona Swap Meet Photos
Nov 03, 2018Chad Reynolds1
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) The Pomona Swap Meet was huge and awesome, as usual, which is why we always go! It’s a riot hanging out with friends, looking at cool parts, laughing at stuff we find,...
SEMA 2018: A Final Sweep Of The Current Automotive Scene
Nov 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Every year I go to SEMA, I tend to trot out one tired old trope: there was too many things to see and not enough time to see them in. Amazing, then, how I can waste a week. This year, though, those...
Watch the Professional Final Rounds At The 1979 NHRA World Finals – Bonin, Garlits, Glidden, More!
Nov 02, 2018Brian Lohnes2
Here’s some classic drag racing video that’ll put a smile on your smacker this Wednesday morning. We’re taking a trip 39 years into the past to Ontario Motor Speedway to watch the...
Watch Mike Janis Win The 2018 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified National Championship
Nov 02, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Mike Janis Win The 2018 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified National Championship
This was one of the most electrifying years in the history of the pro mod class while those monsters have been running with the NHRA. 18 years have passed since a simple exhibition and the evolution...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Love Rancho’s Project Two-Tone As Much As We Do?
Nov 02, 2018Brian Lohnes14
There are loads of vehicles that make people smile at the SEMA show every year. There are a hand full of them that cause people to stop in their tracks, smile, and check it out. This is one of those...
2018 PDRA World Finals Action Photos: Nitrous, Turbos, and Blowers Galore
Nov 02, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 PDRA World Finals Action Photos: Nitrous, Turbos, and Blowers Galore
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with more Benoit Pigeon photos from the 2018 PDRA World Finals. This race was the culmination of a long season of hard fought drag races and the...
2018 PDRA Wold Finals Action Photos: It Was A Mighty Virginia Throwdown Again!
Nov 01, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 PDRA Wold Finals Action Photos: It Was A Mighty Virginia Throwdown Again!
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was a battle of man vs machine. It was a battle of man vs nature and it was a battle of cars versus the clock. It was the 2018 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World...
Finnegan Teaches Strong Advice On Anniversary Gifts: Get Her What She’s Wanted For Years!
Nov 01, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
Gentlemen. How often have you found yourself a month, weeks or even days from your wedding anniversary and are looking straight at the deeper part of a seriously muddy creek because you simply have...
SEMA 2018: Did You Ever Expect Custom Vans To Return?!
Nov 01, 2018Bryan McTaggart10
A lot of people will deride just about every 1970s automotive trend, but as I have been expecting, we’re seeing an embrace of car culture with each passing year that comes from the Decade of...
Unhinged: Someone Messed Up And Let Us Drive A Stock Car
Nov 01, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
The question was simple enough: would I like to drive a stock car during my time at SEMA 2018? The answer was just as simple: oh, hell yes. Nevermind the break from the Convention Center, the crowds,...
SEMA 2018: Aeromotive Introduces the “Signature Body” Series Brushless Fuel Pumps
Oct 31, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2018: Aeromotive Introduces the “Signature Body” Series Brushless Fuel Pumps
Innovation takes on interesting forms, right? Sometimes when you advance technology or you make a better mouse trap you need to consider how that device will effect existing people and customers....
2018 NTPA NC State Fair Southern Showdown Action Photos: Beastly Machines Against The Sled
Oct 31, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 NTPA NC State Fair Southern Showdown Action Photos: Beastly Machines Against The Sled
(Photos by David Whealon) – Its about the only motorsport left in the world where turbines and piston engines compete heads up, anymore. Boat racing was another bastion of such stuff but the...
2018 Street Machinery Inventory Intervention Show Coverage: Gray Skies, Rusty Cars, Cool Stuff
Oct 31, 2018Brian Lohnes5
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Euclid Ohio’s Street Machinery is a neat place. They have 200+ cars in their “Patina Plantation” which are all intended to be customer projects and...
SEMA 2018 : MAHLE Aftermarket Announced New H and V Series Coated Performance Bearings
Oct 31, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2018 : MAHLE Aftermarket Announced New H and V Series Coated Performance Bearings
While the shined up hot rods and show cars bring loads of attention at the 2018 SEMA Show, the reality is that parts and components are what this show is rooted in. MAHLE Aftermarket continues to be...