Book Review: The Unfair Advantage
Dec 09, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
Mark Donohue had one of the most spectacular careers in the history of American race car drivers. He drove everything, literally: NASCAR, Formula One, Trans Am, Indy cars, IROC…hell he probably...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Jeep Truck
Dec 09, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
This week’s pic reminds me that it’s been way too long since my friend Rick Pewe and I have embarked on one of our off-road adventures called DED Tours (DED = Dirt Every Day, plus we...
Drag Pak Challenger Factory Documents Revealed Here
Dec 09, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Reading yesterday’s news item about Don Garlits scoring the very first of the “production” Challenger Drag Pak cars reminded us that we’d been privvy to some of the internal...
IHRA Sues a Member Track for $764,000
Dec 09, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
The short story: IHRA is taking San Antonio Raceway’s ownership to court for $764,000. As with any matter that heads to the courtroom, both sides are mum on details. If we had to guess,...
116 Photos: The John Force Holiday Car Show
Dec 09, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
While a lot of you were getting ready for a white Christmas, here in sunny Southern California we were hobnobbing with John Force and Jay Leno at Force’s Christmas Car Show, Open House, and Toy...
Big Daddy Scores the First Drag Pak Challenger, and Will Race It!
Dec 09, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
Thank the Gods of Speed, there is a piece of good news to report! First that the Challenger Drag Pak cars are starting to be delivered to owners and that Big Daddy Don Garlits will own the first one....
Barnstormin’: When “Spec” Doesn’t Suck
Dec 09, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
Most racing fans (myself included) like to complain about the seemingly endless creep of “spec” cars into the upper echelon of just about every racing series on Earth. It’s the Car...
Get a Galpin Mustang GT for Dirt Cheap
Dec 08, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Galpin Motors, which always reminds us that it is the largest-volume Ford dealer in the world, just announced that it’s selling a fleet of 40 Mustang GTs for just $18,995 each. The cars have an...
Blowfish Coming to a Small Screen Near You
Dec 08, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re normally too busy hunting for news, moving our project cars, or scoping sweet deals on Craigslist to watch the television, but every once in a while we get wind of something neat and tune...
Hooker Headers’ Chevette Found!
Dec 08, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Anyone remember this? In the Oct. ’82 issue of Hot Rod magazine there was an engine-swap story that included a few pages on the Hooker Headers ’76 Chevy Chevette that was treated to a...
WJ and KJ Dropped by GM?
Dec 08, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
DragRacingOnline.com is reporting that General Motors has withdrawn its sponsorship of Warren and Kurt Johnson’s NHRA Pro Stock operation. This is a virtual death blow for Warren...
eBay Pick of the Week: M/T Crossram for Ford FE Motors
Dec 08, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
When the nostalgia craze went into overdrive a few years ago, tons of old-timers dragged their vintage multi-carb intakes off the garage shelves and tossed them onto eBayMotors.com to auction them...
Monday Time Killer: Craig’s Helper
Dec 08, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Warning: disregard this post if you are a car-shopping junkie. This could turn you to junk for days as we reveal CraigsHelper.com, a site with the ability to search every single city and region...
108 Photos: Today’s Pomona Swap Meet
Dec 08, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, SWAP MEETS
Today’s Pomona Swap Meet started out a little slowly at 5:00 a.m. under a heavy overcast, but traffic picked up throughout the day. Even so, it was a little down in size overall and for the...
