This Gives Us Sweaty Palms: Camaros Are Coming to KONI Challenge
Aug 11, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Here’s great news for fans of racing that does not take place in a straight line or on a circle. Momentum Race Group has announced that it will debut a 2010 Camaro road race car at the October...
eBay Pick of the Week: Solid 409 Powered Project Impala
Aug 11, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 409 sure has a special spot in the annals of hot rodding and muscle car history. Everything about the motor, right down to the shape of the cylinder heads, is indicative of the era when Detroit...
Event Coverage: Monday at the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week
Aug 11, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
The 2009 SCTA/BNI Speed Week at Bonneville got hot on its third day, and we aren’t just talking about the 105-degree temperatures. With teams vying for a piece of record pie, the Hot Rod Top...
Video: In-Car Camera of a 218-MPH Pass at Bonneville
Aug 10, 2009Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION, Videos
In 2008, Bonneville racer Ed Goodrich was a huge help to the BangShift.com race team. After our race Camaro’s front air dam was protested, we drove 180 miles to Ed’s home in Idaho, took...
Bonus Bonneville Gallery: Photos by Scott Clark
Aug 10, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our readers are once again proving that they are the coolest on the internet. Here is a bonus gallery of photos, shot by Scott Clark (known as dieselgeek) at Bonneville. Chad is zapping photos at a...
Event Coverage: 2009 NSRA Street Rod Nationals
Aug 09, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Big thanks to astute reader and forum member Chris Morgan (CM325 on the BangShift.com forums) for attending and shooting a ton of great photos at the 2009 NSRA Street Rod Nationals. We took his...
Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week
Aug 08, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
Today was the first day of competition at the SCTA/BNI 2009 Bonneville Speed Week, and if today’s top speed is any indication of things to come, we are in for some great racing action. Poteet...
BangShift.com Coverage of the 2009 Bonneville Speed Week Starts Now
Aug 08, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
It’s almost midnight in Wendover, Utah, on August 7, and I just arrived in town (late, as usual) to start off the BangShift.com coverage of the SCTA/BNI 2009 Bonneville Speed Week. Racing...
One Last Time: Hear Lohnes Calling Hot Drag Race Action on Saturday!
Aug 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
No date for Saturday night? Hankering to hear a guy with funny accent scream about “dragstas” and “jet cahs”? We’ve got the perfect thing for you! I’ll be...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Chad’s at Bonneville and We’re Not
Aug 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Yep, this one is personal. My BangShift.com blood brother Chad is literally cruising toward the crucible of speed right now, and me? Well, let’s just leave it at, “I’m not”....
Crane Cams Back Up and Running
Aug 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
A rare piece of good news these days, Crane Cams (under it’s new ownership by S&S Cycle) has reopened and is back in the business of making parts. Currently only motorcycle stuff is being...
Texas Shop Building V6 Camaro to Kick Nissan GT-R Ass
Aug 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
East Texas Muscle Cars, a Texas hot rod shop, has announced its intentions to build a 2010 V6 Camaro that is capable of running with and beating the vaunted Nissan GT-R on the Nurburging in Germany....
Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
Aug 07, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
There are varying levels of ugly in this car hobby we all know and love. There’s cool ugly, like, say, an Edsel. Then there’s ugly ugly that (and we know there’s some of you who...
