Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Good Times, Near Misses, Chad Holds Court
Jun 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
With the first “official day of the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour in the books we wanted to give you another great load of Power Tour news, stories, and Power Tour pictures....
2010 Hot Rod Power Tour Photo Coverage: Day One, Newton, Iowa
Jun 05, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Jump here to see the photos! Day One of Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2010 has been as event filled as your typical Power Tour Week, but we’ve still got almost 150 photos for you to check...
2010 Hot Rod Power Tour Guerilla Coverage: Blown Tires, Hitch Hikers, and Chattering Rear Ends
Jun 05, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The great (and not so great) stories are already rolling into our special Power Tour e-mail hot line. Power Tour participants are rolling toward Newton, Iowa, the starting point...
Event Coverage: Bob’s Big Boy Cruise June 2010
Jun 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, California plays host to a great cruise night every Friday. It’s a pretty famous deal and people travel from all around the country to take it in....
Vintage Drag Video: Billy Meyer and Gary Densham Burn Their Floppers to the Ground
Jun 04, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
It’s been said that if you drive a Funny Car long enough, you’ll have to experience a fire. Both Gary Densham and Billy Meyer certainly did, as evidenced from this vintage footage from...
Alabama Drag Strip Reopens After Years of Being Closed
Jun 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Nothing warms our hearts like hearing about race tracks coming back from the grave. Such is the case for a drag strip in Alabama known as Lassiter Mountain Dragstrip. The grand reopening of the strip...
Unintentional Stunt Jump Video: A Drunk Driver Launches Her Car in Dallas
Jun 04, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Well this may have sobered her up. A suspected drunk driver in Dallas, Texas, launched her car over a set of toll booths at the DFW Airport when she failed to slow down and pay the toll. We can only...
RacingJunk Find: The Pisano and Matsubara Nostalgia Funny Car
Jun 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
Nostalgia Funny Cars are where it’s at right now in drag racing. There are dozens across the country and they’ve gone from side show to featured attraction with dedicated events happening...
Bastards! 1962 Pontiac Nostalgia Super Stocker Stolen in Illinois
Jun 04, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The car in the lead photo, a 1962 Pontiac Cataline Nostalgia Super Stocker was stolen on May 31st from the parking lot of Rick’s Racecraft in Yorkville, Illinois. We need your help to find it...
Russian Carnage Video: Street Racing Is a Bad Idea There, Too
Jun 03, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
As this video proves, it isn’t just dumb to street race in North America, it’s stupid all over the world. This is some heavy duty carnage when two cars launch off and amazingly, a...
Streak Over: Mustang Outsells Camaro in May
Jun 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It was a short time at the top of the sales charts for the Camaro. Ford moved 1,l294 more Mustangs than GM did Camaros in May. It is the first time that the Camaro has been off of the number one spot...
Oh Hell No: Ford To Offer Custom Vinyl Graphics on Some Models
Jun 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It used to take work to make your late-model car look like crap. You had to drive to your local chain auto parts store, walk up and down the tacky aisle with your crap magnet on, pay the guy at the...
Event Coverage: The 2010 Beatersville Car and Bike Show
Jun 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
We know what you’re thinking, and you are right. Beatersville is the greatest name for a car show ever. The 2010 version of the show was held on Sunday, May 30, in Louisville, Kentucky, and...
eBay Find: A Huge Stash of Pro Stock Motors and Parts
Jun 03, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Woah, mamma! We hit the engine stash jackpot with this crazy eBay find. The seller is offloading four complete 500ci Pro Stock Hemi engines as well as a Grumpy Jenkins Chevy Pro Stock mill and piles...
