The Most Stupidly Expensive Automotive Gift Ever: The Big Block Watch Winder
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Do you love watches? Do you hate money? Do you have lots of watches and money? If so, we’ve got the gift for you! This is a watch winder (we didn’t even know such a thing existed) made...
Low Power Dyno Video: A Y-Block Ford on the Pump
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
Normally we bring you dyno videos of motors revving to the moon, motors making huge power, and motors that we could only dream of owning. This one is totally different! The owner of the engine said...
Sad News: ProCharger’s Jim Summers Passes
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Jim Summers, the Motorsports Director at ProCharger passed away on September 19, 2010 after a long fight with cancer. Summers is remembered as a man who was always quick with advice and help at the...
Big News: Dave Wallace Takes the Helm of Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine
Sep 21, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We have learned that Dave Wallace, the noted journalist, drag racing historian, and International Drag Racing Hall of Fame member, will take the leadership role at Hot Rod Deluxe. This move comes...
Wreckage Video: A Stolen Truck Plows Through Traffic
Sep 20, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Imagine yourself as the driver of the truck in this video. He’s a car thief who made off with the big truck only to drive into heavy traffic and total gridlock. Rather than seek an alternate...
Video of Larry Larson’s Record Breaking 6-second Pass on Drag Week
Sep 20, 2010Chad ReynoldsDRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
We aren’t going to mess around teasing you or anything. This is killer video from our boys at 1320video.com who put together great moments from Larry Larson’s Winning Week at Hot Rod...
Final Results from Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010
Sep 20, 2010Chad ReynoldsDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
After an amazing week of on-road antics and on-track action, Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010 is over. There are plenty of competitors who wondered if they would survive the week, let alone...
Vintage Road Test Video: The 1971 Javelin SST
Sep 20, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
More and more footage from the vintage “Car and Track” TV show seems to be finding its way onto the internet every week. This time we’re showing you road test footage from an...
Auto Trader Classics Find: The Only 1975 Volvo We’d Ever Own
Sep 20, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is kind of amazing how much effect the basic act of swapping an engine can have on the desirability of a car. In normal form we wouldn’t wish a 1975 Volvo 240 on our worst enemy, but when it...
Update: Larry Larson Wins Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 — Breaks 6-second Barrier!
Sep 19, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Larry Larson, at the helm of his awesome twin turbo Chevy Nova, has won Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. Larson made an easy 7.34 second blast to secure the...
Eric Yost wins Pro Street Power Adder Class at Hot Rod Drag Week 2010
Sep 18, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Erio Yost has won the Pro Street Power Adder class at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2010 present by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. Yost fought off the demons of a year ago that saw his hopes vanish on...
Place Your Bets! Hot Rod Drag Week Finals Tonight!
Sep 18, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
The exciting final round of racing for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2010 happens tonight at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. After a grueling week that saw all manner of breakage, close calls...
Hot Rod Drag Week Day 4: 7 second passes, and lots of carnage.
Sep 18, 2010Chad ReynoldsDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is a true test of man and machine. It’s not only about being fast, but also being durable. And when your car fails, which it will, it’s about having the...
The Parting Shift: Bangin’ A Converted Six-Speed Dakota R/T
Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
The Dodge Dakota R/T was a neat little truck that never quite eeked itself into legit “muscle” territory. They were decently quick, but not the blazing hot rod truck that many expected...
