Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
By the sounds of it, the worst thing that ever happened to the Seven Points Police Department in Texas was the purchase of a new Camaro to be used as a patrol car. The officers largely hate it, the...
Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Well isn’t this retro? We found some awesome in-car footage from back when Larry Larson’s Nova was all-pink and sporting a screamin’ 14-71 blower atop a 555ci big block Chevy. The...
Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve reported on the current situation regarding Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois (right next to St. Louis) previously. The track is off of the NASCAR truck schedule for 2011...
Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
We were doing a logical thing the other day, shopping for engines that would be perfect for vehicles we don’t own. Eschewing the Chevrolet and Ford families, we were looking for something weird...
Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Thursday was an epic day on Hor Rod Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. There were big numbers on the strip, insane weather, close calls and near misses on the highway, and even...
Sep 17, 2010Chad ReynoldsDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
It’s starting to feel like a long week for competitors in Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors. The level of carnage is rising, nerves are frayed, the competition...
Sep 17, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Wheelstands, big numbers, and smiles were the order of the day on Drag Week 2010 when the band of traveling drag race minstrels raced on the hallowed ground of Indy during day two action. Kyle of...
Sep 16, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Thursday racing at Milan Dragway was hot and heavy on the 2010 version Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week. The six second barrier has not been breached but Jeff Lutz made a run at it in his awesome ’57...
Sep 16, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is time once again to clear all those loose, random, disjointed thoughts out of my cranium. It has been a heck of a summer covering events, wrenching on Goliath, hanging out with the kids, and...
Sep 16, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
As much as we loathe the modern iteration what a racing “stock car” is, they are a vastly improved piece, on the safety front than their older brothers. Proof of this comes in the form of...
Sep 16, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
While General Motors continues plodding progress toward an IPO and eventual freedom from US government control, the ghosts of the past still linger. We were tipped off to a great, but depressing...
Sep 16, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
As Hot Rod Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive day two draws to close, we’re going to being you a quick update on the action that happened at the track today and what went down...
