Drag Week Video: Day One National Trail Raceway
Sep 16, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
Kyle at 1320 Video can sling some serious footage. He’s been a staple at Hot Rod Drag Week since year one when we met him. We’re teaming up with Kyle this week to help bring you some...
eBay Find: A 1970 GTO Race Car With Ram Air Power and a Blurry History
Sep 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Normally old race cars come with interesting histories. People know when they were bought and where, who raced them, what tracks they competed in and how successful they were. In the case of this...
Epic Video Bonanza: Bus Jumps!
Sep 15, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We tend to get fixated on stuff every now and again. Recently we have become obsessed with people jumping school buses over stuff. Judging by the comments of our previous items featuring flying...
Show Gallery: Super Chevy – Houston 2010
Sep 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The Wickam-Grippo combo is back at it. Charles Wickam hit the 2010 running of the Super Chevy Show at Houston Raceway Park and sent us a huge load of photos from the car show. What’s...
Collection Gallery: The Simeone Foundation Museum – Philadelphia, PA
Sep 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Museums
While we’re normally bludgeoning you over the head with big blocks, nitro, drag strip antics, and assorted mechanical mayhem, we have a slightly more tasteful side. That’s the side that...
Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010: They’ve survived Day One
Sep 15, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010 is living up to each and every past event, story, or adventure. We’ve worked on a ton of cars on the road, and have seen plenty of great dragstrip action...
Drag Week Tuesday Update: Larson Leads, Cline’s in the Beach, Yost in the 8s
Sep 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The racing portion of Tuesday on Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2010 Presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive has ended and the cruise has begun. As with all good drag races there was some drama on the...
Event Gallery: Hemmings Musclepalooza Englishtown 2010
Sep 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Hemmings created a real monster when they came up with their now famous Musclepalooza events. They’ve evolved from one a year affairs held at Lebanon Valley Dragway in West Lebanon, NY to a...
Event Gallery: The 2010 Hotrod Hoedown
Sep 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The 2010 Hot Rod Hoedown held at the Simeone Auto Museum in Philadelphia, Pensylvania was a smashing success. The show is targeted toward cars 1975 and older and due to their loose security measures,...
Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 Coverage: Presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive
Sep 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The most grueling test of man and hot rod the world has ever known, Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive is back for 2010 and we’re there to bring you all the...
Crunch Video: A Hot Rod Pile-up
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Hot rods that get driven occasionally get crashed. This is a sad but unavoidable fact. We’ve all seen a guy who got a little nuts with his car on the street and hit a tree or pole. One thing...
NASCAR Hall of Fame Attendance Numbers Well Below Predictions
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Inflated attendance expectations are coming back to haunt the NASCAR hall of fame which has not drawn people at near the expected rate, according to a Times-Dispatch story. As it turns out, the blame...
Cool Tech Video: Ditch your Valve Springs!
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
We were tipped off to this neat video featuring a system that replaces the conventional valve springs found in a push rod engine with a cool mechanical setup. Maybe we’re living under a rock,...
Auto Trader Classic Find: A Pro Street 1955 Ford F100 We’re on the Fence About
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last week, we found a Pro Street 1964 Pontiac GTO that was just totally bad ass. That car was perfect on just about every level. This week, we found another Pro Street machine, this a 1955 Ford F100...
