Guerrilla Auction Gallery: Photos from both Barrett Jackson and the Russo and Steele 2011 auctions
Jan 24, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last weekend was the yearly Arizona automotive auction orgy. Barrett Jackson went down and the Russo and Steele auction also happened. Luckily for us, BangShifter Remy-Z hit both events and he had...
Incredible Carnage Photo: A Mining Dump Truck Squashed an 18-Wheeler and a Road Grader
Jan 24, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is Monday morning, all by itself that sucks. At our east coast offices we awoke to temperatures in the range of 10 to 20 BELOW zero, no poop. We started thinking that we were in for a crapola day...
Huge Event Gallery: The 2010 ADRL UTI Texas Drags
Jan 22, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Last weekend’s ADRL UTI Texas Drags produced some big elapsed times, big wreckage, and inundated the fine people at Houston Raceway Park with big horsepower. Our man Charles Wickam was on the...
Epic Failure Video: Massive Cranes Folding Up Like An Erector Set
Jan 22, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Cranes are amongst the most impressive machines in the BangShift universe. They serve a simple purpose, to lift heavy junk. The vast majority of the time they complete this task with little drama or...
The Parting Shift: Working the Tree Mounted Shifter in a Sweet 1961 Galaxie
Jan 21, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
It has been a long time since we featured someone making a three on the tree shifter work. In this case the car is an awesome 1961 Galaxie with a 390 that has been fortified with factory hi-po parts....
Car Feature Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Awesome 1971 One of None Superbird
Jan 21, 2011Brian LohnesApex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
A car feature on a 1971 Plymouth Super Bird? You got it. So what if Mopar never built such an animal, Gary and Pam Beineke did, and this one’s loaded with a 472ci Hemi wth a Six Pack. Yeah,...
NHRA’s Non-Profit Status Could Soon Be Under Review by the IRS
Jan 21, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
A Washington D.C law firm has filed a complaint to the IRS on behalf of a client that wants to remain anonymous, challenging the National Hot Rod Association’s status as a tax exempt...
Camaro Convertibles To Hit the Showroom in Late February
Jan 21, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The long awaited Chevy Camaro convertible will finally be available in showrooms by the end of February according to company sources. Lots of work has gone into the places you’d expect, the...
Rally Jump Carnage: Look Out Below!!
Jan 20, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Those crazy rally drivers love to jump their cars. Normally they will get some air over berms and smallish hills in the woods. In this clip, you’ll see a guy completely misjudge a huge drop off...
Killer deal: Buy Grumpy Jenkins 1969 Pro Stock Camaro for 3K!
Jan 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
That’s right, we have proof that Grumpy Jenkins listed his 1969 Camaro Pro Stocker for sale at a price of $3,000…in 1972. Thanks to a BangShift reader who is as big as a drag racing...
If a Donk and a Rat Rod Had a Baby…The DonkRod
Jan 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were cruising AutoTraderClassics recently and cam upon this car which we can only describe as the marriage of a donk and a rat rod. While it is true that old cars had large diameter wheels back in...
Characters of Pixar’s Cars 2 Revealed, Familiar Faces and a BangShift Sponsor Included
Jan 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The long awaited follow up to the massive 2006 hit movie Cars is due to hit the theaters in June of this year. Pictures of the cars involved in Cars 2 have been revealed and they show that most of...
