Roadside Find: One of the Rarest Dodges Ever!
May 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Not all that many people know that for three years in the mid-1970s Dodge was in the big rig business with their Bighorn trucks. They got out of it pretty quickly because they sold virtually none of...
Pay Up Sucka: Honeywell to Pay Borg-Warner $32.5-million over Turbo Patent Lawsuit
May 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
While turbochargers have been a part of the automotive landscape for decades, they are becoming integral parts of new engines and designs from OEMs across the globe. No longer is the turbo just a...
Larry Larson Enters Nova in Comp Eliminator at NHRA Topeka National Event, Will Drive Car to and From Track!!
May 17, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Just when you thought that Larry Larson could not elevate himself to another plane of coolness, this happens. In what has to be a first in the modern era of drag racing, Larry Larson has entered his...
BangShift Reader Garage of the Week: A 1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda With Lots of Family History
May 17, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift member BKBridges has set up several garages in the newly formed up section of BS.com. Most of the cars have a common theme that we’ll get to in a minute, but this one in particular...
1971 Foyt Coyote Indy 500 Racer to Hit the Auction Block This Weekend
May 17, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
With the 2011 Indy 500 rapidly approaching, we got word that one of the neat old cars that competed for glory decades ago is set to be auctioned this weekend. The car in question is a 1971 Foyt...
Get Caught Up With the 48-Hour Camaro Here With Video Updates!
May 17, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
If you need to get yourself caught up on how the 48 Hour Camaro project has progressed to this point, we’ve got you covered! Throughout the day, along with the live streaming broadcast of the...
eBay Find: An Awesome and Fully Functional 1958 Mack B-61 Crane Truck
May 16, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
After spending the weekend driving our Goliath truck around with the kids and admiring some other old pieces of iron we saw, we were cruising eBay and stumbled across the ultimate prize for any lover...
Explosion Video: The Most Violent Nitrous Explosion We Have Ever Seen
May 16, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
No hyperbole, no bullshit, this is the craziest nitrous explosion we have ever seen. The footage comes from somewhere over in Europe, possibly the Nordic region. It shows a Top Sportsman/Pro Mod...
Horrendous Fire Video: A Nitrous Pro Mod Burns to the Ground in a Worst Case Scenario
May 16, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The tip box was hot this weekend and we mean literally hot. The previous video, featuring the nitrous explosion from across the pond was followed by this pair of videos showing one of the most...
Site of the Week: Source of all AMC Matador Knowledge
May 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the best things about the Internet is that it gives freaks a place to gather and celebrate the objects of their freakosity, then lets us outsiders drop by to share in the scene. As borderline...
Mini-Feature: Barb Hamilton’s 1937 Willys Gasser
May 13, 2011Brian LohnesCar Features, OTHER
Barb Hamilton is a woman who truly blazed a trail for females in drag racing. As much credit as Shirley Muldowney gets for “running with the boys” and becoming the first female to...
Cool New Flick: Drag Racing Dreams (Presented by Don Garlits)
May 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We ran across the trailer for a new movie that is available to buy called “Drag Racing Dreams”. Don Garlits is involved with the project and the film seems to contain bitchin’ old...
New Zealand Bus Driver Crashes 10 Times in 18 Months, Gets Fired, Loses Appeal for Job Back
May 12, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were certain after reading the title of a story about a bus driver that crashed 10 times in 18 months and was fired, it would be based in some American city. That just seems to be the way things...
eBay Find: A Killer Blown and Injected Harley Drag Bike of Unknown Year and Origin
May 12, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This crazy freak show of a drag bike really got our cranks spinning when we stumbled across it on eBay. The seller does not know when it was built or by whom, who raced it, whether or not it was...
