Car Show Gallery: The Sultans Car Club Benefit Car Show
May 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Chad was a busy dude last weekend. He jumped straight from the Poncho show, right on over to the Sultans Car Club of Long Beach Benefit show. This event was raising money for the Long Beach K-9...
Car Show Gallery: The So Cal Pontiac Club’s All Pontiac Car Show
May 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
From Ohio, we zip out to California and the the all Pontiac car show put on by the So Cal chapter of the POCI (Pontiac-Oakland Club International). The POCI is a big organization who is still going...
Event Gallery: The Canfield, Ohio Swap Meet
May 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
For more than 20 years, there’s been a large by huge swap meet in Canfield, Ohio. This meet, like so many others, has managed to survive the encroachment of online sales giants like eBay,...
The Parting Shift: Banging Gears in a 1964 Galaxie Wagon Packing a 428 and Doug Nash Five Speed!
May 06, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We’re capping off the week in grand style, with some in car video from a very unique drag machine. The car that we’re riding in by watching this video is an old Galaxie station wagon that...
Trevor Bayne Released From Hospital, No Date Set on Racing Return
May 06, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
NASCAR’s Trevor Bayne is living through one of the most manic years in the history of humankind. Of course it began with his improbable win at the 2011 Daytona 500 for Wood Brothers Racing,...
eBay Find: An Original 427 Cammer Powered A/FX Mustang Drag Racer
May 06, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Talk about cool! This 1965 Mustang has been a race car since day one, and it wasn’t just some flim-flam stocker with a little 289. Instead it was a beastly A/FX machine sporting one of the...
Boss 302 Crate Engines Now Available From Ford Racing
May 06, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 444hp Boss 302 that powers the recently released Boss Mustang is now available as a crate engine from Ford Racing. The Boss 302 is the highest performance variant of the 5.0L engine that powers...
Drag Bike Wreckage Video: A Full-Tilt Nitrous Busa Throws It’s Rider at High Speed
May 06, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
When it comes to high performance motorcycles, the Suzuki Hayabusa seems to be the unrivaled champion amongst modern iron. We’ve seen these things tear up drag strips with blinding numbers, run...
Video: BangShiftChad Drives Ridetech’s 1969 Mustang at the 2011 Goodguys Editor’s Challenge Autocross
May 05, 2011Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION, Videos
I’m normally known for being the fatest mouth at an autocross event, and as the announcer for the Goodguys Autocross Series, I get to see everyone else being the fastest shoe. As a driver, this...
Video: 2011 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals
May 05, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
When the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association rolls into Del Mar California each spring, hot rods from all the western states and beyond flock to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for some of the finest weather...
Ford Racing Announces Creation of Cobra Jet Showdown, Event Slated for August
May 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
This is the start of something totally cool. Ford Racing has announced the creation of the Cobra Jet Showdown, a heads up drag race amongst the owners of 2008-2012 Mustang Cobra Jets. Much like the...
Drag Race Fail Video: This Rider is a Bad Racer and a Worse Stunt Jumper
May 05, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
One time when we were interviewing EJ Potter, he told us about the bad rap motorcycles had at the drags during the 1960s about the time he came out with his V8 “Widowmaker” motorcycle. He...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Least Favorite Automotive Task?
May 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Even the most talented gearheads have at least one task that they don’t like. Ours is wiring. We’re ham-fisted as it is and when you combine that with the need to work in tight spaces and...
Racing Junk Find: A Hermetically Sealed, Pro Street AMX Time Warp
May 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
With the 1980s vibe starting to come back into the world of hot rodding with a force, this pro street AMX is the ticket to coolville. The seller does not say when the car was built, but he does...
