eBay Find: The Coolest 1931 Chevy on Planet Earth
Jun 03, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
We know that there’s no such thing as, “the perfect hot rod” because cars are such subjective devices. That being said, this 1931 Chevy coupe, with its straight axle, blown Pontiac...
New England Area Drag Racers: You Can Run for a Wally This Weekend in Epping!
Jun 03, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We wanted to get the word out the drag racers in the New England area that New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire will be running their first ever National Dragster Challenge this Saturday! The...
Holley Introduces new Billet HP and Dominator Inline Fuel Pumps for up to 2100 HP
Jun 02, 2011Chad ReynoldsNew Products
Holley has been the leader in performance carburetion for more than 100 years. And in recent years they have introduced EFI systems for hot rod and muscle car enthusiasts. The introduction of their...
Cruise Gallery: The Goody’s Cruise Night – St Charles, Illinois
Jun 02, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Our man in Illinois, Greg Rourke has been busier than all get out lately with his camera. After manning the wall at Byron Dragway last weekend, he attended a cool cruise night in St Charles, Illinois...
Smash Video: How Not to Do a Burnout and How Not to Make Friends at the Drag Strip
Jun 02, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
There are several ways to raise the ire of fellow racers at the drag strip. Oiling down the track is a pretty big party foul, crashing and causing a stoppage of racing while the carcass of your race...
eBay Find: A Bad Ass, Pro Street 1956 Ford
Jun 02, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
While Chad has showed us some awesome Pro Touring cars with his galleries from the Run to Music City event, we found car that falls on the other end of the spectrum with this wild, blown, 1956 Ford...
Narco-Tanks: The New Scourge of the Mexican Drug War
Jun 02, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The long running war between powerful Mexican drug cartels and the Mexican government rages on, the argument that the cartels are better armed than the police and army seems to be valid with the...
Event Coverage UPDATE: Carbon Customs presents the 2011 Run to Music City
Jun 01, 2011Chad ReynoldsEvent Coverage, OTHER
Here at BangShift, we are all about driving your hot rods. If that means a trip to the local cruise night once a week, great. A roadtrip? Even better. But if you actually go out and put all your...
Video: Chris Alston’s 1964 Nova Makes Vortech Superchargers First 6-Second Pass
Jun 01, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
What’s it take for your 598 cubic inch 1964 Nova to run deep in the 6’s at over 212 mph? Apparently the answer is a Vortech V-28 123 supercharger. Chris Alston Jr.’s little Chevy...
100ft Drags Bring Drag Racing Back to Long Island, NY
Jun 01, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
After telling you about the social and political storm clouds surrounding the drag strip in Fontana, California, we thought it would be good to give you a good news story about grassroots drag...
Cool Parts: F and B Performance Engineered Products 6-BBL EFI Systems
Jun 01, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
A while back we featured the cool ‘Cuda of BangShift member BKBridges in our BangShift Reader Garage of the Week blog item. We joked that BK’s ‘Cuda and virtually all of his other...
Lohnes to Appear on the Wally Bell Radio Show Tonight!
Jun 01, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift’s Brian Lohnes will appear tonight on the Wally Bell Show, a popular internet radio show hosted by the door slammer racing legend, Wally Bell. We’re not sure what the Hell Wally...
Nitro Video: The Boss Bird Pontiac Powered Nitro Funny Car Thunders to Life!
Jun 01, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
There was a time when a Pontiac powered nitro flopper was pretty normal stuff. Guys like Dick Jesse and Arnie Beswick proudly flew the Poncho banner with header flames belching from under their cars....
Auto Club Dragway in Fontana Threatened in Noise Dispute
Jun 01, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of drag racing’s most grim ironies is that the ancestral home of the sport, Southern California is virtually devoid of drag strips. According to various sources in the area, one of the last...
