Gallery: The Long Beach Swap Meet – August 2011
Aug 09, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Swap Meets
We weren’t planning on going to the Long Beach Swap Meet on Sunday. Our plans were more lofty. The centered around sleeping late and then sitting around in our boxers watching Nascar and...
Carnage Photo: When Good Pro Mod Tune Ups Go Bad
Aug 08, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We happened to be announcing a drag race on Saturday night at New England Dragway in Epping, NH and our pal Peter Farber was there. Peter races Pro Mod and does so both locally an as part of the NHRA...
Event Gallery: 2011 Oswego Dragway Days – Oswego, Illinois
Aug 08, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Our man Greg Rourke was on the scene of a totally bitchin’ event last weekend. The 2011 Oswego Drag Strip days event serves as a yearly celebration of the memory of Oswego Dragway, a strip that...
Barnstormin’: A Banzai Road Trip to Maine for Food, Fun, and Cars!
Aug 08, 2011Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, ROAD TRIPS
Back in early July, Chad went on a quick and fun road trip with the guys from Route 2 Media. They saw a bunch of neat stuff, scarfed down some great road food, and generally laughed themselves silly....
Project Car Video Update: Ethyl – The 800hp 2004 Pontiac GTO Gets a Cog Belt on the 4.0L Whipple Blower!
Aug 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
When we were cruising the BangShift garage section recently, we saw a frontal photo of a 2004 GTO that was hoodless. That caught our eye, so we clicked on the photo labeled Ethyl and we’re sure...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Dover Motorsports Kills Nashville Super Speedway
Aug 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you are an OG BangShift reader, you’ll remember an item we used to run every Friday called the “Excuse to go home early and drink”. Well, since there is crappy news abounding...
Cool Video: Let’s Ride Motorcycles
Aug 05, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
So if we led off by telling you that the below video is an advertisement for a Taiwanese bank, we’re not sure you’d get far enough to check it out. It would be your loss of course,...
eBay Find: A Bitchin’ Ex-Mopar Factory Drag Car Hauler!
Aug 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
We here at BangShift HQ are fully in love with old race car haulers, especially those of the factory variety. Reader Chris Crowley tipped us off to this absolutely killer 1974 Dodge factory drag car...
Caption the Greatest Helmet Photo Ever
Aug 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
This photo comes to us courtesy of Action Racing Photos and our friends Jay Spinella and Denis LeBlanc. It could be the funniest picture ever taken. This highly experienced racer was getting...
Caption This Photo: Why it is Totally Impossible to Look Cool Bicycling
Aug 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
This photo, shot on a cell phone by our pal Jay Spinella is too good not to share. It is the ultimate illustration of our theory that it is impossible to look cool on a bicycle, especially with the...
Road Trip Journal: A BangShifter’s Tale of Travel Woe Getting to the Car Craft Summer Nationals
Aug 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Editor’s Note: This is one hell of a tale! It takes a special level of testicular fortitude to set off on a 2400 mile round trip journey in your hot rod project. That level gets cranked up...
Cool Video: 101 year old Margaret Dunning Still Cruises Her 1930 Packard!
Aug 04, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Margaret Dunning is 101 years old, which is pretty damned impressive in itself. Add the fact that she still cruises her 1930 Packard, changes its oil and spark plugs as well as the other maintenance...
Racing Junk Find: A 1990s-Tastic Pontiac Grand Am Pro Street Machine
Aug 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
Since the ass-high, side piped, rubber protruding from the fenders look of the 1970s street machine is now back in vogue, the pastel painted Pro Street wonders of the 1990s will be back soon...
