The Parting Shift: Fire Shooting Big Rig Addition
Sep 30, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Admittedly, I’m way behind schedule with this week’s Parting Shift. I was so deep in the soup that I enlisted the help of my pal and killer artist Stu Wotypka. Stu struck gold with this...
Project Car Update: Progress on the AMX/GTO Project – It Runs!
Sep 30, 2011Brian LohnesAMC, Apex Car Feature, Project Cars
The AMX/GTO project that we introduced to the world last winter is the insane combo of a late model GTO and a 1969 AMC AMX. The work is being performed at the home shop of our buddy Scott who lives...
BangShift Burnout Battle – International Edition: A Delta 88 in England Takes on a Bitchin’ 1964 Skylark in the USA – FINAL DAY TO VOTE!
Sep 30, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
BangShift Burnout Battle fever has crossed over the ocean and landed in jolly ol’ England! This week we have for your viewing and voting pleasure a beautiful 1964 Buick Skylark ripping tires in...
Carnage Photo: What Happens When a Piston Breaks and Lots of Boost Runs Free
Sep 30, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The crazed power that turbo engines make these days does come with a price. That price is the potential for big carnage. Take this photo for example. Our pal Jon Sandahl shot it at a recent drag...
Canadian Government Moves to Seize Two Million Dollar Fleet of Sports Cars Busted Street Racing
Sep 29, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The original story read like the plot line from a 1980s movie. A horde of rich kids from an exclusive private high school were caught street racing in a group of the world’s most expensive high...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 B.I.G Love Car and Truck Show – La Porte, Texas
Sep 29, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Car Shows
Photo contributor Charles Wickam’s big Texas car show adventure continues with another gallery from last weekend’s touring. This one is from the B.I.G Love Car and Truck Show, a charity...
Found: 1977 Ford Denimachine Van For Sale in Canada
Sep 29, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
In the late 1970s Coca-Cola wanted to cash in on one of the biggest crazes in the country at the time, vanning. Long scorned by hot rodders who saw vans creep into the pages of their favorite high...
WTF Video: A Squashed Russian SUV Rolling Down the Highway
Sep 28, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We’ve all seen a smacked up car rolling down the road and wondered what the hell happened. Maybe the doors are all smashed in or there’s a headlight missing but overall the car is still...
Car Show Gallery: The Pearland, Texas Cruise – September 2011
Sep 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Continuing on with Charles Wickam’s extreme weekend of car show photography, he sent us this dispatch from the Pearland, Texas cruise. The evening event is an informal affair, held at a Lowes...
Car Show Gallery: The DeSantis Chevrolet Car Show – Brockton, MA
Sep 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Last weekend, we took in the 18th annual car show held at DeSantis Chevrolet in Brockton, Massachusetts. This was an all makes show that had a zillion and a half classes and trophies to boot. We were...
Racing Junk Find: A Super Clean, Turbocharged 1970 Duster
Sep 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
When we first saw this car on RacingJunk we thought it was a clean Duster. Once we learned it had a 440 in it with a single 88mm turbo, we dove straight into the photo gallery. The car would be a...
Show Gallery: The 28th Annual Long Horn Rod Run
Sep 27, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The weather in Texas has cooled to sub-nuclear levels so Charles Wickam is back on the scene. Last weekend the lunatic shot four different events, this one, the 28th annual Long Horn Rod run was one...
Powerful Video: The 9-11 Boatlift – How Men of Action Evacuated Manhattan That Day
Sep 27, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Forgive us if you have already seen this video. It is making tracks across the web in record time and for good reason. This is the story, as narrated by Tom Hanks, of the men who sprang to action on...
eBay Find: The Pro Street Nova of NHRA Pro Stock Team Owner Ken Black
Sep 27, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
It is always cool to get a glimpse the personal lives of drag racing’s elite and NHRA Pro Stock team owner Ken Black is certainly in that club. He owns the team of four time Pro Stock champion...
