Great Video: A 20-Minute Drag Week Retrospective from Hot Rod
Oct 20, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
This is the 2011 Drag Week video that tops them all. Put together by the guys over at Hot Rod it is a near 20-minute recap of the week, narrated by our old pal Freiburger. The video has some great...
eBay Find: A Never Run, Military-Spec Chrysler 361 – Still in the Nerf Crate!
Oct 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Are we weird for getting all excited over seeing a 1960s era, never run Chrysler wedge motor in a nerf crate? Of course we are, but you knew that already. We got tipped off to this eBay auction which...
Wild Video: A Monster Lane Changing Wheelstand From a Small Tire Mustang
Oct 19, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Now this is some wheels up action! This Mustang dead hooks at the hit of the throttle and it is full sky, full time from there on out. The guy driving this car has some serious stones because he...
Great Read: Bill Caswell Goes Mini-Cup Stock Car Racing
Oct 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last we checked in with our rally pal Bill Caswell, he was hamming it up over at the Goodwood Festival in England. Since then he’s been keeping busy working on some other projects which we have...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Approach to Selling an Old Car?
Oct 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
I was cruising down the road yesterday minding my own business when I spotted this cool old Buick Riviera for sale on the side of the road. The gigantic FOR SALE slathered across the windshield...
Racing Junk Find: An Awesome Early 1980s Off Shore Racing Boat With 3,000hp!
Oct 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
It has been said that a boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into. That statement can be not more truthful than when applied to off shore racing boats, the mammoth boats that super rich...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Pennsylvania Dutch Classic – Maple Grove, PA
Oct 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
For 40 years, NHRA Division One sportsman racers have descended on Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania to close out the season at the Pennsylvania Dutch Classic. This year was no exception....
Cool Site: Thunder V12 – Where the GMC 702 V12 is King!
Oct 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the more amazing things to us is how many small companies pop up to fill niches in the automotive world. Thunder V12 is a small company that builds high performance versions of the old 702ci...
Cool Story: Washington State Bus Mechanic Wins Lottery – Buys Back Camaro Project
Oct 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is always nice to find a pearl of good in the sewer pipe of bad news that flows freely these days. A regular Joe bus mechanic named William Sitdham from Olympia, Washington recently won more than...
MSD Rolls Out a New Logo and a New Approach to the Aftermarket
Oct 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
MSD has announced that they’ve tweaked their familiar logo and more importantly that they are taking a fresh approach to the aftermarket in general, becoming a company that handles all aspects...
El Boom Video: Test and Tune Night in Vegas Goes Very Wrong For a Mustang Owner
Oct 17, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The interesting thing about nitrous explosions is that their severity doesn’t necessarily line up with the seriousness of the machine involved. Basically, the street car guy is just as likely...
eBay Find: A Crazy Rare and Stupid Expenside 1937 Mack Jr Truck
Oct 17, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
While on family vacation last week, I was trolling eBay during some quiet time. My truck loving self search up Mack with the hopes of finding a stupid deal on an old Model B or something. Instead I...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Shakedown at E-Town
Oct 17, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
The 2011 running of the “Shakedown at E-Town” continued in a tradition that is heading for a tenth year in 2012. There were lots of great cars, lots of big time runs and some of the...
