Caption This Photo: Excited Chad is Excited
Jan 31, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm Up at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida was a smashing success. We had a great audience that got a neat behind the scenes look at how NHRA nitro...
Bitchin’ High Definition Drag Racing Video From ReplayXD – Nitro Funnies to Gear Jamming Street Cars!
Jan 31, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Most drag racing videos center around a single class or genre of cars. Maybe it is all Funny Cars or gear jamming Super Stocks, perhaps a pile of dragsters. This video, put together by our pals at...
We Found a Two Seat, Street Legal Indy Car Built in 1961 on eBay!
Jan 31, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
If this isn’t the wildest thing we have ever featured from the seemingly endless listings on eBay we’re not sure what is. According to the seller, this is a street legal Indy car that was...
Coal Truck Driver Forgets to Lower Dump Body – Laws of Physics Take Over
Jan 31, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Pennsylvania is one of the most coal rich places on Earth. They’ve been mining the stuff there since the 1700s. Since coal does not move itself once dug out of the ground, it is loaded on...
Barnstormin’: The Glory of Slow
Jan 31, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(My grandfather, Warren Lohnes passed away on Sunday. I am rerunning this column from 2009 in his memory.) I’ll never know 100 percent why, but I have a special place in my heart for slow...
Grand National Roadster Show Bonus Gallery 2012
Jan 30, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
We never have a shortage of photo coverage around here, and just in case you didn’t get enough of the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show this weekend, Scott Liggett sent us a couple hundred more...
BangShift Tested and Approved Product: ReplayXD 1080 Cameras
Jan 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Video camera technology has been on an amazingly accelerated pace over the last few years. The rise of small, durable, high quality, “action cameras” has brought all of us to places that...
Gallery: 100+ Photos From Posies Rods and Customs Winter Open House
Jan 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery, Shop Tours
(Photos by Doug Garrison) – A while back, we brought you Joe Grippo’s photos from the winter open house at Posies Rods and Customs in Pennsylvania. As it turns out, our own Doug Garrison...
Awesome New Video: Vaughen Gittin Jr. Chasing R/C Vaughn Gittin Jr. at K&N HQ! Drifting Insanity!
Jan 30, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos
While we’re not the most versed drifting guys in the world, we know entertaining video when we see it! This three minute film shows drift-master Vaughn Gittin Jr. chasing a miniature of...
Awesome Video: A Daytona Prototype Racer Hits the Streets With a Police Escort!
Jan 30, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is in the book and Ford power proved to be the ticket to the winner’s circle this year. Prior to the running of the race, Ricky Taylor, the driver of the SunTrust...
Weird News: Man Busted in England With 11 People Jammed Into his Car – Four Were in the Trunk!
Jan 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Police in England stopped a late model Audi A4 after seeing the passenger compartment was overpopulated by a couple of people. Imagine their surprise when they opened the trunk to find four more...
Ridetech Mecum Auction Update – SOLD!!!
Jan 30, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, Event Coverage, OTHER, Sponsor News
Bret Voelkel from Ridetech spent last week at the Mecum Auction and we have his update from Friday for you to enjoy. As usual, Bret brings a unique perspective to events. Luckily he shares it with...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2012 is the Indy Speedster!
Jan 29, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
The votes are in! We didn’t even put the winner in our Top Five, although we did say that all of them were worthy. The winner is Bill Lindig’s, SoCal Speedshop built, Indy Speedster! Bill...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster: Our Top Picks
Jan 29, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
I grew up going to the Grand National Roadster Show when it was in Oakland. And I remember looking at the Roadsters that were competing for the title of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster. Man,...
