Dates and Locations Announced for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012
Jan 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The waiting is over because our pals at Hot Rod Magazine have announced the dates and tracks for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 and they include the now traditional mix of larger and smaller...
Crazy Video: Incredible Snow Driving Carnage on a Utah Street 10+ Wrecks Caught on Camera!
Jan 23, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
The northern parts of the country have been smacked pretty well with snow recently. That means lots of traffic, crashes, and people who have no business driving getting exposed as the...
Chad and Brian’s 2012 NHRA Top Fuel Predictions
Jan 23, 2012Chad Reynolds1320 NHRA News
The off-season between Del Worsham’s 2011 NHRA Top Fuel Championship win and 2012 pre-season testing has been a crazy one. The face of Top Fuel has changed quite a bit over the last several...
The RideTech Crew Heads to the Mecum Auction – Killer Chevelle to Hit the Block
Jan 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our pals at RideTech are headed to the Mecum Auction in Kissimmee, Florida to sell their killer red 1967 Chevelle. Bret has the yearly habit of unloading one killer car to make room for another and...
BangShift Approved: Drag Strip Rental Car Burnout Insanity!
Jan 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Photo Credit: Ed Quinlan) – After essentially living on top of a scaffolding structure for a couple days at Palm Beach International Raceway filming 300mph Top Fuel dragsters and Nitro Funny...
Roadside Find: A 1962 Rambler Snow Plow Trar
Jan 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Photo Credit: Greg Rourke) – Greg Rourke was on his way home from Merrill, Wisconsin after shooting the killer gallery of photos we just posted from the Ice Drags. He pulled off the highway...
Drag Gallery: The Merrill, Wisconsin Ice Drags – January 2012
Jan 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
(Photo Credit: Greg Rourke) – No doubt you’ve probably heard of the Merrill Ice Drags, a truly awesome grassroots event put on by a bunch of lunatic speed freaks in Wisconsin. Neither...
CHADMOUTH: BangShift.com’s 1st 300 mph Club member, 1st Funny Car, and 1st Top Fueler
Jan 23, 2012Chad ReynoldsChadMouth
Dudes and Dudettes!!!!!!! While at the PRO Winter Warmup this past weekend, we got our name on three Fuel Funny Cars and a Top Fuel Dragster! And not just any Funny Cars and Dragster. We’d love to...
Video Replay of the 2012 PRO Winter Warm Up!
Jan 20, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 2012 PRO Winter Warm up is done, but you can watch the replay of the event by clicking below!
Another Quick Update and a Few Photos from the PRO Winter Warm Up
Jan 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races, DRAG RACES
The runs keep on rolling here at PBIR and under penalty of death we cannot give you elapsed times until LIVE coverage and video begins tomorrow. We can say that there has been lots more tire smoke...
Ferrari F40 Previously Owned by Lee Iacocca to Be Auctioned by RM
Jan 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Lee Iacocca is an icon in the American car industry and he’s actually a “car guy” as proven by the fact that he formerly owned a Ferrari F40. The man who started his career in sales...
We are here at the PRO Winter Warm Up
Jan 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
We are here at PBIR shooting photos and covering the Wednesday action. Lots of Top Fuel cars in the 3.80s some good looking new bodies, too. Full galleries tonight and LIVE video tomorrow!
Retro Galleries: A Look Back at the 2011 PRO Winter Warm Up
Jan 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races
By the time you read this, Chad and I will be at the track talking t0 the drivers and teams testing at the 2012 PRO Winter Warm Up. If this year is anything like last year, we’ll be on nitro...
Show Gallery: Killer Hot Rod Gatherings at Posies Hot Rod and Carlevale Customs
Jan 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Photos by Joe Grippo: One of the reasons I’m proud to be a northern hot rodder is that we’re a hearty lot that isn’t dissuaded by the elements. Cold winter temperatures didn’t...
