BangShift Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Automotive Stance?
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
A car or truck’s stance is the first major thing that anyone notices. How does it sit? What kind of attitude does it emit? From being slammed down into the weeds to riding like a monster truck,...
Watch Bill Maier’s Trans-Am Mustang Get Destroyed at Leguna Seca in 1982!
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Despite the fact that we always seem to concentrate on Trans Am racing from the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was great racing for many years past that era. This video, shot at Leguna Seca in...
Mini-Feature: An Upclose Look at Mike Piraino’s Wild Twin Turbo Super Comp/Top Dragster Rail! [w/dyno video]
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesCar Features, CHEVY, OTHER
When Chad called me breathlessly from the pits a Pomona during the NHRA Winternationals, I figured he had been chasing the ice cream truck…again. As it turns out, he was going ape over this...
Ridetech Announces Design Contest Winner and It is a Looker!
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, Sponsor News
We’ve been keeping you up to date with Ridetech’s design contest and now it is time to unveil the winning scheme that the Ridetech guys will apply to the Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod...
BS Approved Video: Watch a Nitro Harley Get Built in a Home Shop
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Our pal Chuck Noble has been on the electronic pages of BangShift before. He’s the guy, we featured running a nitro motorcycle that had iron heads and carbs on it. Well, Chuck was using that...
Crazy eBay Find: A Twin Engine, Street Legal GMC S15 “Fire Truck” From ‘Bama
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
For many people today is a holiday, but not here in the halls of BangShift. We’re always working hard to keep you abreast of the most important news in the automotive universe. Take this insane...
Irwindale Speedway Update: Property Owner Claims 20 Parties Have Contacted Him About Taking Over Track
Feb 17, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Just as we were about to ditch the BangShift newsroom and start chugging beers tonight, we caught wind of a story that gives us more reason to be hopeful that the shuttering of Irwindale Speedway is...
Watch the First Episode of Roadkill – Freiburger and Finnegan’s New Show!
Feb 17, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
By now we’re sure you’ve heard that David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of Hot Rod Magazine are going to have a monthly web tv show called Roadkill. The first episode went live today and...
Big News: Jiffy-Tite Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors!
Feb 17, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, Sponsor News
Chad and I are proud to announce that Jiffy-Tite, one of the premier fluid transfer fitting companies in the world, has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. Their quick connect fittings are found...
Wreckage Video: A King of the Hammers Competitor Drives off a Cliff and Into a Huge Rock at High Speed
Feb 17, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Yesterday we ran video featuring a King of the Hammers competitor completely mangling his buggy by barrel rolling it across the finish line of the race. The poor bastards in the video below...
Irwindale Update: All Hope Not Lost – Company That Owns the Property Wants to Resume Racing ASAP
Feb 16, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were tipped off to a link today that indicates the company which owns the track and offices wants to see the facility opened and operating again, “as soon as possible.” This report was...
Watch a Racer Complete the King of the Hammers Off Road Race With a Pirouette and Barrel Roll of his Truck!
Feb 16, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There have been more than a few NASCAR races decided with a car crossing the finish line upside down, sideways, or otherwise hemmed up into another competitor’s machine. While those wreckage...
Project Update: The Hard Guys Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Gets Bathed in Epic Paint!
Feb 16, 2012Brian LohnesFORD, Project Cars
In the last update we ran about The Hard Guys nostalgia Nitro Funny Car, we told you that the body was done being prepped and paint was the next step. We also told you that the paint was guaranteed...
