Stay Tuned to BangShift Today for Breaking NHRA News at NOON Eastern!
May 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Just a quick note to remind you that we’ll be blogging live from the NHRA press conference in Boston today. The presser is set to begin at noon eastern standard time and the expected result is...
American Powertrain Announces New X-Factor Cross Member for 1964-1967 GM A-Bodies
May 29, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News
Cross members are certainly unappreciated parts, until you need one that fits your specific project. If you are swapping the trans, adding larger or dual exhaust, changing engines, etc, chances are,...
The Top 11 Greatest Ever Names of Race Car Drivers
May 29, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Don’t be confused. This is not a list of nicknames, it’s a list of real names. As per usual, we’ve probably made some glaring omissions here so feel free to insult us and tell us...
10-Year Old English Boy Steals Parents Car – Crashes Car Two Miles Later – 10 Year Olds Suck at Driving
May 29, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Here’s a little newsflash for you. 10 year old kids suck at driving. This fact was further reinforced by the actions of a little guy in England recently when he got into an argument with his...
Watch the World’s Quickest and Fastest AMC Powered Drag Car Rip Off a 6 Second Lap – Twin Turbo Power!
May 29, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
While shooting texts back and forth over the weekend with my pal Jon Wall, he tipped me off to what has to be the coolest Top Dragster machine in the country, Alan O’Brien’s twin turbo,...
Watch an Off Road Racing Truck Jump and Land Directly on Top of Another Truck During a Race!
May 29, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Jeremy McGrath cut his teeth in the tough and crazy world of motorcross in the 1980s and 1990s. He moved to off road racing trucks several years ago and has proven himself to be just as gnarly a...
Barnstormin’: Stuck in a World of Mere Mortals
May 25, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
I wonder if Art Arfons did his own laundry. I’m sure Evel Knievel didn’t. That’s what I was thinking the other night while switching the lights and darks down in my basement....
Project Buford T Justice Update: The Trans Thrash is ON!
May 25, 2012Brian LohnesBuford - 9C1 Caprice, Project Cars
If you remember, we put Project Buford T Justice on the dyno a couple weeks ago and fragged the trans and driveshaft in violent fashion. Since then, we recalled a transmission that has been living in...
Rumor Mill: NHRA to Announce 2013 National Event at New England Dragway on Wednesday at Boston Press Conference
May 25, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
This Wednesday at high noon, the NHRA will host a press conference in Boston. While there has been no official word from either the NHRA or the only sanctioned NHRA track within two hours of the...
BangShift Project: Introducing the $200 Hauler…A Tow Rig on a BangShift Budget!
May 24, 2012Chad ReynoldsCHEVY, Project Cars, TRUCKS
Although the economy is looking up, regular Joes like us are still hurting, and there are plenty of folks, like us, who just can’t afford a new tow rig. So, when the opportunity came for us to...
BangShift Garage Spotlight: A Bitchin Blue Big Block 1969 Nova Super Sport We Wish We Had
May 24, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, CHEVY
It’s BangShift Garage Spotlight time, and this week we chose my69rat and his amazing big-block, 4-speed, 1969 Nova SS. He’s kind of a lurker on the BangShift.com forums, but that...
Question of the Day: What is the Lamest Automotive Myth?
May 24, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
As car dudes and dudettes, we live and breathe this stuff. Sadly, we’re in the minority when it comes to the general population. The majority of people don’t have a freaking clue about...
RacingJunk Find: A Large by Huge by FAST 8-Second 1996 Impala
May 24, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
The zenith of the Chevy B-body was the 1996 Chevy Impala SS. With great looks, good grunt from an LT1 V8, four doors, and room for a small immigrant family in the trunk, they were the last of a breed...
Watch a Winged Sprint Car Pull a Massive Power Wheelie Down The Front Straight of a Dirt Track!
May 24, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
If you’ve never seen winged sprint cars in action, this video should get your juices flowing enough to start seeking out local race dates. The cars are dirt borne rockets that act like no other...
