Barnstormin’: Squeezing a Fistful of Sand
May 14, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The last couple of weeks have been abnormally busy around eastern BangShift world HQ and for very sucky reasons. Four major league all stars in the world of hot rodding left this mortal coil and...
Watch Freiburger and Finnegan (and a pit bull) Swap the Motor in a 1969 El Camino in Summit Racing’s Parking Lot
May 14, 2012Brian LohnesENGINES, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Freiburger and Finnegan are back with another episode of “Roadkill” their off-kilter adventure show where they do neat and humorous car stuff. Essentially we revel in their pain and...
Carroll Shelby, American Racing and Sports Car Titan is Dead
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
News is just breaking that Carroll Shelby, one of the largest figures in American racing history and high performance American cars has died. We have heard for a couple of weeks that Shelby was in...
Question of the Day: What Brand or Model of Car Has the Most Rabidly Devoted (WEIRD) Owners?
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
This question came to me when I was driving and a Corvette pulled up along side of me. Inside the car was a man wearing a Corvette hat, Corvette jacket, and he had adorned the car with both a...
Watch John Hall’s Massive and Scary Pro Mod Crash From NMRA Bradenton Earlier This Year
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Back in March, Pro Mod racer John Hall suffered a massive wreck during the NMRA race in Bradenton, Florida. Hall was there testing his nitrous Camaro in preparation for the then upcoming ADRL season...
Turbo LS Chevy Sleeper Van For Sale – Runs 12s and Looks Bone Stock
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift contributing photographer Bob Chiluk tipped us off to the fact that the legendary Las Vegas based sleeper van is for sale. This is the full sized Chevy van you have seen eating up...
Watch Jim Oddy Fire Up the Blown 392 Hemi in The Actual Austin Gasser He Raced More Than 40 Years Ago!
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Some videos aren’t cool because of trick camera work, killer sound, or zooty stuff like that. Take this one for example. It shows drag racing legend Jim Oddy firing up the very Austin gasser he...
Caption This Photo: What is Larry Larson Saying to Steve Matusek?
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Photo by Charles Wickam) – When I was at the ADRL event in Bristol, Tennessee I ran into Larry Larson in the pits and staging lanes a couple of times of the weekend. Larry was there working...
Seattle Man Not Named Freiburger Steals Camaro SS From Hertz Hits 150mph During Police Chase
May 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
You always have to worry about internet videos spawning copy cats, so when we read about a man in the Seattle, Washington area who stole a brand new Camaro SS from a Hertz office and later hit 150mph...
Racing Junk Find: A Complete, Turn Key, Modern Front Motor Top Fuel Car
May 10, 2012Brian LohnesRacing Junk Find
While trolling around RacingJunk.com and oogling stuff we cannot afford and have no business owning even if we could, we stumbled upon an ad that has a complete front engine top fuel dragster, of the...
Question of the Day: What is the Worst Automotive Innovation Ever?
May 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
We live in an age where cars are packed with some incredible technology. From anti-lock brakes to active cruise control that will automatically slow your car with traffic, to cars that can literally...
Top 11 Best Ever Race Car Paint Schemes
May 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Modern race car paint jobs can’t hold a candle to the classic, care-free stylings of generations ago. There were classy, subtle schemes, and gaudy, loud, attention-grabbing hues slathered down...
Project Buford T Justice Will Be Saved For About A 100 Bucks With a 15 Year Old Transmission
May 10, 2012Brian LohnesBuford - 9C1 Caprice, Project Cars
By now you know that I blew up my Project Buford T Justice Caprice on the dyno at Performance Auto and Dyno in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Monday. After the car spit the driveshaft at us, broke the...
Watch Helmet Cam Video of a Guy Crashing His Quad Into a Cow at Full Tilt!
May 10, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
We have seen lots of wacky helmet cam videos over the years here at BangShift but this one is on another level entirely. The video shows a quad rider running full speed down a dirt road in God knows...
