Auto Club Fontana Drag Strip (Almost) Undead!
Jul 31, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Great news from the world of Southern California drag racing today. It appears as though the currently dormant drag strip at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California will be reopening sooner rather...
COPO Camaro #3 Build: Behind The Scenes Of A Real Copo Camaro Build!
Jul 31, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We want a new COPO Camaro so bad we can taste it, and although we have no delusions that we’ll be one of the first media to make a pass in one, we can say that we will be the quickest....
Jiffy-tite Fittings Video and Fitting Counting Contest. So Easy Even A BangShifter Can Do It!
Jul 31, 2012Chad ReynoldsSponsor News
We were cruising the Jiffy-tite Facebook page and saw two cool things we had to share. The first is a great video featuring the infamous Jon Dibartolomeo, from Drag Racing Action Magazine, talking...
Show Gallery: The 2012 Ring Reckers Hot Rod Club Car Show
Jul 31, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Jay Spinella) – The Ring Reckers Car Club of Amesbury, Massachusetts was formed in 1955 at the height of the burgeoning hot rod craze that was sweeping America. The club was around...
Video: Mark Stielow’s Red Devil 1969 Pro Touring Camaro Takes On a New ZL1 at Gingerman Raceway – Which One Wins?
Jul 31, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Mark Stielow is one of the Pro Touring world’s true heroes. A GM engineer who was one of the earliest adapters of modern suspension technology into classic American iron, his ever more bad ass...
BangShifter Sean Fling Wins The Ridetech Race Entry Giveaway! Sandhills Here He Comes!
Jul 30, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, Sponsor News
We are proud to announce that BangShifter Sean Fling, and his wife Tara, won the Ridetech Race Entry Giveaway for the Sandhills Open Road Challenge and will be kickin’ it BangShift style in...
Caption this Photo: Nightmare on the Strip!
Jul 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
As much as we like to look back on old school drag racing as a period where everything was grand and nothing was wrong, this photo helps to shine the light of reality on the era a little. We do not...
The Top 11: Worst Classic Car Name Revivals
Jul 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(By Matt Cramer) – Few automakers can deliver a string of unbroken hits, but fewer still can retire a nameplate after one generation and resist the urge to dust off the names of some of their...
Drag Gallery: The Massive 2012 AMC Day at Mason-Dixon Dragway – AMC Hotness Abounds!
Jul 30, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by John Button and Victor Santiago) – This is a well timed gallery because I have had AMCs on the brain lately. Having been at the strip announcing the last couple of weekend, I have...
“Broadway” Bob Metzler – Drag Racing Legend, Hall of Famer, and American Original – Dead at 83
Jul 27, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Another giant in the world of drag racing has left this mortal coil. “Broadway” Bob Metzler the man who opened Great Lakes Dragaway in 1955 and built it into one of the most famed and...
Muscle Car and American Iron Junkyard Gallery: Fox Wrecker Service – Harrison, Michigan
Jul 27, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Shop Tours
(Photos by Chris Chenlo) – There’s something uniquely cool about the galleries we get from guys who have gone trolling through junkyards across America. Chris Chenlo was recently at Fox...
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Pro 2 Videos: Watch Round 7 Of The 2012 Season Sunday At 1pm EST On CBS
Jul 27, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, Sponsor News
If you are like us, then trucks driving fast on dirt, sometimes on 4 wheels, usually on at least two, flying through the air, landing on top of each other, and sometimes flipping over, is really...
Busted: Seven Arrested in Australia For Stealing 140 LS Engines and 175 Transmissions From Holden Plant
Jul 27, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
A theft ring in Australia has been discovered and shut down by police, but only after they managed to steal 140 Holden V8 engines (LS motors) and 175 of the corresponding transmissions. According to...
