Wreckage Video: Another Angle of the Massive Buick Wheelie and Crash
Jul 27, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Earlier this week we showed you a couple angles of Jeff Wild’s massive wheelstand and crash at Cedar Falls Raceway last weekend. Wild and a couple of pals were making exhibition passes a la...
Shop Tour Gallery: High Speed Welding – Westmont, Illinois – They Have Grumpy’s Toy X!
Jul 26, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Shop Tours
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Dennis Spal, owner of High Speed Welding in Westmont, Il. says business is booming. He has a shop full of projects to keep him and his employee busy. He has...
Camaros Come To Nascar: Chevy Joins Ford and Mopar In Roundtrack!
Jul 26, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We’ve always thought that Mustangs and Challengers running in the NASCAR Nationwide Series was weird. I mean these are pony cars after all. But since Ford and Mopar got their pony cars into the...
Racing Head Service Pro Action Cathedral Port LS Heads: Fully Assembled As Cast or CNC Ported Up To 250cc!
Jul 26, 2012Chad ReynoldsNew Products, Sponsor News
Sure you can go to the wrecking yard and get an LS engine and throw it together with minimal parts and pieces and make good power. But if you are serious about really having a hot rod LS engine then...
Craigslist Find: A Trike Project With LOTS of Torque (when completed)
Jul 26, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
It is always weird when I get a tip on the hotline and it is from my own local area. Take this semi-completed trike that is powered by the engine and transmission from an Olds Toronado. Yeah,...
Watch the Hotchkis E-Max and the Killer 1970 Satellite 4-Door Autocross Taxi In Action at the Carlisle Mopar Nationals
Jul 26, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The All-Chrysler Nationals at Carlisle is one of the biggest shows of the year at the fabled PA-venue. The men and women of Hotchkis Sport Suspension were on the grounds with their E-Max Challenger...
BangShift Question of the Day: Who is the biggest Villain in Racing History?
Jul 26, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
After following up on the Evan Knoll story yesterday and getting to thinking about”bad guys” in the world of racing, we started coming up with a pretty decent mental list. From devious...
Evan Knoll Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges – Faces 70 Years in Prison, 100-Million in Fines
Jul 25, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Evan Knoll, the one time drag racing magnate plead guilty today to Federal charges that have the potential to send him to prison for 70 years and cost him upwards of $100-million in fines. That sound...
Buford T Justice 9C1 Update: The Parts From Hotchkis, Cragar, AFCO, and Mickey Thompson
Jul 25, 2012Brian LohnesBuford - 9C1 Caprice, Project Cars
Last week we put Buford T Justice, our project 1987 Caprice 9C1 through the last set of paces on the stock suspension and tires. The car performed as we pretty much thought it would, wallowing some,...
Watch An Opel Speedster Wreck Hard on the Nurburgring in Germany – Video
Jul 25, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Germany’s Nurburgring has been in the news lately because poor management and awful financial decisions have left it nearly bankrupt. People from all corners of the world have been freaking out...
Super Bitchin Mopar Video: The 1971 Challenger “Goodguys Missile” 2012 Giveaway Car
Jul 25, 2012Chad ReynoldsMISC
Mopar fans rejoice, the Goodguys 2012 Giveaway car is an artistic interpretation of the venerable Motown Missile of the 1970’s. Our friends at Route2Media put this great video together showing...
Racing Junk Find: A Rick Jones Built 1968 Barracuda With Modern Pro Stock Power!
Jul 25, 2012Brian LohnesRacing Junk Find
Well this is full on bad-assery to the highest order here! A classic 1968 Barracuda stuffed with a 500ci modern Pro Stock engine and all kinds of full boogie chassis work from Rick Jones Race Cars in...
Check This Out: FAST LSX 92mm Intake Manifold Is Now Available In Black!
Jul 25, 2012Chad ReynoldsNew Products, Sponsor News
We are fans of black engines, even our Chevy engines are always black or cast coat grey. And now the guys at FAST have helped us out by making black the new color of choice for LS engines with their...
Watch the BangShift Sticker Equipped Elephant Hunter Scout Gasser Break the Wheelie Bars and Go Vertical at Byron Dragway!
Jul 25, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Dave Pelissier is a BangShifter with a hella cool machine. His 1963 International Scout has graced our pages before. Originally built as a street machine in western Canada with a Hemi in the front,...
