American Racing Legend Jerry Grant Has Died: First Man to Turn an Official 200mph Lap, Other Cool Accomplishments (Video)
Aug 12, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Jerry Grant, who had a highly successful and diverse racing career during the 1960s and 1970s both nationally and internationally, has died. Grant was the first man to ever turn a racing competition...
Bonneville Speed Week Coverage: We’ve Dried Out And Are Hauling Ass!
Aug 12, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races
Bonneville RULES! IT RULES! Seriously, it rules and you need to be out here with us. All the cool kids are doing it, and this is one time not to listen to your mother about peer pressure. The salts...
Bonneville Speed Week Coverage: It’s Damp, But Fast, And We Have More Photos!
Aug 11, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races
With rain showers blowing through the Bonneville Salt Flats on Friday night, it made for a soupy morning on parts of Long Course One, and also on parts of the return and access roads, but that...
Bonneville Speed Week 2012 Starts NOW!!! Friday Nugget Car Show Photos. Racing Photos Tomorrow.
Aug 11, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Gallery, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races
Bonneville Speed Week 2012 officially starts in a few hours! We’ve got stories galore that we are following, including our buddy Lee Sicilio’s quest for a 300 mph record in his just...
What Specific Pony Car Should Be Sent To The Glue Factory?
Aug 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Being Friday, we wanted to help you escape from doing work as long as possible. This question should allow your mind to wander a little bit. We want to know what specific pony car you would send to...
Rocket Racing Wheels Introduces Classic Bullet Style Lugs As Well As a Bullet Lug and Lock Kit
Aug 10, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News
One of the coolest things about Rocket Racing Wheels is the fact that they are always working on new and cool stuff. Their new retro Bullet lugs nuts certainly fit that bill. In our mind, if you are...
Roadside Find: A Bitchin’ 1970s Dodge Power Wagon Fire Truck – Front Mounted Pump Goodness!
Aug 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
I stopped by Jon Sandahl’s Tube Chassis Designz chassis shop yesterday to have some stuff welded for Buford’s suspension resurrection and on the way there, my eye caught what looked to be...
Barbara Nesbitt Suing NMCA, NHRA, Skinny Kid Race Cars, and Others In Conjunction With Injuries Sustained in 2010 Incident
Aug 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Photo by CompetitionPlus.com) – Former NMCA racer Barbara Nesbitt is suing a host of people in conjunction with injuries she sustained during a 2010 incident at zMax Raceway. In the incident,...
Watch a Turbocharger Violently Explode During a Dyno Pull – Flying Sharpnel! Duck and Cover!
Aug 09, 2012Brian LohnesENGINES, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
With more and more turbochargers being bolted onto drag cars, street machines, hot rods, trucks, and in this case, old school import cars, there are going to be more and more videos like this hitting...
Video: The Story of a Bitchin’ 1959 Beetle That’s 100% BS Approved – Stance Perfection!
Aug 09, 2012Brian LohnesMISC, SHOWS & EVENTS, Videos
The boys from Holley are back with another neat video featuring a cool car from the 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. This time they trained their cameras on a 1959 Beetle that is done in a...
Racing Junk Find: A Bad Ass, Street Legal, Chevy Desert Pre-Runner Truck With Decorated Baja History
Aug 09, 2012Brian LohnesRacing Junk Find
In an earlier life, the truck you are looking at won the 1987 SCORE Baja 500. Back then it was run as a bruising Class 8 truck and was the featured star of ABC’s coverage of the 1987 Baja 1,000...
Cruise Gallery: The Concert Cruise-In At Fontanel Mansion – Nashville’s Newest and Coolest Weekly Cruise
Aug 09, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
(Photos by Jeff Lee) – Most cruise nights are held in a parking lot or some other non-nondescript spot. While that is good for physically parking cars, it doesn’t really add at lot to...
$200 Hauler Project Update: Oh What A Difference Some LMC Truck Billet, Grille, and Lower Valance Make!
Aug 08, 2012Chad ReynoldsOTHER
When we first started the $200 Hauler Project, we knew right away that the mildly bashed grille and completely tweaked rear bumper were going to have to go. We also knew that LMC Truck was the place...
