Great News: Unofficial Confirmation That Firebird Raceway In Arizona Isn’t Closing Up Shop!
Mar 28, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve been reporting all along that we believed Firebird Raceway in Arizona would not be closing up shop for good after the lease ran out for Charlie Allen this month. Bob Bondurant and his...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Grannie Wilson – The Aquamen (Year Unknown)
Mar 28, 2013Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
Apparently the Little Old Lady From Pasadena had some competition back in the day and her name was Grannie Wilson. In this song we had never heard before from the bang the Aquamen who we also never...
New Product: Earl’s Oil/Trans Cooler Bracket System Takes The Guess Work Out Of Cooler Mounting
Mar 27, 2013Chad ReynoldsNew Products, Sponsor News
We’ve mounted plenty of oil and transmission coolers in our lifetime, and with rare exception every single one of them is a pain. Either the cooler comes with those big zip ties, or you have to...
The 2013 Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show – All Drag Car Gallery!
Mar 27, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While Scott and Chad were jamming at shows on the west coast, Bob and Greg were touring shops in the middle of the country, and Joe Grippo was working the floor at the...
Land Speed Video: Something Evil This Way Comes – A Look Back At Poteet And Main’s 2012 Conquering Season
Mar 27, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Poteet and Main Speed Demon is one of the great land speed race cars of our time. The machine has steadily and methodically gotten better ad fast each year and is now the definitive title holder...
Hot Rod Homecoming 2013: Magazine Featured Hot Rods, Specials, and Customs!
Mar 27, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – It didn’t take long after the 1948 launch of Hot Rod Magazine for readers the country over to crave the day they’d see their ride in print. From the...
eBay Find: A 1200hp Naturally Aspirated Olds DRCE Engine That Was Supposed To Power A Racing Plane – Bombproof Build!
Mar 27, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
Sometimes rule changes can lead to the nixing of even the best laid plans in racing. Take this eBay listing for example. For sale is an Olds DRCE (Drag Race Competition Engine) that screams out...
Dyno Video: A Screaming 10,000-RPM Ripsaw Motor From Hell – Chevy SB2 Goodness!
Mar 27, 2013Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
While the 9,000 rev dyno pull we showed you the other day was really neat, this 10,000 rpm scream to the horsepower heavens is even cooler. The engine on the pump is a 355ci SB2 style Chevy and it...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Chevy Shutdown – The Jaguars (Year Unknown)
Mar 27, 2013Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
Here a fun little obscure song from the 1960s that sounds like a mash up of a couple different well known car songs. Overall the Jaguars song Chevy Shut Down sounds like the Beach Boys song Shut Down...
Video: Hot Rod Homecoming Video From The “Where They Raced” Video Crew
Mar 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsHISTORIC
Harry and the gang from “Where They Raced” keep on putting up great videos explaining the history of auto racing in Southern California. Specifically Los Angeles in fact. The videos are...
Barnstormin’: Dreaming Big, Scheming Bigger, and Why I Am Hell Bent On Trying To Race A ChumpTruck In 2014
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
So this is going to come as a shock to no one, but I am completely and utterly consumed with the idea of racing a truck in the 2014 ChumpTruck series. I am not looking for more than one race and my...
$200 Hauler Project Update: Will Bolt Ons From MSD, Spectre, and E3 Get Us More Power Than Buford!
Mar 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
In our never ending quest for putting together a nice, comfortable, and capable tow rig, without spending piles of cash, and without having a new car payment, we continue to thrash on the $200 Hauler...
The 2013 Hot Rod Homecoming – Race Cars! Fuel Altereds, Sprint Cars, Stock Cars
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Yesterday we showed you the cool stuff outside of the buildings at the Pomona Fairplex at the 2013 Hot Rod Homecoming car show. Today we’re taking you inside...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Classic Or Modern? Which Is Your Favorite Kind Of Wheel?
Mar 26, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
Almost a year ago Brian wrote a BangShift Question of the Day that asked “What’s The Coolest Wheel Ever?”. The results are what most of us would expect, and include all the...
