Massive Shop Tour Gallery: The Hot Rod Barn – Morris, Illinois – Muscle Car Restorations, Drag Builds, Killer Shop!
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER, Shop Tours
(By Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Just west of Morris, Il. on Interstate 80 is what looks like an old Stuckeys. And with good reason, it was an old Stuckeys. Instead of Pecan Log Rolls and...
Incredible Video: Watch The Grave Digger Monster Truck Leap and Land Directly On The Turtled Maximum Destruction Truck and Then Jump Over It!
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Mock me if you wish, but damn do I love me some modern monster truck action. This video is proof of the capability that these amazing machines have. The trucks can fly and articulate like desert...
Amazing eBay Find: A Real Deal 1965 Fiberglass Trends Cheetah With Its Original Chassis! Drag Cheetah Greatness!
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
Our love for the short lived and even shorter produced Bill Thomas Cheetah race car is pretty well known. It was a bit of a back door project that Chevrolet was helping to fund in order to come up...
Steve Magnante’s Bad Seed Caddy Powered Chevette Lives!
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohnesCar Features, CHEVY
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – The public loved it, the magazine company lawyers hated it, Steve Magnante built it, and gearheads still are obsessed with it to this day. The infamous “Bad...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Black Sunshine – Rob Zombie (1993)
Mar 26, 2013Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
One of the most requested songs we have had from readers to be featured in our BangShift Daily Tune Up items is Rob Zombie’s 1993 song Black Sunshine. If you are familiar with Rob Zombie you...
Epic News: The ChumpTruck 2014 Series Announced – Budget Big Rig Road Racing!!! Greatest Idea EVER!
Mar 25, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
I have never, in my 33-years of living, been more excited about anything automotive related than I am at the knowledge that there will be a budget big rig road racing series coming to the USA in...
Caption This Photo: Scott Liggett Tries To Get A Sneak Peek At Grumpy Jenkins’ Secrets!
Mar 25, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
BangShift contributor Scott Liggett crushed his assignment of covering the 2013 Hot Rod Homecoming show at the Pomona Fairplex last weekend. We’ll be sharing photos and mini-features on cars...
Rocket Racing Wheels Expands Igniter Offerings – New Sizes and Popular Bolt Pattern Options
Mar 25, 2013Brian LohnesSponsor News
The fine dudes and dudettes at Rocket Racing Wheels have announced that they are expanding their popular Igniter series of wheels by offering 16″ diameter versions of the popular design and...
Event Coverage: Goodguys All-American Get Together Show And Autocross Action Photos
Mar 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows
This weekend was the Goodguys All-American Get Together in Pleasanton, and it was huge. With perfect weather, and the coolest fairgrounds on earth, it’s no wonder all the cool kids were out...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Does It Bother You That People Always Want To Exploit Wrecks And Stuff Before They Know Everyone Is OK?
Mar 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
If you read my Chadmouth for today, you know that it pisses me off when people rush to the fence at a drag race, autocross, midget race, or whatever, and pull out their phones to take pictures and...
Chadmouth: When I Told Her She Sucked, She Didn’t Appreciate It. At All…
Mar 25, 2013Chad ReynoldsChadMouth
Last week we ran a Caption This Photo Blog Item with a photo of Bret Voelkel and the 48 Hour Camaro, which he had unfortunately just ran into a concrete barricade. Similar circumstances have occurred...
Craigslist Find: An Awesome 1960s Era Half Scale Indy Car Go Kart…Or Is It?
Mar 25, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
While this item is list on Vermont Craigslist as a go kart, we’re not sure that it is. The machine looks like a half scale 1960s Indy car and judging by the size of the slicks on all four...
Bitchin’ Big Rig Race Video: The Great American Truck Race, Atlanta, 1980
Mar 23, 2013Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Earlier today we dug up an old story that we ran about the Great American Truck Racing series from the 1980s and announced the creation of the ChumpTruck budget big rig racing series for 2014. This...
