Cruise Gallery: The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas July 2013
Jul 16, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam is back prowling the mean streets of Texas with his trusty camera in search of cool iron to shoot. Recently he happened to find himself surround by...
Video: MAVTV’s “Won And Done” Preview Is Street Racing At Heart
Jul 16, 2013Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION
When Rich Christensen came up with the original Pinks and then Pinks All Out, the show was a huge huge hit where tons of folks showed up to race and watch. Rich’s latest creation, “Won...
Galleries: More Haddick’s Hot Rod and Classic Car Show Photos From Southern California
Jul 16, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS
Weather in the 90 degree range, beautiful blue skies, and hot rods galore made for a great day in the City of Industry at the Haddick’s Hot Rod and Classic Car Show this past weekend. Here...
Tuesday Time Killer: A 40-Minute Period Documentary Of The 1970 and 1971 Trans Am Seasons – Parnelli Jones, Mark Donohue, George Follmer, More!
Jul 16, 2013Brian LohnesHISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Maybe you were off on vacation last week, maybe you are hoping that you’re on vacation this week. Either way, we have a film for you that’ll let you zone completely out for nearly...
Ebay Find: Camaro Rolling Chassis (CRC) #6 For Sale! Rolling Special Order COPO
Jul 16, 2013Chad ReynoldseBay Find
Right now on eBay, there is a car for sale that I don’t think most people thought would ever come up on the block. Some of you will remember that back in April Chevrolet Performance made a...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Cars” Nine Inch Nails Featuring Gary Numan (2009)
Jul 16, 2013Chad ReynoldsBS Daily Tune Up
Gary Numan sang the original “Cars” song which was released in 1979 and quickly became the “new wave” music hit that started off the ’80’s. It’s a song we...
Barnstormin’: The Comfort In Knowing That Risk Takers Abound
Jul 15, 2013Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
In recent east coast BS HQ news, my two sons moved into the same room together. That didn’t happen because we made them, it happened because they wanted to. My wife and I thought that was kind...
Jet-Hot Is Hosting A Driving School At The Famous Syracuse Nationals Car Show This Weekend — Be A Part Of It!
Jul 15, 2013Brian LohnesSponsor News
We know that lots of you out there in reader-land are super interested in testing your car’s mettle in events like autocross but you’ve never really done anything like it before so you...
Ebay Counterstrike: Ron Capps 1997 Rookie Of The Year NHRA Nitro Funny Car Body!
Jul 15, 2013Chad ReynoldseBay Find
Brian put up the Kenny Bernstein Ford Tempo Funny Car body that he found on Ebay last night, and it doesn’t come close to being as cool as this 1997 Ron Capps “Rookie of the Year”...
Video: A New And Bombproof Version Of The Old “Lightning Rods” Shifter! This Thing Is Bad To The Bone – DO WANT!
Jul 15, 2013Brian LohnesTECH, Videos
We’ve run a bunch of stuff on the old 1980s era Hurst Lightning Rods shifter that was available in the Hurst Olds production car and over the counter from your local speed shop. It gave the...
eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s All Conquering 1985 Ford Tempo Body!
Jul 15, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
Let’s say that you have at least $15,000 bucks in your pocket and you are desperate to buy a really cool piece of drag racing history. We found it for you! An eBay seller has listed Kenny...
Bill Warner, Land Speed Racing Legend And The First Man To Crest 300mph On A Traditional Motorcycle Has Died
Jul 15, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is with regret that I report my friend and a true land speed racing star, Bill Warner passed away on Sunday July 14, 2013 after sustaining serious injuries in a 285+ mph motorcycle crash on the...
Photos: The Haddick’s Car Show 2013 Kicked Even More Ass Than Last Year!
Jul 15, 2013Chad ReynoldsCAR SHOWS
No matter what kind of car you are into, we probably have it in this gallery from the Haddick’s Car Show in the City of Industry here in So Cal. We hit the show early afternoon on Saturday, and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was Your First Automotive Event, And How Old Were You?
Jul 15, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
For some reason, the past few weekends have been huge car show and racing weekends for us, from a kid perspective. We were at Perris Speedway for Sprint Car races on the 4th of July, at the...
