King Of The Hammers FRIDAY Live Stream Is Up And Running! Click Here To Watch!
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage
Every Man Challenge day today! This is when the “real” guys get out there and literally beat their junk to pieces. These are homebuilt rigs that aren’t to the level of the full tilt...
Video: Hedman Hedders Returns As Sponsor For NMCA West Nostalgia Street Car Category In 2013 – Wheels Up and Tires Smokin’!
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesSponsor News
2014 is Hedman Hedders 60th anniversary. That’s bitchin for multiple reasons. Firstly, it means that the company has been making quality products right here in the USA for more than half a...
This full tilt Camaro Set Up For E-Modified Autocross Will Make You Wish For Spring To Be Here Already
Feb 06, 2014Dave NuttingBangShift News
(Photos courtesy of SoloMatters.com) With Mother Nature reassuring us, “Yes, winter is still in full-force”, by dropping a foot of snow on the BangShift East Coast Headquarters yesterday, I’m...
Auto Club Dragway In Fontana Is Re-Opening! Tracy Scott Fischle Named New Track Manager
Feb 06, 2014Chad Reynolds1320 NHRA News
We are so excited for the 2014 Drag Racing Season to be starting at Fontana’s Auto Club Dragway. We’ve been without this 1/4 mile dragstrip for what seems like forever due to a bunch of...
The First CL Ad We Have Ever Seen Of a Burned Up Car That Shows The Fire AND The Firemen Putting It Out!
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesCraigslist Find
Brady Basner from Powermaster Starters and Alternators gets all the credit in the world for this completely genius Craigslist find. The ad is for a 1983 Celica that caught fire and burned up. The...
Racepak Is Hiring! Want A Kick Ass Job In The Racing Industry? This Could Be Your Shot
Feb 06, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
The guys at Racepak sent me an email yesterday saying they needed to hire a new person for their Southern California headquarters. If you are into off road, road racing, or other motorsports, and...
Car Guy Books: Three Great Car Guy Books To Help You Through A Brutal Winter
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
I was given a Kindle for Christmas, which is among the cooler Christmas gifts I have ever received because it has totally gotten me back in the reading game again. I have been tearing through books...
BangShift Exclusive: Mopar Currently Working On Dodge Dart Funny Car Body – Will Be Released In Little More Than A Month
Feb 06, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Vile Rumors And Gossip, BangShift 1320
We have learned from a trusted source that Mopar is in the finishing and final testing phases of an all new funny car body for their NHRA teams. This body will be a “Dodge Dart” based...
Watch Ryan Anderson Make The Greatest “Save” In Monster Truck History – Truck Goes From On Roof To On Wheels!
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We love people who simply cannot admit defeat. Ryan Anderson, one of Dennis Anderson’s sons is that type of guy. Having grown up as the spawn of the man who is now the world’s most famous...
Unobtanium: We Get Up Close And Personal With An Ultra-Rare Studebaker R4 V8
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
The other day we decided to invade the privacy of our pals Dana Hard and Jon Wall at Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts to see what they were up to. It is always fun to drop by a...
Back Road Gold Online Viewing Party Tonight 9:30 Eastern! Click Here To Join The Fun!
Feb 05, 2014Chad ReynoldsVideos
WE WILL BE HAVING A LIVE ONLINE WATCHING PARTY RIGHT HERE FOR THE PREMIER OF THE SHOW. IT WILL BE AT 6:30 PACIFIC, 9:30 EASTERN RIGHT HERE WITH LIVE CHAT. TUNE IN TO THE SHOW AND GET OUT YOUR LAPTOP...
Video: The Duke Axial Piston Engine Is Weird And Cool
Feb 05, 2014Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
The ECTA’s Joe Timney sent me this video yesterday and I watched in a couple of times just to take it all in. The video is about the Duke engine which is an “axial” piston engine....
We Salute Malcolm Durham, Drag Racing’s First Black Superstar And #48 On NHRA’s Top 50 Driver’s List
Feb 05, 2014Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
February is Black History Month, which got us thinking about men and women of color who have had an impact in racing. The first name that came to our minds is a legend in the sport of drag racing,...
The Bad Swede: Meet Oldvo A 1958 Volvo Duett PV445 – Dare To Be Different!
Feb 05, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320
(Words Roger Davis – Photos: Rourke and Chiluk) – You know who hot rods a 1958 Volvo Duett PV445? The same guy who builds a street legal, nine second Geo Metro powered by a worked up...
