This Incredible Ed Hinton Piece Explains Why NASCAR Fans Complaining About Austin Dillon In The #3 Are Very, Very Wrong
Feb 19, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
I try to read every single word that Ed Hinton writes because he’s the last bastion of the old school racing reporter left in the USA. This guy has been following NASCAR and open wheel racing...
More Dirt Slinging, Mud Sloggin’ Action From Dirty Gras 2014 – Huge Trucks In The Muck!
Feb 19, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Truck / Tractor Events, XL Event Coverage
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we showed you the first of two galleries from an event known as Dirty Gras which was held on the 700 acre grounds of Down South Off Road Park in Crosby,...
Chrysler Unobtanium: A Real Late 1960s Weslake-Plymouth Indy Engine
Feb 19, 2014Brian LohnesRacing Junk Find
The words Chrysler and rare are often found together but the reality is that a 1969-era Plymouth-Gurney Indy car engine is among the most limited edition Mopar engines ever. Outside of a freaking...
Watch An Idiot Try To Extricate Himself And His Jeep From A Frozen Pond….In Someone’s Yard
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
The underlying message to take away from this video is that it was a miracle no one was killed in making it. The star of the show is a guy who drove a Jeep Wrangler out onto a frozen pond with no...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Supply Plus Demand Equals One Big, Fat Delivery
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
The daily life of a parts counter guy is pretty much four items: Sales and service, loss control, money control and supply/stocking. The first three are exactly as you’d expect. So let’s take a...
Great News: MAVTV To Carry Entire World Rally Championship Series LIVE!
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesSponsor News
We just got done talking about Ken Block and his crazy rally antics last year but in reality, World Rally Championship (WRC) is the place where the biggest dogs on the rally porch hang out. This is...
Frank Kozik’s Poster Art Puts Cars and Music Together Like Nothing Else
Feb 18, 2014Craig FitzgeraldCar Features, MOPAR, TRUCKS
Last week, I mentioned Gearhead Records and Gearhead Magazine, and I walked out into the garage to work on the Blazer project and one of my posters smacked me right in the face, sending me all the...
First Footage Of Ken Block’s Violent And Championship Ending 2013 Rally Wreck – In Car Footage And Full Story
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Lat year Ken Block shook off a crappy start to the Rally America season and came on like a ball of fire during the middle and late parts of the season. Things were looking good that Block would be...
Gasser Video: Take A Video Tour Of A Homebuilt And Very Cool 1955 Chevy Gasser Known As “Bad Juju”
Feb 18, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The guys at Holley shot a TON of great video shorts at the 2013 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, so many that they are still rolling our fresh material and this one just caught...
Action Gallery: Flying Mud And Much From Dirty Gras 2014 In Crosby, Texas
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, XL Event Coverage
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While most of the rest of the country froze like popsicles the off road crowd in Crosby, Texas had a weekend of fun at the Down South Off Road Park. Our own Charles...
eBay Find: The Massey Assassin Is Completely Nuts And For Sale! Twin Turbo Small Block, Overdrive Transmission, And An Iron Tractor Seat
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
This is just your average, run-of-the-mill 1940s Massey Harris tractors that has been outfitted with air suspension, a twin turbo small block Chevy engine, an overdrive transmission, and is fast...
Mint 400 Race Preview Is The Most Intense Four Minutes Of Off Road Racing Video You’ll See
Feb 18, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
The famed Mint 400 off road race is coming in just a couple of weeks and this four minute preview for the event will have you on the edge of your seat the entire time. This is a reel of jumps, wheel...
What Is The One Automotive Gauge That You Couldn’t Live Without?
Feb 17, 2014Dave NuttingBangShift Question Of The Day??
Having just passed the six month mark of ownership with my ‘87 Monte Carlo LS, it’s safe to say that there is one thing that is driving me bonkers about the car, and it’s the lack of gauges in...
We Have Photos From The Auto Club Dragway In Fontana Grand Reopening Party: Racing Starts This Weekend!
Feb 17, 2014Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
(Words by Darr Hawthorne and Chad Reynolds, Photos by Darr Hawthorne) It’s not often that we can report of the resurrection of a drag strip, especially in Southern California where track after...
