This 1955 Chevy propaga…err…”Training Film” shows that you buy horsepower, but you drive torque
Mar 10, 2014Craig FitzgeraldBangShift News
Explaining torque in the 1950s required an entire film crew, the GM Proving Grounds, and a railcar’s worth of competitive, full-size cars. Yes, friends, it’s another Jam Handy production,...
Autocross Wreckage: A Corvette Spins Off Course and Into a Big Impact
Mar 08, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
(By Scott Parker) – Lots of wreckage on the blog today and here’s a little more. This video is of a crash that happened at an autocross event. The car in the video is a newish Corvette...
CLICK HERE To Watch Our REPLAY Of The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet!
Mar 07, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Thanks to the management of Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California and our great sponsors, BangShift will return to The Patch in just a couple of weeks to live broadcast the 2014 Bakersfield March...
Sammy Miller’s Restored Spirit Of ’76 Rocket Funny Car To Make Public Debut At Detroit Autorama This Weekend – Awesome
Mar 05, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Michigander Steve Atwell has had possession of the world’s first hydrogen peroxide rocket car at his shop for a couple of years and after hearing that he was getting to work on restoring the...
Fenders N’ More Has Your Fender Solutions From Mini-Bikes To Big Rigs…Seriously, We’re Not Exaggerating
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesApex Sponsor News
I’ve never been one to shy away from a sensational headline but in this case there’s no exaggeration and I have photographic proof to back up my claims. The men and women at Fenders...
Gallery: The 52nd Carl Casper Custom Car Show – Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – A couple weeks back, the 52nd annual Carl Casper Custom Car Show took place and this year was a biggie because the Casper show was teamed up with the Louisville Auto...
Apex Video: Matt Farah Benchmarks His Foxbody On A Roadcourse
Mar 05, 2014Dave NuttingApex Video, BangShift APEX
As someone that loves The General’s products as much as I do, I have a confession to make: I’ve always secretly lusted over Foxbody Mustangs. Yes, it’s true: From the early “four-eyed” cars...
Treasure Trove Of Cool Fords For Sale: GT-500 Mustang, 351 Cleveland Ranchero With 4-Speed, Trucks, Mustangs, Bitchin Van’
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
It was about two weeks ago that we told you about a massive auction that is coming soon in the center of the country to sell off the amazing parts collection and old cars of a Ford enthusiast that...
Click Here For The 2014 March Meet Event Schedule
Mar 05, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News
Here is the full event schedule for the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet held at Famoso Raceway. This schedule tells you who is running when and on what days. It lays out the qualifying and eliminations...
The 2014 Cavalcade Of Cars – Gallery 2 – More Great Cars, Bikes, And Trucks
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – By the time you read this, I’ll be on a plane headed due west to escape the clutches of crap ass weather that have been pounding the daylights out of guys like...
2015 Jeep Renegade: The First All Foreign Jeep Is A Little Box On Wheels With The Heart And Guts Of A Fiat 500
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Words: Bryan McTaggart – Photos: Chrysler) – One has to wonder what is going on inside the Jeep office at Auburn Hills. We recently were given the new Cherokee, which Lohnes got to...
eBay Find: This 1977 GMC Astro 95 Is A Barn Find Big Rig Formerly Owned By NASA
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
The GMC Astro 95 had a good, long production run. Starting in the late 1960s and ending in the later 1980s, GM produced LOTS of these trucks in varying lengths and with all different kinds of...
Craigslist Find: Either The Most Hilarious Or Bull Puckey Laden V6 Mustang Ad Of All Time
Mar 05, 2014Brian LohnesCraigslist Find
The V6 Mustang is no longer the sad wheezing pile it was for many years. You can get yourself a V6 pony car these days with 300+ horsepower and enough suds to blown virtually anything but their V8...
Kurt Busch To Race Indy 500 And Coca Cola 600 This May – Fourth Man To Attempt Both Races On Same Day
Mar 04, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
Love him or hate him, Kurt Busch is a racer and today’s announcement that he’ll become the fourth guy in history to attempt competition in both the Indy 500 and the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600...
