This Tank Tracked 1978 Ford Fairmont Is Way Cooler Than Any LS Swapped Fairmont We Have Ever Seen
May 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
As you well know, the Ford Fairmont has become hot stuff for the small tire drag racing crowd to use as a platform to build race cars off of. The Fox body sedans are cheap, light, and no one really...
Kool –Aid & Cool Cars: Chump Car Race Report From Motorsports Park Hastings, Nebraska
May 09, 2014Brian LohnesApex Chump Car Series News, Apex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries
(Words and Photos by Charlene Felton-Haney) – The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com), made their debut at Motorsports Park Hastings located in Hastings, NE just 157 miles...
1980s Video Greatness: The Story Of The Heavy Metal Monster Van – Evolution Of The Coolest Ford Van Ever
May 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
One of the neatest things about 1980s monster trucks is that most of the original machines started out as street trucks at some point in their life and eventually morphed into what were the first...
Cool Drag Action From The Pro Street Racing Association Event At Thunder Valley Raceway In Oklahoma
May 09, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – If it’s the first Saturday from April to October during racing season in Oklahoma, that means that Thunder Valley Raceway Park just outside Noble,...
Gallery: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars and Killer Trucks at the NSRA Street Rod Nationals South in Knoxville, TN
May 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – The first weekend of May is always the time for NSRA to come to Knoxville, Tennessee and host the Street Rod Nationals South. This event has been going...
Watch This BMW Driver Run Out Of Talent And Literally Drive His Car Off A Cliff (He Lives)
May 09, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Let’s set there scene here. It is dusk, the sun is setting on a warm California evening. We’re literally strapped to the roof of a BMW M3 as the driver weaves and cuts through the canyon...
FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray
May 08, 2014Darr Hawthorne1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News
We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye. The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...
Book Review: Liam Garritty’s Saturday Forever Drag Racing Photo Book And Bonus March Meet Photos
May 08, 2014Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News
As a child growing up at Fremont Drag Strip, the romanticism of drag cars of all kinds was huge to my little mind. Thinking back to those days makes you feel like the Funny Cars and Top Fuel...
Would You Tear Up This Perfect Car To Make A Hot Rod Out Of It?
May 08, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
Okay, so it’s a Pinto. I happen to dig Pintos. In fact, it’s kind of funny because I would prefer a Pinto, Maverick, or Comet over a Mustang in most cases. Anyway, back to the question at...
2014 Midwest Muscle Car Challenge Photos: Autocross And Road Course Action Right Here
May 08, 2014Chad ReynoldsApex Gallery, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries
Thanks to Jason Brady and the guys at Ridetech we’ve got a cool photo gallery of early and late model muscle running around the autocross and road course at Putnam Park in Indiana for the 2014...
FIA European Truck Racing Starts This Month. Check Out The Highlight Video And Trailer For 2014
May 08, 2014Chad ReynoldsXL Spotlight, XL Videos
The FIA, most famous for being the sanctioning body of Formula 1, puts on tons and tons of other races. And the truth is that when they come to a particular race track for an F1 race, there are...
Video: Don Garlits Talks About His First Visit To The Track With The SR-37 Electric Dragster And Why He Believes In The Project
May 08, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Don Garlits’ recent success in the seat of Swamp Rat 37 is well known around here as we’ve been following the project since we first head about it. While the team did not eclipse 200mph...
10th Annual MSD Employee Appreciation Car Show Photos – These Might Be The Coolest Employee Cars Ever
May 08, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, SHOWS & EVENTS
We know a lot of people at MSD, and we can tell you that from the top down these are serious car people. Hot rod, race cars, muscle cars, cruisers and more can be seen in the garages of MSD...
What Takes 5400lbs Of Steel, 4,400lbs Of Aluminum, And 31 Miles Of Welding Wire!
May 08, 2014Chad ReynoldsApex Sponsor News, Apex Spotlight
All the stuff the Ridetech Fab Shop made in the month of April, that’s what! After seeing a post on Facebook where the Ridetech guys posted pictures of the welding room and said that a busy...
