Today Is National Collector Car Appreciation Day! What Will You Do To Celebrate?
Jul 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Event Coverage
Yes, it’s true: gearheads actually have a national holiday! July 11th is set aside as National Collector Car Appreciation Day, a day where time is taken to recognize the contributions that the...
See How A Determined Cartoonist Got The CEO Of Tesla Motors To Donate A Million Dollars For The Creation Of A Tesla Museum
Jul 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Bangshift Spotlight
To celebrate the 158th birthday of Nikola Tesla, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, donated $1 million dollars toward the creation of a Nikola Tesla Museum at Wardenclyffe, Long Island, New York,...
In the last two weeks, vintage car crashes in Massachusetts have been a reminder to stay safe in your classic
Jul 10, 2014Craig FitzgeraldBangShift News
It’s been a bad summer for the drivers of some classic vehicles in Massachusetts. First, there was the 1958 Ford fire on 128 we reported a few months back. But the last two months have been tragic,...
Top 11: Join BangShift In Celebrating Dodge’s 100th Anniversary!
Jul 10, 2014Bryan McTaggartTop 11
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the automobile manufacturer that Horace and John Dodge built up from the sale of their bicycle business. On November 14, 1914, the first Dodge vehicle rolled off...
Kablammo Video: Watch A 1967 Chevelle Suffer A Flaming Transmisson Explosion At George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There’s a part of George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip that we love. The idea that you can show up and race any damned thing you want with any level of safety equipment you want without anyone...
Watch The Earliest Videos of ‘Chuteless Skydiving-Nerves of Ice Mandatory
Jul 10, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangshift Spotlight, Videos
Jumping out of an aircraft without a parachute is universally recognized as an act of suicide. With a typical human hitting terminal velocity (maximum attainable speed) of about 120-ish miles per...
Story Time: The Ballad of Bobbo, Part 1: Small-blocks And Lots of Fire
Jul 10, 2014Bryan McTaggartUncategorized
We all have known at least one person who is so mental that they both impress you with their knowledge and understanding, and yet at the very same time scare the holy hell out of you because they are...
Watch This Mustang Pull A Massive Eighth Mile Wheelstand With No Bars, Smash The Ground And End Up On The Wheels
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The World Power Wheelstanding Championships was born from the fertile brain of my pal Ron Leek. Over the years, that contest has gone from a local curiosity to a national deal with guys showing up...
Grumpy Jenkins’ 1974 Pro Stock Hauler To Hit The Auction Block In Harrisburg, PA Soon – What Will It Sell For?
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
We were tipped off to what should be the most interesting item (to BangShifters anyway) at the 2014 Mecum Harrisburg Auction that’s coming in a couple of weeks. This item is the 1974 Pro Stock...
Tony Pedregon Chooses Prolong Super Lubricants As Primary Lubricant Sponsor For 2014
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, Sponsor News
It is always cool when we see BangShift sponsors involved in the hot and heavy world of automotive competition and Prolong recently jumped into the deep end of the lubricants pool with Tony Pedregon...
Dyno Video: This Twin Turbo Viper V10 Makes 1200hp And Sounds Really, Really Good
Jul 10, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The engine dyno at Nelson Racing Engines out in California has been assaulted by more powerful stuff than this twin turbo V10 that started life in a Dodge Viper but it is surely one of the most...
2014 Glory Days At The Grove Coverage: Gassers, Funny Cars, Street Freaks, and More
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we dropped the first group of photos by Joe Grippo on you and today we’re back with more from the 2014 Glory Days at the Grove nostalgia drag race....
This 1500+hp, Twin Turbo 454 LSx Powered Toyota Mini-Van Is An Aussie Toyota We Can Totally Get Behind
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There’s an old expression that I like to use while announcing as a way to sum up a weird, different, or completely off the wall car. “If you are going to be a bear, you may as well be a...
Dragway 42 Opening Delayed Until 2015 – Construction Work Slowed Due To Poor Weather Conditions
Jul 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Ma Nature can take the best laid plans and make mince meat of them and that’s about what’s happened to the team at Dragway 42 out in Ohio this Spring/Summer. The issue is rain and they...
