Ramp Truck Battle! Would You Buy This Sweet 1963 Ford Cab Over Or This Equally As Sweet 1966 GMC? State Your Case!
Sep 22, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
This will likely turn into the Hatfields and McCoys right quick. I went out and found two of the coolest ramp trucks I have ever put on BangShift and I am sticking them both in the same blog item and...
Justin Oney’s Drag Week 2014 Photo Journal – Day Three – Big Drama At Thunder Valley Raceway Park
Sep 22, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Justin Oney) – Thunder Valley Raceway Park was the scene of a pivotal third day of Drag Week 2014. There was hot and heavy racing in every category, there were roughly 1,500 fans...
Leno’s Garage Looks At Five Of The Greatest Highway Patrol Cars Of All Time – Which One Is Tops?
Sep 22, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Hot rodders have always had an odd respect for highway patrol cars. We means to say that “cop cars” have an aura about them that to some level actually extends well beyond what they are...
Holley Introduces Dual Plane LS Intake Manifolds – Great Low End Torque And Plenty Of Carb/TBI Options
Sep 22, 2014Brian LohnesSponsor News
While many people are performing LS swaps using the factory style fuel injection systems they come with, there’s a large contingent of swappers using LS engines in drag cars, trucks, street...
Two Cars, One Strip: Projects Raven And Angry Grandpa Hit Beech Bend!
Sep 22, 2014Bryan McTaggartAngry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift Projects, Raven Imperial
Summer is winding down and so is the action. As the air gets cooler and the first few leaves start to change color, I found myself restless: Brian and Chad are fresh off of the crazy train that was...
SCTA World Finals Cancelled Due To Wet Conditions On Bonneville Salt Flats
Sep 22, 2014Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
Our last flicker of hope at seeing some great racing on the salt this year has been extinguished with the announcement that the SCTA World Finals have been cancelled due to wet conditions on the...
Photos: A Day At The Drags…In The Country Of Hungary – Cool Iron In An Unlikely Place
Sep 22, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Andras Szabo) – Our newly minted Hungarian drag racing correspondent Andras Szabo didn’t know he was going to be filling that role until a chance encounter on Facebook led us...
Exclusive Find: Huge Collection Of Classic Iron On Rural Nebraska Farm – Cool Cars, Trucks, Machines
Sep 22, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – Our midwest reporter, Scott Liggett, is still trying to get used to the small town life after living in big Los Angeles for fifteen years. He has been out...
Event Gallery: 52nd Annual Franklin, Kentucky Car Show At The Courthouse Square
Sep 22, 2014Bryan McTaggartCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
I can get used to these “courthouse square” car shows. Usually they are an anything-goes setup that encourages the locals to bring out their rides and hang around, while getting local...
Event Gallery: Fontanel Concert Cruise, September 2014
Sep 22, 2014Bryan McTaggartCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The more we spend time at Fontanel, the more we love it. The last time we went we were rained out within an hour and a half. This time the weather couldn’t have been more perfect, with cars...
The 2014 Silver State Classic Challenge – Checking Out The Field At America’s Longest Running Open Road Race
Sep 21, 2014Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX
(Photos by Randal Burns) – The 2014 Silver State Classic Challenge in Nevada is happening this weekend and it is headquartered in the bustling metropolis of Ely, Nevada. This happens to be...
Recall Number…We’ve Lost Count: Impalas and Cadillacs Recalled For Brakes That Can Catch Fire
Sep 21, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CHEVY
It’s almost like Groundhog Day: Wake up, check news, report on another GM recall. This time it’s one of the newer GM platforms, the Epsilon-platformed Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac XTS...
Watch Freiburger, Rick Pewe, and Fred Williams Bring A 1950 Jeep Back To Life In Pewe’s Driveway – Cool Thrash
Sep 21, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We have highlighted several of the cool Dirt Every Day episodes from the MotorTrend Youtube channel over the years and they have all had Fred Williams in them doing various stuff. From converting...
There’s a Company Converting Smart Cars Into 50-State Road Legal Golf Karts – Smart-Karts Are Brilliant
Sep 21, 2014Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
We’ve all looked at a Smart car and thought to ourselves, “Man, that thing is no bigger than a damned golf kart!” Well, a company in Florida has decided to make that statement a...
