The RideTech Brigade: A Look At Some Of The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Competitors Underpinned By RideTech Components
Oct 31, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX
(Competitor descriptions by Rodney Prouty – Photo credit: Ridetech and Popular Hot Rodding) – In about one week, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be transformed into ground zero for the...
Project Violent Valiant SEMA 2014 Thrash: The Final Prep Before The World Sees This Angry Mopar!
Oct 31, 2014Brian LohnesApex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
It was EXACTLY one year ago today when we showed the body of what has not become Project Violent Valiant getting sand blasted and prepped before being sent back to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle for Kevin...
Another One Down: The New York Times Kills Off Their Auto Section
Oct 31, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Another casualty of the print world was announced, as The New York Times has decided to end publication of the Autos section at the beginning of the year, citing a need to consolidate costs and to...
2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals Coverage – Just Muscle Cars
Oct 31, 2014Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let me start with I didn’t not shoot more Chevy than everything else in this category. There simply was MORE Chevy stuff than anything else. When you...
Forget The Haunted Hayride, Break Out The Devil’s Own Ditch Witch And Scare Everybody! This Thing Rules!
Oct 31, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
When Tedly sent me this video, he promised me that Lohnes would absolutely lose it over the contents. Once I saw the video, I knew that I wanted to drive this to any of the haunted hayrides in my...
Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Scared You’ve Been Inside A Car?
Oct 31, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Halloween is all about the fright once you’re an adult. No matter which end of it you’re on, the goal is to turn a normal, sane human being into a completely irrational being that will do...
Heads Up Drag Racing Action From The Brainerd-Optimist Drag Strip Season Ending Bash – Wheels Up, Unique Stuff!
Oct 31, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – We’ve covered several of Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip’s heads up events in the past few years, and it’s amazing to see how much it has grown. With...
Here’s A Halloween Costume For Your Volkswagen: How About A McLela Blaze?
Oct 31, 2014Bryan McTaggartCar Features, OTHER
Ah, Halloween, how I love this holiday. The perfect day to dress up as your hero. I’m certain that many of you out there have memories of dressing up as someone you looked up to when you were...
The Incredible Jet-Hot Double Down By Fuller Hot Rods Heads To SEMA 2014 With 800+ Kurt Urban Boss Ford Horsepower
Oct 30, 2014Brian LohnesApex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX
(Photos by Bryan Fuller/Kurt Urban) – Last year at SEMA we freaked out about the Jet Hot Double Down 1932 Ford which was under construction at Bryan Fuller Hot Rods. The car was on the show...
2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals Coverage – Trucks, Bikes, Freaks, And Cool Stuff We Can’t Classify
Oct 30, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Boonesborough Boogie Nationals is hosted by the Southern Knights of Central Kentucky car club and takes place at Ft. Boonesborough State Park near...
Piece Of Amelia Earhart’s Plane Believed Found – Could Point To Grisly End For Famed Flyer and Her Navigator On Remote Island
Oct 30, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
This disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Frank Noonan in 1937 remains one of the enduring mysteries of the 20th century but researchers may have made a major leap forward in solving with the...
Car Show Coverage: Lots of Fords and Lots of History at the 47th Annual Moonshine Festival in Dawsonville, Georgia
Oct 30, 2014Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Every fall, the town of Dawsonville, Georgia blocks off the streets, and prepares for its biggest event of the year—the Moonshine Festival. It consumes...
Is Fiat Planning To Make Ferrari A Separate Company? Signs Point To Yes…
Oct 30, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, OTHER
For the last 45 years, Fiat has owned Ferrari, and has overseen many successful models, including the 288GTO, F40 and Enzo, as well as many racing victories. But it appears that the era may be coming...
Would You Rather: Pick Your 1950’s/1990’s Twin-Generation Ride!
Oct 30, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
From the start, I will say this: I do not condone the combination of an older body theme onto a newer body. It makes me cringe to see any of them. But when it comes to the game of “Would You...
