Auction Update: The Burt Reynolds “Bandit” Trans Am Sells For $450,000!
Dec 16, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
If you know of a more expensive second-generation GM F-body, show us, because this is the highest price that we’re aware of yet for one. Julien’s Auctions was in charge of selling off...
John Robison’s Cummins Diesel Altered Shows That Innovation Is Long From Dead In Drag Racing – NHRA Diesel Showdown In Works?
Dec 15, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Cars Without Doors Feature, 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – You’ve heard the cat calls because we sure have. People yelling from on high that there’s no innovation left in drag racing and that the sport is become...
Wild Torque Video: Watch An Aussie Holden Monaro Carry the Left Front Wheel 300ft Every Lap!
Dec 15, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
We’ve all seen the videos of old X-frame GM cars twisting themselves into knots at the hit of the throttle on the strip. They yank the left front wheel up in the air for a second or two and...
Watch A Horrifying Stuck Throttle Mud Bog Wreck From Two Angles – Driver Saved By Hay!
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
There’s a rocking party held in Michigan each year called the, “Michigan Bean Festival”. OK, it may not be a rocking party, but there has to be a ton of farting by the time it is...
First Look:The 8Ncredible LSR Tractor By Jack Donohue Motorsports Is Finished – See It Here!
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Race Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
(Photo credit: Jack Donohue Motorsports) – It was just before Bonneville Speed Week 2014 that we first told you about a nearly incomprehensible project. It was the conversion of a classic Ford...
PRI: Vortech’s Prototype For A Pro Mod Sized Centrifugal Blower Is Awesome And Insane – Check It Out
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesNew Products
We told you that part of the great fun we had at PRI 2014 is seeing stuff that is either sitting on a shelf to get people into a booth, sitting on a shelf to get people talking about a brand, or...
The NHRA’s New Season’s Greetings Video Is A Killer Mix Of HD, Slow Mo, And Booming Race Footage With A Classic Holiday Soundtrack
Dec 15, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
I don’t think that it has been any big secret through 2014 that NHRA has really stepped up their digital media game, especially on the video side. Their YouTube channel is now a pretty busy...
Lohnes’s Top 11: Fun Cars Driven And/Or Tested In 2014 – See ‘Em All!
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesApex Top 11, BangShift APEX
Ok, so I have come up with some Top 11 lists that I’ll be posting over the next couple weeks as we careen towards 2015 and a fresh slate of fun in the new year. One of the things I got to do a...
2014 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: Mike Brooks and Jose Ferrer Show Off Their Best Stuff From The Year That Was
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words: Mike Brooks – Photos: Brooks, Jose Ferrer) – 2014 was a huge year for Jose and I here at Bangshift! We tried to fit as many car gatherings as we could into our crazy work...
PRI 2014: More Photos From The Show Floor – Cool Cars, Cool Parts, Engine Components, Suspension Components, Circle Track, More –
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, OTHER
The dust has settled, downtown Indy has been vacated, and things in the city have returned to normal but we still have lots to show you and lots to talk about surrounding PRI 2014. From big racing...
Ridetech’s New C2 And C3 Corvette Suspension Systems Were A Big Hit At PRI 2014
Dec 15, 2014Chad ReynoldsApex New Products, Apex Sponsor News, Apex Spotlight, New Products
A few months ago we told you that Ridetech was now offering a complete bolt in suspension system for C2 and C3 Corvettes, and included some installation videos and a cool new commercial that they had...
Ebay Find: Another Beautiful Ambassador For Your Consideration
Dec 15, 2014Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, OTHER
A little while ago, in one of our “Would You Rather?” games, we presented two AMC Ambassador coupes for your consideration. One had a cool beater vibe, the other was a show car that had...
Does Adding A 440 To A PT Cruiser Make It Better, Or Just Sad?
Dec 15, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
BangShifter Josh Fullenwider sent us a couple of interesting Craigslist finds the other day, and one of them was this 2001 PT Cruiser that has apparently had a 44o transplant done on it. There are no...
Watch Rally Legend Stig Blomqvist Wheel A 1984 Group B Audi Quattro At The Race Of Champions…Yesterday! Rally History Lives Here!
Dec 15, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Stig Blomqvist is one of the greatest names in rally racing history. He was the 1984 Champion and is widely recognized as one of the best ever. Just this last weekend on the island of Barbados the...
