Gearhead Guys You Should Know: John Schinella
May 15, 2014Craig FitzgeraldBangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Car Features
When you hear about GM design staff, it’s always the man in charge that everybody talks about: Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Irv Rybicki, Chuck Jordan, Wayne Cherry, and now Ed Welburn. But under...
Breaking News: 50,000+ Gallons Of Crude Oil Spilled In Los Angeles – “Gentleman’s Club” Swamped
May 15, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
Hours ago, an above ground pipe that measures some 20-inches in diameter and carries cruse oil through the town of Atwater Village, California ruptured and released an estimated 50,000 gallons of...
Drag Video: Fires, Wrecks, and Near Misses From The Australian National Drag Racing Association Race At Sydney Dragway
May 15, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Judging by the angle of the car in the lead photo above, this isn’t going to end well for him. To be brutally honest, half of the cars in this video had a decent run while the other half get...
An Angry Old Guy In Oklahoma Closed His Junkyard In 1953 And Now The Entire Jordon Collection Has Come Up For Auction
May 15, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage
Oliver Jordon was just a guy looking to make a living. In 1945 he bought a wrecking yard in Enid, Oklahoma and picked right up from where the guy he bought it from had left the business. Cars were...
This 1978 Dodge Magnum Daytona Is Not A Special Factory Package Car
May 15, 2014Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Hey, this normally isn’t me. I’m typically not the guy who is going to go all “factory” on you with nut and bolt restorations and period correct air in the tires, etc, but in...
Tucson Rodders Days – More Killer Photos From A Beautiful Weekend Of Hot Rodding In Arizona
May 15, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Jace Ray) – We’re back with another great installment of photos from Jace Ray featuring the great Tucson Rodders Days show that went down last weekend. Jace was blasting photos...
Settle This Debate: Was The 1964 Pontiac GTO The First Muscle Car? It Has Been Raging For 50 Years!
May 14, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
It sucks that Pontiac is dead and buried because if they were still alive this would have been a rocking year for the brand. Hell, you have seen how far Ford has taken the 50th anniversary of the...
Motorized Freak of the Week: The AMF Sur-Trek
May 14, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Videos
This week’s Motorized Freak is a slick little 8×8 amphibious vehicle produced by AMF in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It would make one bitchin’ pit vehicle at the dragstrip. We...
New Product Action From QuickTrick: The RV4WD System Has Your Hauler, RV, and 4×4 Needs Covered – Never Pay For An Alignment Again
May 14, 2014Brian LohnesSponsor News
Let’s be honest. When we think about alignment equipment, we all kind of default to stuff that you would use to setup a race car or competition vehicle that is designed to burn corners....
Watching And Hearing A Real 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO Hammered On Amazing Roads Will Make Your Day – New Petrolicious Video Rules
May 14, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
We often show you the latest and greatest videos posted on the Petrolicious YouTube channel because frankly they are typically awesome. From muscle cars to vintage stuff, and to today’s feature...
Mooneyes Mother’s Day Show And Drag Interview Videos With Gene Winfield, Ed Iskenderian, And Chico
May 14, 2014Chad ReynoldsHISTORIC
Last weekend’s Mooneyes Mother’s Day Show and Drag was awesome. It’s a great show, with great people, great food, great vendors, and great cars. You just can’t go wrong...
Stop Complaining About The Name Of The 2015 Mustang EcoBoost….Seriously, Stop
May 14, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
Among the more insufferable things that the internet likes to do is to become indignant about dumb issues and then champion them as some sort of lame ass cause. Take for example the recent discovery...
Burnout Video: Watch Kurt Johnson Break In A Set Of Slicks In A Naked Chassis Former Pro Stocker
May 14, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
One of the things that few people understand about the world of professional drag racing and pro stock specifically is that the work during racing season is on a 24/7 cycle. This isn’t a deal...
This 1951 Federal House Truck Is The Most BangShift Approved Home On Wheels We’ve Ever Seen
May 14, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Federal house truck? First off, we don’t mean liked Federal Government because if they built it, the tires would be flat, the roof would be caved in, and…Ok, I’m stopping there. The...
