San Antonio IHRA Nitro Jam Postponed, Event Moved To Baton Rouge Amidst Ownership Questions At SAR
Jan 29, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
The news coming from San Antonio Raceway lately has hardly been positive. The track was shuttered, the equipment was reportedly stolen, and then it was put up for public auction where no deal was...
Rumors Of A Supercharged Viper Were (Mostly) True: Enter The Sledgehammer!
Jan 29, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, MOPAR
With Dodge’s unveiling of the Hellcat twins last year, the immediate question that popped into everyone’s mind was, “What about the Viper?” While there is a huge amount of...
This 1969 Daytona Is The Lowest-Mileage Hemi Daytona Known, And It Sold For $900,000. Guess Who Bought It?
Jan 29, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Car Features, MOPAR
Anyone who knows Mopar guys knows that it’s all about numbers, so here’s some to digest: in 1969, 503 Dodge Daytonas were built. Out of those, 70 were Hemi-powered, twenty of those had...
Video: We Talk Rings And Bearings With MAHLE’s Bill McKnight
Jan 29, 2015Chad ReynoldsENGINES
Bill McKnight is the man. No really, the ACTUAL man! When you go to www.AskMAHLEClevite.com, and ask a technical question, the guy on the other end of the internet answering it is Bill McKnight....
Project Possum: The Scamp Gets Hotchkis Components Throughout The Front End – We Ditch The Old Junk
Jan 29, 2015Brian LohnesApex Project Cars, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX
(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – My dad & I finally got around to installing the Hotchkis suspension on my ’73 Scamp, A.K.A. Project Possum. Ever since it came home from the body...
This Brazillian Chevette Will Stomp It’s Way To A 9-second Quarter Mile!
Jan 29, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
In America, mentioning a Chevrolet Chevette brings up images of the tiny little front-engined, rear drive hatchbacks that graced our presence from 1976-1987. They were cheap, basic, and essentially...
Tri-Five Chevy Heaven At The Somernites Cruise! Some Of The Coolest Shoeboxes You’ll Ever See
Jan 29, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Each Somernites weekend spotlights a certain model, type, or make of vehicle. For the last event of 2014 it was the ’55 – ’57 Chevy and we were...
This 1969 Dodge D300 Open Road Camper Is So Cool We’re Nearly Speechless!
Jan 29, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
I actually fear for what will happen to Chad when he sees this blog item. The guy is going to make some weird gasping noises, clutch his chest, maybe swallow his beard, and just go down like a ton of...
2015 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage: Hot Rods And Vintage Drag Race Iron You’ll Love
Jan 28, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
It seems impossible but I’m starting to run out of photos to post from the 2015 Grand National Roadster Show. After the hundreds and hundreds I have posted this week, I am going to need to tag...
Drag Week Heroes And Exotics At The 2015 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels – Neat Stuff Abounds
Jan 28, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – As we continue to make our way through Mike Brooks’ awesome photos from the 2015 Pittsburgh World of Wheels we came upon an awesome chunk that are centered...
Ride Along In A Vintage 1963 Pontiac Stock Car At Hickory Speedway – Nostalgia Stock Car Racing Rules
Jan 28, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
As much as we love our nostalgia drag racing around here, the expanding popularity of vintage stock car racing has us pretty excited. Guys are dragging out period correct cars and they are also...
Historic Race Cars And Hot Rods From The Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs
Jan 28, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – An area was set aside at this event for survivor cars and cars with real history. This isn’t ‘nostalgia’. This is the real deal stuff. It’s...
Ebay Find: Anyone Want A Super-Huge Super Duty?
Jan 28, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, FORD, XL Online Find
Say you have eight thousand dollars and a thing for huge trucks. What do you do? Sure, there’s tons of big pickup trucks on Craigslist, but that just isn’t big enough. Well, allow me to...
This Kelderman Built 2015 Ford F-350 King Ranch Tops The Charts In Size, Capability, And Comfort
Jan 28, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
(Words by Kasey Sutherland – Photos by DWS Photography) – When you see a truck that catches your eye, sometimes you just have to have it. When Todd Peverill came across a Super Duty on...
