Photo Blast: NHRA Sportsman Action From Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park In Phoenix
Feb 28, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – If there is one thing that I love more than all else at the NHRA national events I go to, it is the sportsman racing categories. Last weekend at Wild...
Big 3 Swap Meet 2015: Cool And Interesting Cars – Lots of BangShift Approved Stuff In Here!
Feb 28, 2015Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, SWAP MEETS
So we have been taking you through the huge and historically awesome Big 3 Swap Meet in San Diego the last few days. To this point we have just showed you cool trucks from the event but as you well...
Pro Street Lawn Mower! Want To Buy This One Off, Homebuilt Creation? Video, Photos, and Info Here –
Feb 28, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
This is one of those things that you immediately laugh at but the more time you actually spend studying the machine the more you appreciate all the work that went into it. This is not a couple of...
Killer 1980s Vintage Pro Street Photos From The Street Machine Nationals!
Feb 28, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by BS forum member DragBike425) – The last gallery of 1980s pro street photos from the famous Street Machine Nationals in Du Quoin, Illinois was a big smash hit so we’re back for...
The F1 Track That Wasn’t: How Korea Wound Up With The Race Track And How It’s Started A Racing Culture
Feb 28, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
(Lead Photo: New York Times) In October 2010 the Korea International Circuit hosted it’s first F1 race. The course had been built with the promise that it would be on the F1 circuit, that...
This Nissan GT-R Launches Hard…Not Off The Line, But Over The Barrier!
Feb 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos
The Nissan GT-R may have not been designed as a drag racer, but when you combine the twin-turbo 3.8L V6 with a brilliant all-wheel-drive system and a launch control system that can best be described...
Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: What We Know And How The Community Is Responding
Feb 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
The scene played out exactly as you’d expect it to: a highly worked over Nissan GT-R in the right lane, a Shelby Mustang with a reported $100,000 in modifications in the left lane, a crowd of...
Ebay Find: A 1935 International Harvester C35 Armored Truck…And One Of The Strangest Photo Sets We’ve Seen Yet To Sell A Truck
Feb 28, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Online Find
Finding an 80-year-old armored truck on eBay is sweet. Finding a fully restored one that is running, driving and as gorgeous as this truck is a needle in a haystack, and finding one with documented...
Historical Footage: Car and Track’s Test Of The 1973 Buick Century Gran Sport Stage 1 455
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, HISTORIC, Videos
By 1973 it seemed that only Pontiac was still in the business of making a stout big-block-powered car with the Super Duty Trans Am. And before you start, yes, I know that the Pontiac mills...
This Street Legal 1963 1/2 Ford Galaxie Tribute Stock Car Is Absolutely Awesome From The Paint On Down
Feb 27, 2015Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Normally when we talk about street legal tribute funny cars we’re actually talking about street cars that wear a period paint job or have a look close to something that would have been found on...
Congressman Has Introduced A Bill That Would Ban Red-Light And Speed Cameras
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Colorado Represenative Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) has apparently reached and exceeded his tolerance of speed and red-light cameras, which he views as a revenue stream for the municipalities that utilize...
55th Annual Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs – Pro Street And Drag Cars On Display
Feb 27, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Its very hard to split our collection of pictures into galleries when we take pictures of everything we like or find interesting. My son still struggles...
The Entire Story Of The Very First Chevrolet Camaro – From Pilot Test Program, To Dragstrip Terror, To Restored, This Video Shows It All
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, HISTORIC, Videos
There’s always “the first”, no matter what happens. In the case of a typical new model of automobile, the first is a beta, a test of sorts. You have to build one to set up how the...
Testing A Jet Powered, Homebuilt, 2,700hp Land Rover Truck On A Dirt Road Is A Bad And 100% BangShifty Program
Feb 27, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Generally speaking, we’re in favor of jet engines on pretty much all the things. Why not, right? A little thrust never hurt anyone. That may be 100% incorrect and misguided but we’re...
