NHRA Four Wide Nationals Pro Category Action Photos – Drivers, Cars, Header Flames And More
Apr 08, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by David Whealon) – This weekend the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing tour stops in Las Vegas after a weekend off after the Four Wide Nationals at zMax raceway outside of Charlotte, North...
More SoCal Drag Action Photos From The NMCA West Season Opener At Fontana
Apr 08, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
We’re getting down near the end of our massive pile of NMCA West season opener photos. We’re enjoying sharing them with you though because there’s nothing quite like early season...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Can You Name The Make, Displacement, And Year Of This Block?
Apr 08, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift News
It has been far too long since I challenged the talented gearhead braintrust known as the BangShift readership so we’re back. Actually, as you read this I am at a secret location shooting...
The 2015 Ford F150: All New, All Aluminum, A Refined Version Of Your Granddad’s Hammer – We Drive It
Apr 08, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – I was pretty excited to get my mitts on a 2015 Ford F150 for obvious reasons. The thing is one of the world’s best selling vehicles and a keystone part of...
Wait…What? Cadillac Boss Says That ATS and CTS Are Doomed…Just When Things Are Getting Good
Apr 08, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Out of all of General Motors’ dysfunctional behaviors, one really annoying one stands out above all the others: they create a car. It might not be good, but they will give it enough time that...
Does A Car Reflect A Personality Or A Culture? In The Case Of This Black Dart, It Does Both
Apr 08, 2015Bryan McTaggartCAR FEATURES, MOPAR, Videos
Geoff Gates’ Dodge Dart is a sinister-looking beast, isn’t it? Black inside, black outside, and it even has California black plates on it. It’s a mean-looking Dart, one that’s...
The Tunnel Vision King Of The Streets Event At Heathcote Park Raceway – KOTS Racing, Australian-Style!
Apr 08, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Australians do not play around with their drag racing. Between superchargers, turbochargers and enough nitrous to sedate a great white shark on a bloodlust, it doesn’t matter what vehicle they...
Watch A Boeing 757’s Jet Blast Catch And Fold Up This Hatchback’s Rear Gate Like It’s Made Of Paper
Apr 08, 2015Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
Skiathos Island National Airport in Greece is very similar to Princess Juliana International Airport on the island of Saint Martin: the approach to the runway is butted up to a coastal road and a...
This Incredibly Rare 1937 Checker Y8 Was Made Into A Wrecker In The 1940s And Has Been Restored To Its Glory
Apr 07, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
When we think of the Checker car company, lots of times we default to thoughts of the square, tank-like machines that populated New York City streets and the streets of many other cities for decades...
Someone Mated The Front Of A 1939 Studebaker To A 1961 Chevy Bus And Now They Want You To Buy It
Apr 07, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
There’s good weird, there’s bad weird, and then there’s just plain old weird. This 1961 Chevy bus with a 1939 Studebaker nose pretty much fits all three categories in one way or...
Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago Skips His Usual New Car Review And Gets To Test Out…Roadkill’s AMC Gremlin
Apr 07, 2015Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
OUCH, oh, how the mighty have fallen. The last time we saw Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago he was pimping out a Mercedes-Maybach, dressed to the nines, eating Del Taco in pure luxury while hauling...
Viva Las Vegas 2015: Flowing Forms From The 40s and 50s (With some 1930s Stuff Thrown In For Good Measure)
Apr 07, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
By now you have figured out that we’re on a mission to show you every possible car and truck from the massive Viva Las Vegas 2015 hot rod show that went down in the famed adult playground last...
Kemah Cruise Coverage: Cool Cars, Big Trucks, And Some Interesting Iron In Texas
Apr 07, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last week we showed you some of Charles Wickam’s photos from the Kemah Cruise in Kemah, Texas. Today we’re bringing you the last blast of the photos...
Scary Carnage Video: Mike Brown – Heath Littrell Wreck From The Outlaw Street Car Reunion In Memphis
Apr 07, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The recently held “Outlaw Stree Car Reunion” in Memphis, Tennessee was a huge success. The race drew a ton of spectators, it drew hundreds of race cars, and it saw amazing performances...
