2015 Piston Powered Autorama – More Muscle, More Shine, and More Awesome From The Show Floor
Apr 04, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Contrary to popular belief, we will not have show photos from the 2015 Piston Powered Autorama which was recently held in Cleveland, Ohio every day for the next year....
Total Control Products Adjustable Panhard Bar Is A Great Handling Solution For First Generation Mustangs And Cougars
Apr 04, 2015Brian LohnesApex Sponsor News, New Products, Sponsor News
Rigidity and control are two things that are essential in any good handling car. The car needs to be stiff and tied together to make sure that the suspension is doing its job and the thing...
BOOM: Steve Evans Talks Us Through Some Top Fuel Blunders and ‘Splosions
Apr 04, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This Saturday BOOM comes from the archives of Diamond P Sports and their thousands of hours of racing footage accumulated over the years covering events ranging from the NHRA to horse barrel racing....
Texas Cruise Photos: We’re Back With Kemah Cruise Coverage!
Apr 04, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – In a couple of weeks, Wickam and I will be hanging out in his neighborhood at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas as the NHRA Mello Yello tour swings into tow....
Need A V16? This Mammoth Marmon V16 Could Be Yours!
Apr 04, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
As the country was plunging into the Great Depression, automakers were still clinging to the idea that there was plenty of money floating around to buy ever bigger and more powerful cars. The fact...
Question Of The Day: How Many “Stig’s Cousins” Can You Come Up With?
Apr 04, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
The Stig, the “tamed racing driver” from Top Gear, is iconic. He doesn’t talk, it’s not known what he eats (or with what orifice it eats with), and that he can open a bottle...
Sportsman Photo Blast: Wheels Up, Screaming, Sportsman Drag Action From The NHRA Four Wide Nationals
Apr 04, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – The NHRA 4-Wide Nationals could be the most controversial race on the 24-event NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule but for sportsman competitors...
Unveiled: Hyundai RM15, A Veloster With A Mid-Rear Mounted, 296hp Turbocharged Four. Can You Say “Homologation Special”?
Apr 04, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, OTHER
I never expected that in my lifetime, I would want a Hyundai. I’ve driven four in my lifetime: a 1988 Excel three-door hatch that fogged mosquitoes out with all of the burned oil, a 1989 Sonata...
Somehow Pennzoil Managed To Make One Of The Coolest Hellcat Videos Yet – What Has Gotten Into Those Guys?
Apr 04, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
There was a time when Pennzoil was a pretty cool brand. They were in all kinds of motorsports and had a good high performance image. For whatever reason, that promotional direction changed and they...
NMCA West Street Car Nationals Race Coverage – We Were In Fontana For The Season Opener
Apr 03, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
It was a great weekend in Fontana, California at Auto Club Dragway recently when the NMCA West series held their season opener and drew some of the hottest door slammers on the west coast out to the...
Drag Race Coverage: Match Race Madness At North Star Dragway – Denton, Texas
Apr 03, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Bad Brad Klaassen and Patrick Red Williams – Words by Brad Klaassen) – So, how do you kick off your 2015 racing season in North Texas at North Star Dragway, just outside of...
Holley’s New Vent Tube Spill Reduction Valve Is Simple, Ingenius, Will Save Lives And Equipment
Apr 03, 2015Brian LohnesNew Products
No, the lead photo is not upside down, the carb is. This fuel mixer is equipped with Holley’s new vent tube spill reduction valve and the simple device will save lives, equipment, and lots of...
The Aussie Bridge Drifters And The Panic That Follows: A Look Into The Anti-Hoon Culture
Apr 03, 2015Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
First things first: at no time are we going to defend the actions of the people that are in the Toyota Sprinter and the Nissan Silvia captured in this dash-cam footage. Four-lane drifting, at speed,...
Ralph Gilles Named Head Of Design For FCA – Former SRT CEO Is Now Part Of The Top-Tier At FCA
Apr 03, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, MOPAR
You can say what you will about Chrysler, FCA and the very shaky road that they have traveled to date, but if there is one name that does command respect from all of the tradeoffs, buyouts,...
