Shakedown At The Summit 2015: Here’s Our Final Load Of Killer Photos From The Race
Oct 04, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Well we have finally worked our way to the bottom the massive pile of photos that Mike Brooks shot while he was at the Shakedown at the Summit 2015. This race has...
Watch NASCAR Truck Series Racer Austin Theriault Suffer A Massive Wreck At Las Vegas – This Happened Last Night
Oct 04, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Austin Theriault is one of the talented young drivers in the NASCAR truck series these days and the dude has a pretty interesting story. He grew up and honed his driving skills in northern Maine, a...
Land Speed Action Photos: More High Speed Images From The Ohio Mile September Meet
Oct 04, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by David Whealon/DWPhotos.net) – Land speed racers are a very interesting lot. For the most part they do not get to ply their trade nearly as much as people who race stock cars or go...
Ebay Find: A Checker Marathon For Your Inner Hot Rodder And Taxi Driver
Oct 04, 2015Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, OTHER
I never have understood anybody’s obsession with the Checker Marathon. Ok, the absolutely freaking huge Aerobus eight-door wagons are kind of cool, but the regular four-door Marathon taxi cars...
OUCH – This Audi Vs. Bentley Accident At The Blancpain Sprint Series Misano Race Is Cringeworthy!
Oct 04, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
That misty shot of dirt, debris, and scattering body panels is the result of the coming together of an Audi R8 and a Bentley during the Blancpain Sprint Series race at Misano. Coming out of a corner,...
This Hellcat Challenger Whips Up On The Unsuspecting At A VMAX200 Event In Europe!
Oct 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MOPAR
Ranting, raving, and fawning over the Hellcats should be over…they are out and about, and hunting. Quarter mile times are known, top speeds are known. Done and done. What’s left?...
Tough Truck Racing! Check Out The High-Flying, Axle-Breaking Fun At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park!
Oct 04, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
If it’s destined for the junkyard but runs, you might as well have some fun with the vehicle before it dies, right? That’s the theory behind some of the best low-buck racing you can find:...
Land Speed Coverage: Action Photos From The 2015 ECTA September Meet – Final Runs Of 2015
Oct 03, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by David Whealon) – The final event of the 2015 ECTA season was a barn burner for sure. The place was jammed packed with more motorcycles and hot rods than anyone could remember, the...
Shakedown At The Summit 2015 Photo Bomb: More On Track Action From The Wild Norwalk Weekend
Oct 03, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – The negative Nancys of the world that think they know the sport of drag racing and don’t will be the first to tell you that there are no young people involved...
2015 NSRA Street Rod Nationals: Full, Fat, Flat, And Fondly Fendered Hot Rods
Oct 03, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Time for rods with fenders. Let me stop and tell you folks that haven’t been to this event a little about how difficult it is to determine what to take...
Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: Flat Dirt Drags Images from the Pits And Action On The Track
Oct 03, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d never been to the flat drag portion of Gravelrama and we were really looking forward to it. 100 yards to the finish. Its odd watching a drag...
eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!
Oct 03, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
It is not often that we run stories about old tires here at BangShift but this is a set of rubber that is unique, interesting, and is unused even though they were manufactured 51 years ago and...
We Take A Look Back At The Subaru That Got The Performance Ball Rolling, The Impreza 22B, With MotorWeek
Oct 03, 2015Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
Until I turned on Gran Turismo for the first time, Subarus were dinky little sedans and wagons that made a farting noise wherever they went. Sure, the SVX was around, but that was a freak of nature....
Top 11: Picks From The Mecum Chicago Auction – Can We Predict A Decent Deal In The Catalog?
Oct 03, 2015Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CHEVY, FORD, Monday Shopper, MOPAR
11. 1968 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible It’s the size of Rhode Island, comfortable as a barcalounger, drinks like an angry Scotsman, and looks like New England old money. This...
