Watch Vincent Nobile Have A Rough Ride At Pomona – Wall Slapping, Tire Shaking, Badness
Feb 19, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Vincent Nobile managed to do something at the NHRA Winternationals that Erica Enders-Stevens did not while racing the same Camaro for a championship in 2015. Touch the wall. During a run against Drew...
This All-Motor Viper Laid Out A Record-Breaking 9.95@140 MPH Blast In Texas At The Viper Nationals!
Feb 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MOPAR
This isn’t the fastest Dodge Viper in the quarter mile. Not even close…recently Jeff Lutz laid down a 6.78@211 MPH blast in Shawn Beard’s twin-turbocharged 1997 Viper coupe. What...
Funny Car History Video: Lewis Bloom Talks With 1969 NHRA Winternationals Winner Clare Sanders
Feb 19, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The origins of the funny car class are widely known. Escalations among the manufacturer through the stock and then the super stock ranks caused everyone to lose their collective minds in the middle...
This 1973 Plymouth Fury Has Our Interest…Thunderbolt And Lightfoot Family Sedan?!
Feb 19, 2016Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, MOPAR
A few days ago, I brought up the idea of a “moonshine runner” build after being inspired by a couple of Internet finds. The premise is simple enough: a visually under-the-radar car that...
Small Slicks, Two Engines, And 360-Degrees Plus! Watch The Evil Twin Spin On The Strip And Hit Nothing
Feb 19, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Rocky Phillips is a heck of a guy. The driving force behind the famed Eagle Field Drags and the guy who built the awesome Evil Twin dragster shown in this video at his home shop, he has the drag...
Home Grown Dukes Of Hazzard Fun: It’s Amazing What Fun A $200 Beater Can Be!
Feb 18, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Video
For years I’ve been saying that I want to get a few buddies together and have each of us buy a $200 car and then go out and thrash it in the dirt. Or on the dragstrip. Or… well you get...
Mark Rebilas Has Published His Best Of 2015 Crash And Burn Photos – Must See!
Feb 18, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – I have the good fortune to see Mark Rebilas on more weekends than I don’t between the months of March and November. While Mark shoots all kinds of stuff like...
Front-Wheel-Drive Violence: Furches Performance’s Turbo LS4 Monte Carlo Running The Strip
Feb 18, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
I’ve owned a lot of cars over the years, but the list of cars I miss that I would have again is rather short. One of the top pics would be the LS4-powered Monte Carlo SS that I ran ragged for...
Winter Rally Madness: The Action And Carnage From The Jari-Pekka Junior WRC Rally In Finland
Feb 18, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, Videos
As I type this, snow is dumping on BangShift Mid-West HQ for the third time in two weeks, and just as the last of the second storm had melted off. It’s no secret that I’m not a winter...
Rough Start: Taking The Road Less Traveled With A Sweet G-body Grand Prix
Feb 18, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
For the budget-minded gearhead, GM G-bodies are still a very affordable option and are an excellent car to consider. They offer the best of two worlds: they have the basic old school setup of a...
eBay Find: A Homebuilt 1996 Dodge Ram VTS Project, Complete With Built V-10 And Cage!
Feb 18, 2016Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS
In 1996, high on the successes of the Viper, Dodge took the super car’s V-10 powerplant and jammed them into the equally successful Ram truck, creating the Ram VTS concept. Concept or not, it...
Smack Talk Smack Down: Keith Haney Backs Up Claims With Monster 3.89 Pass At Lights Out 7 (Video)
Feb 17, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
(Video credit: TheRacingVids YouTube channel) – Keith Haney is a man of his word and he rocked the Earth tonight with a monster first qualifying pass in his brand new Larry Jeffers built...
Roadtrippin’: Being In The Moment And Nearly Missing It… My Day With The Unsers
Feb 17, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift APEX
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) One of the car shows I went to this past summer was the Goodguys “Day In The Hay” that was held in Lincoln, Nebraska in July. I found out about the...
