Cool Video: The Road To The Mint 400 – Steve Olliges Takes His Retro Awesome Ford To The Desert
Feb 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Truck Feature, XL Videos
The name Steve Olliges has been associated with off-road racing championships and Ford for more than three decades now. The guy has racked up a hall of fame list of accomplishments. As a member of...
Morning Melody: Enjoy The Spine-Tingling Sounds Of A Lexus LF-A Making Dyno Pulls!
Feb 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Aside from the deliciously violent noises a good old V8 makes, the exhaust song that I could listen to over and over again comes from the Lexus LF-A. I first heard this car at the 2010 SEMA show, and...
More Show Coverage: The 2016 Motorsports, Racer Car and Trade Show – Pennsylvania
Feb 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – In what has become a yearly tradition here at BangShift we have Joe Grippo’s photo coverage of the 2016 Motorsports, Race car, and Trade show event from the...
Hot Rod Garage Kicks Off A Budget Buildup Of An $800 Camaro On The Cheap – Meet The “Bonemaro”!
Feb 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, TECH, Videos
Yep, this looks familiar. Apparently, I have some sort of magnetic draw for beaten and thrashed rubber-bumper second-generation Chevrolet Camaros. When they are clean and nice, they are alright. But...
Question Of The Day: Are Car Show Project Builds Tainted Goods? Would You Ever Want To Own One?
Feb 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
This week, two Gas Monkey Garage builds crossed my desk in my “For Sale” searches. One was the lime-green 1989 Shelby Dakota that Richard Rawlings couldn’t be bothered to even...
SCCA Track Night In America Driven By TireRack Returns For 2016! 7 Venues Added – This Rules!
Feb 15, 2016Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
The best program that the SCCA has ever created returns for 2016! Track Night in America is greatness because it is a no hassle, all fun way for you to get your street car onto a road course...
The LS1-Powered Lamborghini Jalpa Is Now Sporting Twin Turbochargers And Is Badder Than Ever!
Feb 15, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
One of my favorite LS-swapped cars in the world is this 1988 Lamborghini Jalpa from Australia. One of 410 produced, the Bertone-designed Italian’s 3.5L V8 was ditched in favor of the...
This 1955 Imperial Newport Is A 331ci Hemi Powered Survivor That We’d Cruise As Is
Feb 15, 2016Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
In our fair opinion, there are few things cooler than a legitimate survivor car. Not something that has been dragged from a barn on its last legs and about to break in half but a car that has...
The Real Truth: Debunking Any Myths About The EPA’s Plans To Stop Us From Building Race Cars
Feb 14, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Racers, hot rodders, aftermarket companies, race tracks, and more are up in arms over recent news that the EPA wants to make it illegal to change any street legal car into a race car. Like at all....
Craigslist Find: This 1994 Cadillac Pickup Conversion Could Be Your Sweet-Riding Parts Hauler!
Feb 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find, TRUCKS
It might actually surprise you to know that I have a soft spot for Northstar-powered Cadillacs of the 1990s and 2000s. I shouldn’t…if that engine isn’t 100% perfect, it’s...
The Jungle Jim Nova Funny Cars – Get Some Killer Winternationals History On These Neat Machines
Feb 14, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
There’s some irony here. As you are reading this the guy you’ll see talking in this video, Ron Huegli is at Pomona for the NHRA Winternationals with the car on the right side of the...
Classic YouTube: This Chevrolet Caprice Coupe Is The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of – Nitrous, Slicks And All
Feb 14, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CHEVY
Consider this collection of videos me exorcising a demon. You see, every now and then I get fixated on a particular model of car and I grind my teeth, trying to figure out how to acquire one. What...
Last To First In One Lap! This Spec Miata Racer Schools The Field IN A HURRY!
Feb 14, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
(by Eric Rood) – We’re always big fans of last-to-first charges here at BangShift, but this one might take the cake. Spec Miata racing pits identical Mazda roadsters against each other in a...
