Drag Coverage: More Cool Cars and Great History From The Nostalgia Nationals At US60 Dragway In Kentucky!
May 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Despite the threat of rain and unseasonably-cool temperatures lots of cars came out to play. In this gallery we’re featuring older stuff from the car...
Ultimate Indy Debacle Video: The Kevin Cogan Wreck Before the Green Flag Dropped in 1982
May 27, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Earlier we showed you some Indy 500 competitors spinning out their junk during the parade laps before the race started. That was comical, but this footage from the 1982 Indy 500 is downright wild....
Take a helmet-cam ride in a bike-powered sports racer up a Spanish hill climb course
May 27, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
Bike-engined hill climb cars are a bit of a European specialty with a number of companies like Wolf, Norma, and Osella producing what are essentially miniature Le Mans prototypes. With featherweight...
Craigslist Find of The Year! An Unrestored 1969 Hurst Olds Survivor – 13,000 Original Miles!
May 26, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
This is one of 913 1969 Hurst Olds models ever produced and it is a 13,000 original mile survivor that is now being sold on Craigslist. Restored versions of this car garner very large sums of money....
Here’s your BangShift guide to a motorsports-stuffed Memorial Day weekend
May 26, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
The biggest weekend in motorsports has arrived and the truly dedicated and/or insane racing fan can, if he or she desires, spend almost the entire weekend watching racing. As with any weekend from...
Here’s A $160,000 Camry That You May Want To Own And Could Be The Buy Of The Century
May 26, 2016Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Put your weapons down. Drop the torches, the pitchforks, whatever that other thing is, and the bazooka. I have not lost my mind. I have not sold my soul to the devil, but what I have done is stumbled...
UDATED: Shirley Muldowney Has Lung Removed- Vows To Fight Cancer Diagnosis
May 26, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney underwent surgery yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina to remove a cancerous lung after being diagnosed with Stage 2 lung cancer. Muldowney has vowed to fight...
Just A Slight Misjudgement: Watch As Brandon Smith Rolls His Polaris RZR XP 1000 Eight Times Down Donkey Punch Hill!
May 26, 2016Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
When you see the trees pointing straight down as you look straight ahead, it means only one thing: you’ve screwed up big-time and this is probably going to hurt. Brandon Smith got lucky and got...
US-60 Drag Racing Action: Bracket Action and Test Passes From The Nostalgia Nationals
May 26, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again in Hardinsburg, KY for the Spring version of the Nostalgia Nationals featuring the Straight-Axle Mafia, car show, swap meet, and plenty of...
Rough Start: This 1978 Dodge D-100 Was The Hot Ticket In 1978, And Would Make A Great First Build!
May 26, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS
The scene was bleak for performance cars in 1978. Cars were choked out with smog laws, low compression and catalytic converters. Former heavy hitters, like the Pontiac Trans Am, Chevrolet Camaro Z28...
Super Chevy Show Virginia: Car Show Images From The Event – Lots Of Killer Stuff!
May 26, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Images by Benoit Pigeon) – There’s always lots going on at the Super Chevy show. Yesterday we showed you the drag racing action provided by the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod group and today...
eBay Find: Is This The Former “King Fish” Funny Car? Maybe, Maybe Not, But It Is A Logghe-Chassied Plymouth ‘Cuda!
May 26, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, eBay Find
Three words: Nostalgia Funny Car. Like the thought of alcohol or nitromethane exhaust hanging around the burnout box, a blower howling like you stepped on the tail of the devil’s dog, and the...
Billy Glidden To Drive The Mickey Thompson Equipped, Precision Turbo and Engine Pro Mod In E-Town!
May 25, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Other than Ricky Smith completely steamrolling the rest of the field, the biggest story to come out of the 2016 NHRA J&A Services pro mod series is the fact that Billy Glidden has been named the...
