eBay Find: A Never Used, All Aluminum, $26,000, ZL-1 Chevy Bare Block
Jun 15, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
The words “Chevy” and ultra-rare usually don’t run very close together. After all, the bowtie brand produced millions and millions of cars during even their slow years back in the...
An Alternative AMC: This 1970 Ambassador SST Is The Muscle Car Most People Wouldn’t Remember
Jun 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartAMC, eBay Find
The American Motors Ambassador was never meant to be a muscle car. In AMC’s lineup, that job fell to the ever-so-slightly smaller Rebel/Matador. But with the only real noteworthy difference...
King Of The Streets 2016 Coverage: The Baddest No-Prep Race In America? You Decide!
Jun 15, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Chi-Town’s King of the Streets 2016 event, or KOTS, runs based on a simple philosophy: No prep, no problem. Running the baddest street cars in the...
Watch As This Duramax Chevy Puts All Of That Torque To Good Use: Punishing Tires!
Jun 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, CHEVY, RACING & ACTION, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Videos
From the start: this Duramax Chevrolet is a bad, bad sumbitch. The burnouts are epic, the driver unrelenting, and the fog bank created by just the tires alone was probably visible on weather radar...
Inferno Photos: The Big Red Camaro Burns In Testing – Pikes Peak Hopes Go Up In Smoke
Jun 15, 2016Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
A day of hardcore testing at Buttonwillow Raceway in California turned into a nightmare for the Big Red Camaro team on Monday as the car burst into flames and suffered a major league fire. The burn...
Been Caught Hoonin’: This Aussie Shows Why You Should Keep It On The Track…Twice!
Jun 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Didn’t I just bring up the subject of that moment you realized that you were flat-out busted by a cop? It’s a sinking feeling when you do it, but if you want to see the most busted driver...
BangShift’s 24 Hours of Le Mans Preview and Resource Guide for AMERICA
Jun 15, 2016Eric RoodApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
The 84th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans runs this weekend in France and, perhaps more than any other year, this one features America and Americans prominently. The race takes place, as the name...
Backfire: A Response To The Current State Of The Hobby For The Entry-Level Crowd
Jun 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
There’s a phrase I like to use: “smacking the hornet’s nest”. This is where you find a sensitive subject, and instead of leaving it alone like you should, you get the biggest...
This 12-hour motorcycle race came down to less than a tenth of a second
Jun 15, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
Endurance racing fans—especially sports car racing fans—are used to the closer finishes in long races than in the past, but the finish to the FIM Endurance World Championship’s 12 Hours of...
Nostalgia Nirvana! Here’s A Load Of Photos Featuring Straight Axle Cars Sitting In The Pits
Jun 14, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Quiet cars again. This time it’s the straight-axle cars. I won’t refer to them as ‘gassers’ because though these do run on gas….having a...
In-Car Video: Ride With NHRA Alky Dragster Star Brandon Booher As He Wins The Final In Chicago!
Jun 14, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Brandon Booher is a well respected and successful NHRA alcohol dragster competitor who is currently running 9th nationally in the points. The Lucas Oil Series racer has been pounding the pavement...
14 Hun Of Fun! Which Of These $1400 Project Vehicles Would You Choose?
Jun 14, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
Craigslist is dangerous for dreamers like me. God help us all if I ever win the lottery, because the Craigslist shopping spree better include some warehouse space to hold all the crap I would buy. In...
Watch a gaggle of European rigs pile into the very first corner of a race
Jun 14, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
Road-racing five-ton trucks sounds like a distinctly American endeavor, but it curiously has been the Europeans who have embraced the sport of truck racing. The European Truck Racing Championship...
Barnstormin’ : The Slow Disappearance Of The Gearhead Classroom Is Bad For Us All
Jun 14, 2016Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
It’s kind of funny (and totally off-topic) that this space/column/whatever we want to label “Barnstormin” actually started as a concept for a video series on Car Junkie TV all those...
