Watch A Blown Hemi Powered Impala Grudge Car Rip Through A Wheat Field While Racing Kye Kelly
Jun 06, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There’s guts and then there’s GUTS and Urban Hillbilly’s Sean Melton has both. Last week we showed you his count down of the top 10 insane wrecks he had ever filmed and a couple of...
PJ North’s Newest Drag Racing Hip Hop Song Kills It! Listen Here.
Jun 06, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight
When my good friend Ron Thomas, BangShifter Extraordinaire, introduced me to the music of PJ North a couple years ago I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. A Hip Hop/Rap song about bracket...
Drag Action Photos: Sweet Sportsman Action From Shadyside Dragway – Wheels Up and More
Jun 06, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Last week we showed you some great Benoit Pigeon photos from Shadyside Dragway and their Carolina Xtreme Pro Mod event. As it turns out there were a ton of cars on...
Tire Frying Burnout Action From The US60 Dragway Nostalgia Nationals
Jun 06, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let there be burnt offerings to Vulcan…..the god of tire smoke. Had a LOT of good burnout photos for half the cars and not so much the other half. ...
Awesome Video: Ride Along In A 2,500hp Top Sportsman Car As The Driver Wrestles It Down The Track
Jun 06, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The coolest thing for me being at the drags as much as I am is meeting the people and learning the stories behind the cars I see. During the NHRA New England Nationals (which are bring finished as...
Theoretical Build: How Would You Build This 1983 AM General Jeep DJ-5?
Jun 06, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, eBay Find, TRUCKS
When I was five, nothing made me happier than to see the red, white and blue Jeep of the mailman drive up Windsor Avenue. It meant that I could run out to the mailbox and spare the mailman the...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Dirt Track Date By Southern Culture On The Skids
Jun 06, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift News
I do like dirt track racing. Back in the 70’s I planted my fat ass in the stands at the late great Santa Fe Speedway in Hinsdale, Illinois at least once a week for two full seasons. Back then...
Craigslist Find: Want To Make Your Very Own Cheetah Funny Car Bodies? Now You Can!
Jun 06, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
For those who were busy worshipping at the altar of Carroll Shelby and the AC Cobra in the 1960s, life was good and Shelby was doing just fine. For fans of General Motors, however, things...
Question Of The Day: How Much Longer Do You Think The Isle Of Man TT Event Will Last Before It’s Shut Down For Safety Reasons?
Jun 06, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift Question Of The Day??
As of press time, the Snaefell Mountain Course has claimed two competitors from this year’s Isle Of Man TT event: Australian sidecar racer Dwight Beare crashed near Rhencullen and was killed,...
We Wish Chevrolet Had Built Half Ton Crew Cab Short Bed Trucks Like This One
Jun 06, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find, XL Spotlight
Now you can walk into your Chevrolet dealer and buy a brand new half ton short bed crew cab truck. But you couldn’t in the square body era. And that sucked. Don’t get me wrong, we...
RideTech Tri-Five Chevrolet StreetGrip Is Now Shipping! Make Your Chevy Turn Without Making Your Wallet Burn!
Jun 06, 2016Brian LohnesApex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX, New Products, Sponsor News
We have been on board with RideTech’s StreetGrip system since the beginning as you well know. Our installation of the kit on a 1970 El Camino was a popular story and it illustrated to us how...
Video: Watch The Biggest And Baddest Ford Production V8 Of All Time Shoot Fire And Sound Pissed! 1100ci!
Jun 05, 2016Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
That’s right, the biggest and baddest ass production Ford built V8 in the company’s long history was an 1100ci, all alumimum, dual overhead cam, 32-valve piece that made over 1,000 lb/ft...
Sunday Movie Day: Cledus Snow Saves The Day In His Big Rig At The End Of Smokey And The Bandit I
Jun 05, 2016Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
In a recent conversation with friends, we talked about how Smokey and the Bandit may have become the largest grossing movie of 1977 had it not run into another small sci-fi flick with the title of...
BangShift Question of the Day: Who is the best make/model specific engine builder ever?
Jun 05, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
We were at the drags last night chatting it up with several BangShift fans and all of the guys were devotees of different makes of cars. The conversation arose about guys who became known for...
