No Prep Insanity: Watch This Blown Camaro And A Crazy Datsun Do A Bad Job At Crashing
Aug 15, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The pit road at Kansas Speedway was recently used as a no-prep drag strip at an event called Operation Octane. As you will see, the event drew a BUNCH of people and there was a lot of wild racing...
Light ‘Em Off: The All-Wheel-Drive Oldsmobile Cutlass Burns Them Down At The Ice Cream Cruise!
Aug 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Brian King’s 1982 Oldsmobile made one hell of an entrance when he appeared on YouTube hazing all four tires off of the car, the Lingenfelter Performance Engineering-built and ProCharged LS2...
Doing Camping Right At Bonneville! This 1967 International 4×4 Paired With A Vintage Shasta Trailer Is Perfect!
Aug 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
I truly wish I had run into the owner of this truck and trailer combo that I spotted on the salt yesterday. Why? I would have laid a solid man hug on him because the whole package is pretty much...
Monday Shopper: She Wants You To Get A Minivan? We Can Help: Bisimoto’s 1,029 Horsepower Honda Odyssey Is Going Up For Auction!
Aug 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartMonday Shopper
While I was at the Mopar Nats this weekend, I got the chance to catch up with a friend that I haven’t seen in several years. When he rolled up, I was (almost) saddened that his familiar black...
Bonneville 2016 Coverage: The Colorful World Of Lettering And Numbers On The Salt
Aug 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Land Speed Races
One of the things I love about Bonneville is that the cars by and large are painted. Wraps have not really pervaded the salt and to me, that’s a great thing. As I was strolling through the...
Danny Thompson Clobbers Way To 400mph Record In Challenger 2 Streamliner!
Aug 15, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
As of this writing Danny Thompson is the fastest man on the salt at SCTA Speed Week 2016 after a triumphant 402mph run in his Challenger 2 streamliner on Sunday morning that sealed his place in the...
The Scoop! Here’s All Of The Cars That Qualified To Run For Records At Bonneville On Monday Morning
Aug 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Land Speed Races
No one here has a case of the Mondays! These are the racers who ran hard enough to qualify to run for records on Monday morning at SCTA Speed Week 2016. These will be the first cars on course this...
Bonneville Speed Week 2016: Think You’ve Seen It All? Not Even Close!
Aug 14, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Land Speed Races
Brian and I have walked our proverbial asses off, looking at, drooling over, and shooting photos of killer stuff here on the salt during Bonneville Speed Week 2016, and just when you start to think...
Ask And You Shall Receive! More Photos From Bonneville Speed Week 2016
Aug 14, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Land Speed Races
If your need for more Bonneville coverage is anything like our need to be here, don’t fret, here’s our second round of race car galleries for the day and we’ll have even more this...
Salty Secret: Here’s An Old Turbocharged Triumph (We Think) Engine That Isn’t
Aug 14, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
I was cruising the Bonneville impound area last night with Chad and Bret Kepner and we happened upon a motorcycle that will be running for record book status today. It looked to us like the bike was...
Roadkill! Ever Thought You’d See The Guys Break Out A Machete To Get A Car?
Aug 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
There’s cars in them thar hills! No, really, there are. I don’t care what part of the country you are in, walk a little bit and chances are good that you will find a derelict car...
2016 Mopar Nats: More Scenes From The “Fun Field” On Friday!
Aug 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery, MOPAR
Even for Mopar people who do their research, the size of the Mopar Nats is something of a surprise: there are fields…not small lots, fields…surrounding National Trail Raceway in Hebron,...
You Like Engines? We’ve Got Engines! Some Of The Coolest, Weirdest, And Most Interesting On The Salt
Aug 14, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Land Speed Races
If Bonneville has a beating heart it is the myriad of engines that live between the frame rails of the race cars, trucks, and motorcycles that are working hard to set records this week. They are in...
Help Wanted: Does Anybody Know The History Of This Right-Hand Drive Dodge D-100?
Aug 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartCar Features, MOPAR, TRUCKS
Nestled in the “judged” lot at Mopar Nats was this clean driver Dodge D-100 pickup truck. I didn’t think much of it at first when I walked past it…nothing against the truck,...
