Question Of The Day: Have You Seen A Dealership Markup As Bad As This?
Aug 14, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, FORD
(Photos: Corey Dickman via V.I.S.I.T.) The word “markup” is enough to make any new car shopper see red. It doesn’t mean anything more than the dealership saying, “I know we...
Bonneville Speed Week 2016 Is In Full Swing, Here Are More Kick Ass Machines!
Aug 13, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Land Speed Races
If Bonneville Speed Week is on your bucket list, we say remove it. Not because you shouldn’t come here, but because if it’s on a list you’ll never make it. Call today, like right...
UPDATE! The Scoop! Here’s Every Single Car That Will Be Running For A Record At Bonneville On Sunday
Aug 13, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, LAND SPEED RACES
UPDATE: Both Danny Thompson and George Poteet have set records in their classes this morning! Poteet rocketed down course at 410mph to grab his and Danny Thompson tool care of business at 402mph! One...
Saturday SCTA Bonneville Racing Update: Poteet Goes 382, Thompson Goes 411, Photos, More
Aug 13, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Land Speed Races
Well the competition has officially begun at SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2016 and it has gotten off to a fine start. Initial concerns about the salt’s quality seems to have been pushed off the...
Saturday Salt Speed Machine Update: Another Group Of The Coolest Hot Rods and Cruisers On The Salt
Aug 13, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Land Speed Races
Saturday on the salt is going along swimmingly. The first full day of racing action is always a little slow to get out of the gate but once the big salt speed machine was moving, it got exciting...
Crazy Video: Watch Legendary Custom Motorcycle Builder and Racer Roland Sands Drive Off The Stage In Sturgis
Aug 13, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Here’s some insane video that comes from the always wild Sturgis Bike Week gathering. What you are about to see is legendary motorcycle builder and longtime motorcycle racer Roland Sands drive...
Want To Guarantee You Have The Most Unique Mopar At The Show? This 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner Ute Conversion Is For You!
Aug 13, 2016Bryan McTaggartCar Features, MOPAR
Now, here’s something that I was not expecting to see in the staging lanes at National Trail Raceway: an internet legend that I’ve seen a couple of times over the years! Whenever the...
Locomotive Breath: A Look At The Massive And Monstrously Fast Joint Venture Freightliner Truck
Aug 13, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Big Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
What you are seeing here is 228mph. Sure it was at zero when we shot most of the photos and just a couple miles per hour when being pushed to the tech line, but as far as an impressive and an...
Caption This Photo: Is Lee Sicilio Communicating With The Gods Of Speed?
Aug 13, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
During my travels through the expansive pits at Bonneville yesterday I snapped this photo of a man and his car. Not just any man or any car, but rather our pal Lee Sicilio and his (currently 283mph)...
BangShift Goes Racing! We Race Our Datsun 280Z At New Hampshire Motor Speedway!
Aug 13, 2016Tony SestitoApex Project Cars, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(All photos courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted) Welcome to Bangshift Goes Racing! This is a multi-part series that gives a look into choosing, building, and racing a car on the cheap....
This Vintage Sunbeam Tiger Club Racer Takes a Big Shunt But Races On
Aug 13, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
Tom Patton has made a name for himself in the club racing world for steadfastly campaigning his white Sunbeam Tiger in the SCCA for decades. Today, Patton’s old Rootes Group V8 roadster races in...
Watch LIVE: Drag Racing From IHRA Martin, Loose Rocker Colonial Classic, And PDRA Memphis.
Aug 13, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Videos
Can’t decide what flavor of live drag racing you want to watch this weekend? Don’t worry, we’ve got it all! IHRA, PDRA, or Bracket Racing at the Loose Rocker Colonial Classic,...
Bonneville Speed Week 2016: The Friday Night Nugget Car Show Tradition Continues
Aug 12, 2016Brian LohnesGallery, Land Speed Races
Bonneville is about tradition and ritual. Some of those traditions and rituals have been in place since SCTA speed week began in 1948 and others of them may not have quite that level of history but...
MoparNats 2016: Our First Round Of Photos From The Massive All-Mopar Meetup In Ohio!
Aug 12, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery, MOPAR
I’m on the ground at the MoparNats at National Trail Raceway in Ohio and…well, I’m in awe. If there is a Mopar product you enjoy, it’s here. That’s just it. It’s...
