Hemmings Editor Mike McNessor’s New Book About Tackling the Carrera Panamericana in a ’61 Chevy Impala is a Wild Ride
Aug 05, 2016Craig FitzgeraldBangShift News
Mike McNessor is the editor of Hemmings Motor News, and his daily job involves pulling content together that hundreds of thousands of people read in the bathroom every month. In 2005, though, Mike...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Action From Route 66 Raceway!
Aug 04, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Energy drink and breakfast sandwich in hand, we got out of the rental car and geared up for the final day of the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl at Route 66 Raceway in Illinois. First thing that came across my...
ECTA Ohio Mile Coverage: So Many Combos and So Many Ways To Go Fast! Here Are Some Great Ones
Aug 04, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Remember this – land speed racing is still one of the most pure forms of motorsport because there is no money in it. There is no check at the end of...
Watch this high-horsepower marine diesel absolutely grenade on the engine dyno
Aug 04, 2016Eric RoodBangShift XL, XL Videos
Marine diesels can produce big power, which makes sense when they’re tasked with pushing a few thousand tons of metal a few thousand nautical miles across large bodies of water. It’s unclear just...
Watch DeWayne Mills Incredible NMRA/NMCA Superbowl Clinching Win! NMCA Finally Wins One!
Aug 04, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It took a couple of years but the NMCA finally scored a dramatic team victory over the NMRA at the 2016 Nitto NMRA/NMCA super bowl of street legal drag racing and the winning run is featured in the...
No Times, No Prep, No Problem: Midnight Drags From Tulsa Raceway Park!
Aug 04, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
You want to know what the middle ground between drag racing and street racing looks like? Here it is…it’s the Midnight Drags at Tulsa Raceway Park, and it’s got the right mix of...
When Heading to Dinner With BangShift Leads to Big-Fin Spotting – 1958 Cadillac Or 1960 Dodge Seneca?
Aug 04, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
When the BangShift editorial crowd was in my neighborhood for the NMCA-NMRA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing at Route 66 Raceway, I told them I’d meet them post-race for a dinner and to get...
This Celica’s Wheelstand-Gone-Wrong Could Have Gone a Lot Worse At Santa Pod
Aug 04, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
Despite its general appearance a ⅘-scale Ford Mustang, the first-generation Toyota Celica doesn’t have a massive reputation as a drag car. However, English shop MGT, who are traditionally Nissan...
Classic YouTube: This Supercharged, 5.0L Swapped Saab 900 Rules! Where Did This Car Go?
Aug 04, 2016Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, OTHER, Videos
We like the strange and weird around here if it is done right, but what is right? How do you know if it’s properly awesome or if it’s just left-field weird? It’s hard to define, but...
Classic Video: When A Marcus Ambrose Tire Returned To Its Family
Aug 04, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
Some videos are just worth pulling up from the deep basement of internet car videos and this one from V8 Supercars in 2001 remains one of the greatest of all time. During that year’s Canberra 400...
Watch What Has To Be The Closest Grudge Race of 2016 – Apocalypse VS Fade2Black For HUGE Money
Aug 04, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This video is cool on a couple of levels. For starters we have a legit big money grudge race happening right in front of us. There’s the Mustang known as Apocalypse and the Regal known as...
Epic Overkill: Using Beautiful Photography To Sell A 1998 Ford Ranger XLT!
Aug 04, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
A good photographer can make an absolute turd of a car look like rolling artwork. That’s truth…I have studied proper photography for maybe five seconds, yet somehow I can make the Raven...
This Hupmobile Hot Rod Has Hemi Power, A Four Speed, And A Huffer – A Cool Oddball
Aug 04, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
This round ball of orange caught our eye the other day when trolling eBay because it is an interesting shape and because it it has a blown baby hemi in it…and a four speed…and a Dana 60....
Boogie Van Booze Cruise!!! Vantastic Limo Jive Turkey And A-Team Vans For Booze Cruises!
Aug 03, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Spotlight, XL Truck News
OMG! No F’ing way! These were the words coming out of my mouth when Scott Payton sent me the link to Vantastic-Limo.com and I was greeted by the Jive Turkey 1976 Dodge B200 custom van that...
