2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: The Second Round Of Saturday Action!
Aug 02, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery
After the frustration of dealing with the uncooperative weather on Friday night, we were hoping that Saturday’s racing action at Route 66 Raceway would go smoothly. It didn’t go as well...
Rough Start: Grandma’s Four-Speed 1979 Chrysler LeBaron Could Be The Start Of Something Very Unique!
Aug 02, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
If there is one line of cars I know better than any other, it’s the Chrysler Corporation M-body and it’s close relatives, the F-body and J-body. The M-platform, which is most known for...
This Weekend The NHRA Tour Heads To Seattle – Here’s A Look Back At The 1980 NHRA Fall Nationals From Pacific Raceways
Aug 02, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The NHRA has a long and interesting history of racing in the Pacific Northwest and this weekend’s upcoming Northwest Nationals will continue it along with concluding the vaunted “Western...
Goodness Gracious: Check Out The Story Of This Ford Shelby GT350 Fireball At Roebling Road!
Aug 02, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, FORD
This photo might be able to say a thousand words on the situation this Shelby GT350 is facing, but we have a good bet that a lot of those words are expletives. We got tipped off to photos of this...
Get a Fantastic Beginner’s Lesson On Sprint Car Racing From World of Outlaws Driver Greg Wilson
Aug 02, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
I’m no connoisseur of dirt-oval racing, but from what I’ve seen, sprint cars are more or less the pinnacle of oval racing, at least in terms of speed and potential for things to get pear-shaped...
Rumor Mill: The Buick Avista Concept Is Responsible For A Lot Of Bad Feelings Within GM Design
Aug 02, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Early this year, Buick debuted the Avista concept coupe, a car based upon Alpha underpinnings that I would’ve happily sold body parts off for scientific use for to own. A twin-turbocharged V6...
Fastest rally, giant air: Watch Citroen smash a record and leap to the moon in Finland
Aug 02, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
Lots of rally fans love those old Group B monsters from the 1980’s and with good reason: They all had far more horsepower than the chassis technology was capable of managing at the time, making...
Drag Racer Craig Owen Passes After Horrifying Crash At Ware Shoals Dragway – Fans Injured
Aug 01, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Last weekend Ware Shoals Dragway in South Carolina was the scene of a horrible crash that took the life of racer Craig Owen and wounded at least one spectator. Owen was traveling down the track at a...
Trans Am Challenge: This Eight Minute Video Is A Stunning Look Into The 1971 Trans-Am Season
Aug 01, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The duo of Roger Penske and Mark Donohue pretty much stands alone on a pedestal away from every other driver/owner tandem in the history of American racing. Never was a pair of people so suited to...
