Nostalgia Nationals US-60 Dragway Coverage: Blowers, Wheelies, And More Fun At The Drags
Jun 02, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – Continuing with some ACTION…. More Chevy-heavy stuff, but it’s all cool. More diversity in the straight-axle galleries…. I promise. We did get to see...
Classic YouTube: The Impossible Belgian Motorcycle Hillclimb. Many Try, Most End Up In Pain…
Jun 02, 2016Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein knew exactly what he was talking about when he nailed that line. At some point you...
Important update: SuperKarts are still absolutely freakin’ insane.
Jun 02, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
We’ve shown you some crazy superkart racers before, namely the fools strapped to 250 cc of two-stroke rocketry hurtling around the Isle of Man on (closed) public roads. That’s actually...
Morning Symphony: Hill Climb Close Range Fly-by Footage Courtesy Of The Hardest-Working HDD Cam Out There!
Jun 02, 2016Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
You know those awesome, close-up fly-by racing shots that make television shows like TopGear and racing footage look amazing? You like seeing a car bearing down on you on video just before it rips...
What’s Old Is New Again… Is Late 80’s-Early 90’s Pro Street Back In Style?
Jun 02, 2016Tony SestitoBangShift News, HISTORIC
Nostalgia. That word can mean a lot of different things to different people, but typically, popular culture seems to place things that occurred around 20-25 years ago in the “sweet spot”...
Top 11: Shopping At Mecum’s Portland Auction – Two Days Of Difficult Decisions!
Jun 02, 2016Bryan McTaggartAMC, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CHEVY, FORD, Monday Shopper, MOPAR, TRUCKS
Portland, Oregon isn’t exactly automotive Mecca, but it isn’t the desert, either. There is plenty of gorgeous iron hiding among the redwoods and Douglas Firs, and if you cross the...
Rally Azores might be the world’s most picturesque racing venue
Jun 02, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
The FIA’s European Rally Championship treks to the Azores this weekend for the Azores Airlines Rally. The Azores are a Portuguese-owned island chain in the Atlantic Ocean that is renowned as a...
The Tech Behind MAHLE’s Gold Series Piston Coating – Here’s How It Works, How It Helps
Jun 01, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
One of the things that hot rodders of generations past could likely never conceive of is the amount of technology involved in the creation of modern pistons. With the ever advancing science and...
Take Our Money! This Grand National Swapped 1985 El Camino Is 1980s Perfection
Jun 01, 2016Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
If at some point today you look out a window and see what looks to be a red mushroom cloud off in the distance, that would be Dave Nutting’s head literally exploding off of his shoulders. This...
A Legend Crushes His Way Into The Sunset – Bigfoot Hero Jim Kramer Is Retiring
Jun 01, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Truck News, XL Videos
Growing up I rooted for the Boston Red Sox, I rooted for Bruce Allen, and I rooted for Jim Kramer. Kramer of course is the iconic driver of Bigfoot monster trucks and it has been announced the...
Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Bit Of Questionable Engineering You’ve Ever Seen?
Jun 01, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
(Lead Photo: Reddit/Just Rolled Into The Shop) Billions of dollars and more man-hours than we dare dream of go into the design portion of a vehicle platform. It used to be simple: engine goes here,...
Own It, Drive It, Love It: This 1990s Built Pro Street 1965 Chevelle Is On The Comeback Trail To Coolness!
Jun 01, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
For starters, this is a nice car. Let’s get that out of the way right now. You may hate the colors, you may hate the look, but when you look at how this thing was built you cannot say that it...
When The Mega Trucks Run Freestyle In Florida, Anything Goes…Flight Included!
Jun 01, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
We have to wonder: where is the line between a mega truck and a monster truck? Because from what we’ve been seeing from the South, the only two differences are tire sizes and a noticeable lack...
