Sad News: The Ray Price Motorsports Racing Team Hangs It Up After 48 Years, Passing Of Price
Jan 08, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
After the passing of Ray Price in December we were not sure what the future would hold for the race team that bore his name for some 48 years. Today we have our answer. The Ray Price Motorsports...
Rental Car Abuse: Where Has All The Good Stuff Gone?
Jan 07, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
I know this will sounds horrible, and surely ruin our current sponsorship negotiations with Thrifty Car Rental, but where are all the good rental car abuse videos? It used to be that you found all...
This 1968 GTO Didn’t Start Out Looking Like Much, But Look At It Now! Lots Of Build Photos Included
Jan 07, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Car Feature, Apex Spotlight
When Chadly at MetalWorks hit me up at SEMA and asked if we would be interested in sharing some of their builds with our faithful BangShifters, my answer was “Hell yes!”. After all, these...
Amazing End Over End Trophy Truck Crash In Baja: This Is Not Going To Buff Out!
Jan 07, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Spotlight, XL Videos
Whether in a truck, a buggy, or on a bike, going through a whoops section and casing the nose into the next whoop is never good. At best it brings you to a sudden stop that has all of your insides...
Going Through Cone Withdrawal? Here’s An Autocross Lap In A G8 To Warm You Up A Bit
Jan 07, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Spotlight, Apex Video
It’s ugly or snowy or both for a lot of the country and that means that most people are NOT out racing their cars at the local autocross. Hell, it’s even raining here in sunny SoCal. But,...
Breaking News: Fire Rips Through Famoso Raceway – Takes Out Tower And More – UPDATED!
Jan 07, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News
UPDATE: 12:00 PM Pacific Time 1/7/2016 12:00 PM Pacific Time 1/6/15 Photos courtesy of Auto Club Famoso Raceway Just before 3:30 AM, the Kern County Fire Department responded to a structure...
Not A Bad Day At Work: Pitting The Corvette ZO6 Against The Dodge Viper ACR
Jan 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CHEVY, MOPAR
The Dodge Viper has always made a strange competitor against the Corvette. On paper, it seemed to make sense: two American high-performance rear-drive two seaters that had aspirations of taking on...
Round Two, FIGHT! Fisker Sues Aston Martin For $100 Million Dollars, Claiming Civil Extortion
Jan 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
After the fun that Henrik Fisker had with Aston Martin in court over the Thunderbolt concept, you would think that both parties, but especially Fisker, would want to keep far, far away from each...
Would You Rather: Which Overly-Enthusiastic 1980s Lukewarm Hatch Would You Take Home?
Jan 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, FORD, HISTORIC, MOPAR, Videos
The mid-1980s was the time when auto manufacturers cautiously, carefully and nervously picked up the book of performance and started flipping through the dusty pages to see if there was a way that...
And The Angels Sing: Listen To This Stock Mustang GT350 Book It From 0-170 MPH!
Jan 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartFORD, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Ever since Ford dropped the bomb that is the Mustang Shelby GT350 last year, everybody’s main course is not so much the power…that was a given…but the absolutely spectacular noise...
Automotive Art: Ace Photographer Larry Chen’s Year In Review Is Stunning!
Jan 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Lohnes and I are up in Maine, living the life and freezing our arses off at the Red Bull Frozen Rush event, and we aren’t alone up here either. Racers, representatives, a bunch of tire dealers,...
Question Of The Day: Will The Crapboxes Of Yesterday Become The Collectables Of Today?
Jan 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, CHEVY, Craigslist Find
GM J-cars, Ford Escorts, K-cars…hell, even the AMC/Renault Medallion. All cars from the early 1980s that have a reputation for being cracker boxes, none of which really have a following past...
(Video) This Rotted, Ratty 1971 Monte Carlo Has A Freaky Secret Under The Hood – Want It?
Jan 07, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
Ever seen a car that draws you in with its sheer coolness and then shocks you with its craziness? Welcome to the world of this 1971 Monte Carlo. You may be thinking that I’ve been inspired by...
