Day of The Drags 2016: One Of The Coolest Drag Racing Events In The Country Rolls On
Sep 07, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Robert Paxton) – There are few events in the country with the cool factor that the Kontinentals Day of the Drags event has. This race is a gathering of cool, weird, old timey, and...
How Do You Make The Jump From A Late 1950s Mercury To An Acura NSX? Petrolicious Showcases A Unique Collection Of Cars!
Sep 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartVideos
Normally, Petrolicious picks a car for one of their features…something stunningly gorgeous, with a story that needs to be told, some of the best cinematic shooting out there, and that’s...
BangShift Project Files: Meet The Man Who Can’t Stop Frame-Swapping!
Sep 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartFORD, Project Cars, TRUCKS
An automobile project doesn’t get much more involved than a frame swap, does it? Undoing that marriage of chassis and body that was made at the factory takes commitment, a near encyclopedic...
A Brief History of the Short-Lived Chicago Motor Speedway
Sep 07, 2016Eric RoodApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
The American open-wheel split still has a number of unhealed scars among fans who felt slighted, but the upshot was a number of weird little nuggets of recent racing history. Among those is that of...
Rough Start: This 1973 Datsun 620 Can Be Your Starter Shop Truck!
Sep 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, OTHER, TRUCKS
I have a strange fascination with 1972-79 Datsun 620 trucks. Actually, I actually kind of like all Nissan/Datsun trucks made after 1972 for one reason or another, but if I’ve gotta pick just...
The 14th Ventura Nationals – Lead Sleds, Coupes, Sedans, Trucks & Bikes – No Trailers!
Sep 07, 2016Darr HawthorneBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) The Ventura Nationals, across the street from the surfing beach at the Ventura Fairgrounds has grown. Since its inception, this event gave locals a place to...
Project Angry Grandpa: Touch-Up Work After A Busy Month On The Road!
Sep 07, 2016Bryan McTaggartAngry Grandpa Chrysler, Project Cars
August proved to be a very, very busy month for Project Angry Grandpa, our 2006 Chrysler 300C. We went to the Mopar Nats at National Trail Raceway…and knocked the front-end askew on the rutted,...
Here’s The Stuff We Loved At The 2016 Spindles Car Club Auto Show!
Sep 07, 2016Tony SestitoBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Car Shows
Every Labor Day Weekend, the Spindles Car Club puts on a big car show at the Marshfield Fair Grounds in Marshfield, MA. The club, which is based out of Weymouth, MA, is one of the largest clubs in...
Kris Krabill Scores 1st NHRA Heritage Championship As Jason Rupert 3-Petes IHRA Nitro Funny Car Title!
Sep 06, 2016Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – IHRA photos Courtesy of IHRA Communications) Kris Krabill and the Austin & O’Brien “Northwest Hitter” Firebird nitro funny car team wrapped up the 2016...
Schadenfreude: This Editorial From The Quad Cities Times Sums Up The Epic World Series Of Drag Racing Fail Perfectly
Sep 06, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
You can’t blame them and certainly we do not. The Quad Cities Times newspaper was quick to jump on the fact that the move of the famed World Series of Drag Racing from its ancestral home on...
This BAJA Karmann Ghia Is A Bad Ass And Rare!
Sep 06, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find, XL Spotlight
You almost never see Karmann Ghia’s built into Baja style rigs. I guess that’s because they are kind of the girly VW and most are done up as cute cruisers. We much prefer bugs, square...
Dyno Video: Watch The Blown Flathead Powered Scrap Iron 2 Fox Body Mustang Roar Out 250hp
Sep 06, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Here’s a land speed racing video that has no salt, no Ohio mile, no Texas mile, and frankly no forward motion. This is a video made by the Landry crew who run a car at the Ohio Mile and at...
NSRA Streetkhana Action 2: More Cars, More Cones, More Cool Photos
Sep 06, 2016Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More coverage from the NSRA StreetKhana. Mild to wild stuff in here. Lots of heavy hitters came out to show off and get folks interested in turning...
Money No Object: Go Hellcat Trolling With This 2006 Chrysler 300 Executive Series!
Sep 06, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
You know how we like to tease Lohnes with all of the big, lumbering work truck beasts we can find on Craigslist and eBay? Yeah…it was funny when I was the one finding old trucks and posting...
