Banrstormin’: A Weekend With The Outlaws
Jan 31, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, Barnstormin'
(Lead image credit: SpeedVideo.com) – I’m not going to lie, rolling into Bradenton Motorsports Park last weekend felt pretty damned good. It isn’t like it has been a great while...
Mickey Thompson Set To Release New Deegan 38 All-Terrain Tire – Great For Towing And Wheeling
Jan 31, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, New Products, Sponsor News, XL New Truck Products, XL Sponsor News
In today’s world, the all-terrain light truck tire is the workhorse of any tire company’s product range. Mickey Thompson had a solid lineup of truck tires already but things are going to...
Ooga Booga Intake and Carbs: This CFE Sheet Metal Intake Manifold Plumbed For Nitrous and Topped With Split Dominators Rules
Jan 31, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
A little while back Chad posted a story about how tunnel rams were good for America and that everyone out there should own one. While I cannot assail his logic on that front I can say that while cast...
Watch Mark Woodruff Crash In The Pro Drag Radial Warz Final At The US Street Nationals
Jan 31, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are a couple of wild finals at the 2017 US Street Nationals and we have both of them on the blog for you today. The Limited Drag Radial final saw one car blow up and the other wheelie through...
Another In-Depth Photo Look At The 2017 AMBR Contenders – Yes, The Award’s Been Given But These Rule!
Jan 31, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
Here’s continuing coverage of the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show. We told you on Sunday night that the amazing Hollywood Hot Rods built Packard took home the glory but we’re revisiting...
This Cummins-Powered Studebaker Pickup Is Rude And Crude…And We Love It!
Jan 31, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There is nothing about this Studebaker that says “inviting”. It’s desert-roasted body has all the allure of a junkyard find. The Cummins twelve-valve with a fire vent for an exhaust...
BangShift Project Files: This 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Was Loaded With Mud When Found!
Jan 31, 2017Bryan McTaggartFORD, Project Cars
Scott Liggett is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. His black 1965 Impala is pretty much his calling card, his 1967 GMC has been his latest project, and in-between he’s worked on some neat...
Raptor Action! Check These Cool Photos From Raptor X At The Texas Rally Ranch
Jan 31, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The Ford F-150 Raptor is one of the most interesting, cool, capable, and all-out bad ass trucks to ever roll off an OEM assembly line. The vast majority of them...
Event Coverage: The 8th Annual Oklahoma City Racers Reunion – Race Cars Galore!
Jan 31, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Words by Bad Brad Klaassen photos by Shane Carson, Mar-Car Promotions and Bad Brad) – What do race fueled adrenaline starved junkies do for excitement in Oklahoma in January when most racing...
The Chrysler Valiant Charger E49 Was Mopar’s Top-End Performer In Australia – Hemi 6 Power, Baby!
Jan 31, 2017Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Videos
Ford versus Holden. Holden versus Ford. You’d swear that those two manufacturers were the only thing going in the land down under. But Chrysler had made some inroads as well. In a similar story...
Cool News: Motormania’s IHRA Live Stream Now To Be Delivered On ESPN3 – Sportsman Action!
Jan 31, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Yesterday the IHRA announced that their sportsman drag racing series would be live streamed on ESPN3. We were hoping that our pals at MotormaniaTV still had the duty of making the shows happen and...
How Would You Build It: This 1972 Mercury Cougar Droptop Can Be Saved From Itself!
Jan 31, 2017Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, FORD
“This a ’72 Cougar that I bought. Was not what I was looking for, my loss is your gain.” Wow…kind of harsh words for an otherwise fairly straight droptop Mercury. The Cougar...
Watch The Absolutely Wild Limited Drag Radial Final From The US Street Nationals
Jan 31, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
I spent last weekend in Bradenton, Florida at Bradenton Motorsports Park announcing the 2017 US Street Nationals. This event really is interesting in because it is the culmination of what is a week...
Diesel Zen Video: Big Rig Drag Racing At Tulsa Is Torquey Fun
Jan 30, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Racing working big rigs on the quarter mile is certainly no new thing but we still smile every time we see it. The wildly modified trucks we sometimes show are cool but the trucks that actually put...
