Hot Rodding Icon Pete Chapouris Has Died
Jan 06, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
It is with a heavy heart that we announce that our friend, and industry icon, Pete Chapouris has died. I consider myself lucky to have spent time with Pete at events across America, and can tell you...
2016 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Choose His Favorite Photos (Part 2)
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon Photography) – We’re back with part two of David Whealon’s favorite images of 2016. As we pointed out yesterday, David shot road racing, mud bogs, drag...
As The Snow Falls, We Dream Of An All-Wheel-Drive Rally-Ready Subaru
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
As I type away, that white dust that turns average drivers into clueless idiots, decent drivers into first-time drivers and skilled drivers into Colin McRae wannabes is falling over BangShift...
Watch “Tiki Warrior” Ron Huegli Rip The Most Awesome Funny Car Burnouts In The Country
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
FACT: Ron Huegli is one of the best funny car wheelmen in the country. FACT: There isn’t a man alive on this planet that does better burnouts than Huegli in the awesome blown alcohol...
This Pro Street Dodge Viper Has Ditched The V-10 For A Blown 427 Chevy!
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift 1320, eBay Find, MOPAR
Out of everything that the Dodge Viper ever got knocked for by critics and enthusiasts, only one item actually made sense. The violent temperment, the “suffer no fools” handling, the lack...
Drag Video: The Billy Ray Cyrus Video For Real Gone Was Made At The Drag Strip! Cool Watch
Jan 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
(By Greg Rourke) – You’ve likely seen Sheryl Crow’s video of “Real Gone” which she wrote for the movie Cars, but were you aware Billy Ray Cyrus did a cover shortly...
Sears Sells The Craftsman Brand To Stanley Black & Decker In A Deal Worth $900 Million
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The writing had been on the wall, and now it’s official: Sears has announced that they are selling off the Craftsman brand, known in many garages, shops, and sheds as the brand to have, to...
This Video Compilation Of Homemade Tractors And Vehicles From Russia(?) Is Cool
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
So Greg Rourke and I have been locked in a simmering war of homemade tractor/farm equipment recently and I have decided to escalate the conflict with this video which is not one, not two, but many...
Question Of The Day: What Would You Use The Conley Precision Engines “Stinger 609” V8 For?
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Would you just look at that. At eleven inches tall, fourteen inches long and six inches wide, the Conley Precision Engines “Stinger 609″ V-8 is a mighty little terror. And don’t...
Watch The Awesome Swamp Thing Wagon Mow ‘Em Down At Redemption 6.0
Jan 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are cool cars and then there are COOL cars and we’re going to go on record as saying that Ken Clark’s famed Swamp Thing Nova wagon is a COOL car. Sporting a massive Rehr and...
Money No Object: This Unrestored 1969 Yenko Chevelle Is A Blunt-Force Beauty
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Monday Shopper
General Motors’ Central Office Production Order system was the perfect tool to abuse in the late 1960s. Essentially it was a fleet ordering program that allowed dealerships to plug in special...
BangShift Approved Video: Watch Amazing Blacksmiths and Artisans Make A Gas Powered Chainsword!
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
The internet show “Man at Arms” has always fascinated me. While I am not a big video game player or someone who reads fantasy fiction books, I am enthralled at the metal working skills...
Morning Symphony: Ryan Tuerck’s Ferrari-Powered “GT4586” Toyota On It’s First Drift Run!
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Enzo Ferrari’s legacy is of a racing leader who gave all of the credit to the car. Not the driver, not the team so much, but the car that, along with the engine, bore his name. A...
This 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV Is A Beautiful Example Of 1970s Italian Coolness
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
The Alfa Romeo GTV is one of those cars that we’ve always kind of had on our “list” of stuff that we want to own at some point. Why? For starters just look at this 1974 example in...
