Relive The Crazy, Cool, and Awesome Finals Of NHRA Phoenix ’92
Feb 25, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
In the annals of NHRA drag racing history, few races (if any) can match NHRA Phoenix ’92. It is referenced as an inside joke among lots of us on various race weekend and because so much crazy...
Question Of The Day: Ratty Muscle Cars…Where Do You Stand?
Feb 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
(Photo: Nicholas Maggio) Today’s question is simple and straightforward: there is a movement that is pretty close to BangShift Mid-West known as Ratty Muscle Cars. The premise is simple: drive...
2017 Calgary World of Wheels Coverage – Move In Day Photos!
Feb 25, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Ashley Trim) – While we may be out of photos from the 2017 Dallas World of Wheels, were just getting started with the images from the 2017 Calgary World of Wheels. Thanks to Ashley...
All-Out At The Mud Hole! High-Flying, Mud Flinging Fun At MBRC In Texas!
Feb 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
Were you a dirt magnet when you were a kid? Fess up…when you finally came in from a hard day of playing, did the master of the laundry room facepalm themselves so hard that they left a mark on...
2017 Dallas World of Wheels – That’s A Wrap, Our Last Batch Of Photos
Feb 25, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – That’s a wrap! These are the final Charles Wickam photos we have to share with you from the 2017 Dallas World of Wheels. As we have relayed to you over the...
That’s How To Make One Cool: This 1985 Buick Somerset Ex-Trans Am Racer Is Up For Sale!
Feb 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
The 1985-87 Buick Somerset was a turd. It just was. Based on the N-body, which gave up such favorites as the Pontiac Grand Am and the Oldsmobile Calais, the Somerset was a car best known for...
Come One, Come All: Check Out Improved Production Racing At Mt. Panorama!
Feb 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Things we knew: Mount Panorama, the home of the iconic Bathurst race, is one of Australia’s wildest tracks and is arguably it’s best-known roadcourse. We know that the elevation changes...
Weapons Grade: Meet The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 With The 1LE Performance Package
Feb 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, CHEVY
(Photos: General Motors) The Chevrolet Camaro has certainly shed most of it’s sketchy, questionable past with the sixth-generation. The four-cylinder is nothing to be ashamed of and is more...
NHRA Sells National Trail Raceway To Ownership Group That Operates Heartland Park Topeka
Feb 25, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
The National Hot Rod Association has sold one of the tracks that they own. National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio was sold to Shelby Development, the group that bought and now operates Heartland Park...
Want To Race A Nostalgia Funny Car? This Dodge Daytona Funny Car Rolling Chassis Is Ready To Go!
Feb 25, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Craigslist Find, MOPAR
It isn’t everyday that you find a Funny Car just sitting on Craigslist, waiting to be sold. It’s also not everyday that you find a 1980s Dodge Daytona listed, either. Most of...
The 2017 Detroit Autorama Began With A Dukes of Hazzard Jump and A Mangled Charger – Video
Feb 25, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The 2017 Detroit Autorama opened with a classic Dodge Charger painted as the General Lee flying through the sky outside of Cobo Hall where the show is held. Technically it opened with the Charger...
Poly In Pink: Are You Man Enough To Cruise This 1956 Chrysler Windsor Wagon?
Feb 24, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
One of the most endearing things about cars from the 1950s is the color palette that the OEMs offered. The pastels and other hues are a far cry from the sea of silver and white cars you see on the...
Cool Toy Alert: New Thumpr Cams 1:64 Haulers Are Awesome
Feb 24, 2017Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
We know that lots of BangShifters out there collect cool toys and gearhead stuff and we have some great news for you. COMP Cams and M2 Machines have joined forces to produce a line of killer toys...
Rough Start: Can This 1974 American Motors Matador Coupe Be Your Poor Man’s AMX?
Feb 24, 2017Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Nobody is ever going to call the 1974-78 AMC Matador coupes handsome. Put bluntly, the design is the most polarizing AMC ever produced…it had legions of fans, especially if you look at...
