Live A Little Gatornationals History With This Broadcast Of The 1976 Race
Mar 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Lots of stuff has changed from 1976 to 2017 and not the least of which is the local Gainesville, Florida area where the Gatornationals are held. Still a massive college town, it comes off a lot...
Demon Watch: Track Action, Exhaust Note, And Launch Control For The Dodge Challenger Demon. And We Get A Dragstrip Run, Too…
Mar 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, MOPAR
Someone at FCA was paying attention to a wave of complaints about the Challenger SRT Demon’s dragged-out, teased launch, because the newly released video, “No Pills”, is our best...
BangShift Driveway Tech: Upgrading A Cadillac 500 Powered 1986 C10 With An Aeromotive Phantom In-Tank Pump
Mar 17, 2017Brian LohnesENGINE, OTHER, Tech Stories
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – For those of us who live in the snowbelt and also have a hot rod or project vehicle, old man winter is a blessing and a curse. Having to put your ride into...
Bad Brad’s Nitro Photos From Famoso! Some Great Funny Car, Top Fuel, and AAFA March Meet Shots
Mar 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – We’re back today with some more nitro photos from the 2017 Good Vibrations March Meet. Brad Klaassen was out there with his buddies running a car and he also...
Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs: More Cool Cars, Classics, Hot Rods, Trucks!
Mar 17, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Stick with us to the end of this series. Some good stuff even if the lighting is marginal in some areas. Still in Survivors Alley we waited for some of...
Barnstormin’: A Full Drag Strip Is A Happy Drag Strip, But Tracks Cannot Rest On Their Laurels
Mar 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, Barnstormin'
2017 has gotten off to a flying start on just about every level in the sport of drag racing. Since late January I have been at a track just about every weekend and the events at said tracks have...
Three-Time Top Fuel Champion Larry Dixon Returns To NHRA Competiton With IHRA Backing!
Mar 16, 2017Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
Two of drag racing’s marquee events will come together with one of the sport’s most decorated champions this weekend at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway Three-time NHRA world champion and IHRA...
IHRA Prez Mike Dunn Adds Three Nitro Drivers To New Professional Competition Advisory Board!
Mar 16, 2017Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Vile Rumors And Gossip, BangShift 1320
For 2017, the International Hot Rod Association has morphed into a Sportsman racing series, shelving their Nitro Funny Car, Nitro Harley, Mountain Motored Pro Stock and Jet show for now. The vacuum...
Wild Video: Watch A Guy Attempt The First Motorcycle Parachute Jump In 1926 – Fails and Lives
Mar 16, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
That amazing moment captured in time above requires some explanation. The rider is a guy named Fred Osborne and what he’s doing is hurtling himself off the cliff atop a motorcycle with a...
Hate Boy Bands? The New Kids On The Block 1987 Camaro Convertible Will Solidify Those Feelings
Mar 16, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
The New Kids On The Block were a sensation in the middle 1980s all the way into the 1990s and frankly everyone reading this probably hated them. They were a Boston area group that all came from a...
This Five-Year-Old Has The Coolest Toys Ever! Handbrakes, Fast, And She Can Drive Them Too!
Mar 16, 2017Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
When I was five years old, I had a Big Wheel, one of the original red and yellow ones, and my little brother had a Big Wheel that was supposed to be Knight Rider themed. No, it didn’t give him...
2017 Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Coverage: Check Out Our First Batch Of Photos
Mar 16, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(By Doug Gregory) – Indoor car show season is in full swing and while race tracks are making preparations for opening we’re getting our car fix by taking in a few car shows and visiting with...
Crazy Cadillac: Believe It Or Not, This Cadillac Has Been A Freaky Truck Since New
Mar 16, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
(By Greg Rourke) – There’s no shortage of incomplete projects for sale on the Internet. Guys get in over their heads, life happens and they run out of money, wife wants her car in the...
Money No Object: This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport Dances On The Line Between Done And Overdone
Mar 16, 2017Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, FORD
Don’t mention Starsky and Hutch…or Gran Torino…or the fourth Fast and Furious flick. Even with their star-car power, the Ford Torino line really doesn’t have as strong a...
