The Most Insanely Dangerous Rally Corner We Have Ever Seen Is Populated With Fans Who Share A Collective Death Wish
May 06, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Maybe it sounds mean to say that the rally fans in this video have a death wish but that’s only because they do. Why else would they stand in the middle of the road as race cars flew through...
Bitchin’ Video: Ride Along In a 410 Sprint Car On A Banked 3/8 Mile Oval in Michigan – Ludicrous Speed!
May 06, 2017Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Of all the mighty beasts that roam the circle tracks of America, few have the mystique, raw power, and ability to keep people on the edge of their collective seat like 410ci winged sprint cars. These...
Rough Start: A Four-Speed Oldsmobile Omega Is A Shift From The Normal Nova
May 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
This 1976 Oldsmobile Omega is one year off from what I rode around in as a kid growing up in Washington State. My mother drove one of these for years…originally bronze with a black vinyl roof,...
Mustang Nosed 1981 Ford Fairmont Is A Big Block Powered, BangShifty Dream Machine – Still For Sale!
May 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
(Editor’s note: About a year ago, we found this car for sale from a private seller on eBay. The car is now back for sale but at a dealer of some kind. So many of you didn’t get to see...
The Legend Of Roy Hill – This Long Form Interview With Hill Is Great! Petty, Illiteracy, Success, and Secrets
May 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Roy Hill is one of drag racing’s most interesting characters. He grew up in poverty and discovered the sport in the early 1960s. He managed to fake a birth certificate and get his...
Check For Damage, Use Less Throttle, Try Again – Watch This Rockbouncer Backflip Off A Sheer Wall!
May 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
What you are about to see was not choreographed in any way. Rockbouncers are capable of doing a backflip…with springy suspension, plenty of power, and drivers who simply do not have a shred of...
Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Dead Car You’ve Ever Found?
May 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
There is a difference between just finding a car, and finding a dead car. A dead car is one that is only coming back to life with a totally stupid amount of cash, a spare parts car, years to dedicate...
2017 FE Race and Reunion Coverage: More Classic and Muscle Bound Fords From Beaver Springs
May 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – If you wanted a break from the on-track action, the midway had Jay Brown’s FE Power and Barry Robotnick’s Survival Motorsports and their bad ass parts...
Money No Object: A 1987 Mercedes-Benz Unimog Doka Short Wheelbase Just For The Boss!
May 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, eBay Find, TRUCKS, XL Online Find
Both Brian and Chad are head-over-heels for Unimogs, the bulletproof, brutally stout workhorses that Mercedes-Benz built. I can’t knock the trucks at all, they are one of the most legendary...
Heavy Iron: Kenworth 963 Oil Field Trucks Come To Life – These Are The Kings Of The Desert!
May 06, 2017Brian LohnesXL Big Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
(Photos credit: Kenworth Trucks) – When it comes to big, awesome trucks there are few bigger and more awesome than the mighty Kenworth 963 oil field truck. These massive off-highway trucks...
Classic YouTube: A Pontiac-Powerd AMC Pacer That Moves Out!
May 06, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Harrel Lamkin might be the only person we can think of who would be proud to be the owner of an AMC Pacer. You know one of the weird little fishbowl AMCs that he’s connected to: his daughter...
NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Features Tough Nitro Funny Car Field And A First Timer
May 05, 2017Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
The oldest major event in the Pacific Northwest, the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Opener returns to Boise, Idaho this weekend, May 5-7. This year’s Ignitor commemorates 50 years of racing at Firebird...
Want to Watch Holley LS Fest West Live, Including Us Racing? Here’s The Spot!
May 05, 2017Brian LohnesSponsor News
We’re going to be kicking off our 2017 Holley LS Fest West coverage LIVE on Facebook and the link to catch it all is below! Through the weekend we are going to be all over the place at Las...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2017 Lincoln MKC Black Label – Can Lincoln’s Luxury Compact SUV Make A Dent In A Crowded Field?
May 05, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Road Tests, Car Features
We like many others have been kind of harsh on Lincoln’s attempt to get back to relevance in a luxury market that seems to have passed the brand by. Ford has injected a lot of money into...
