Retro Photos: Beautiful Traditional Hot Rods On The Bonneville Salt Flats 2016
Aug 08, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Land Speed Races
We’re headed to the salt this week! Because of that we’re getting YOU pumped up with some cool photos and stories from our 2016 adventure there. If there is a genre of car that tends to...
Because NASCAR? This Pontiac Grand Prix Packs Two Homologation Specials Into One!
Aug 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find
The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona and the 1986 Pontiac 2+2 actually have quite a bit in common. Think about it…both are factory homologation specials designed to whip up on NASCAR tracks. Both...
Take A Video Tour Of The Scrappers Top Fuel Team’s Pit Area – The Most Insane Top Fuel Pit In Drag Racing History
Aug 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
If you are a fan of NHRA top fuel racing you have undoubtedly heard the name Mike Salinas in 2017. The owner of the “Scrappers” racing team, Salinas has entered the top fuel area in a big...
Wow! Byron Dragway Seeking New Ownership – Historic Track Home Of Many Great Events
Aug 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
The house that Ron Leek built is seeking new ownership. Byron Dragway in Byron, Illinois is on the market. The track has been open for more than half a century and has been a hotbed of innovation and...
Mike Bowman Wins $100,000 World Series of Pro Mod! Turbocharged Californian Slays Them All!
Aug 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photo credit: Drag Illustrated) – Mike Bowman showed up at Denver in his turbocharged Chevelle Pro Mod with a plan. That plan was to win the richest purse in the history of the Pro Modified...
Money No Object: This 1984 Jeep Cherokee Is Too Clean And Blown!
Aug 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, TRUCKS
Yeah, I’m into the weird ones. Sue me. Here’s my deal: I’ve seen tons upon tons of Fox bodies and F-cars. But I promise you…it is not everyday where you see a...
Unhinged: I’m Supposed To Be Against This Disco Camaro. I Love it!
Aug 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Unhinged
I heard it before I saw it…the whining that to my novice ear screamed “gear drive”. Being that we were across the road from Gateway Motorsports Park at the Pilot truck stop filling...
PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Tuning And Testing In The Unseasonably Good Air!
Aug 06, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery
The PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV race is going to go down in our record books as maybe the best racing weather we have seen at Gateway Motorsports Park since…well, since we’ve been...
Watch A Rally Driver Pull Off The Most Insanely Ill Advised Pass In Racing History
Aug 06, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Over the years we have run video and content showing racer doing some very ummm, edgy things on the race track to gain position or win a race. All of those things are literal kid’s play after...
BangShift Question of the Day: Do You Care About Bonneville, and Why?
Aug 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Next week Bonneville Speed Week 2013 kicks off and a days on end of the hardest core land speed racing on the planet will commence. It is a venue and sport as unfettered as they come. The salt flats...
Bonneville Legend: Art Arfons’ Cyclops – Up Close And Personal
Aug 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature
Art Arfons’s famed Cyclops jet dragster was a prolific machine in its time. The giant jet engine on wheels held Bonneville records (one of which still stands), was converted into a boat for a...
Retro photos – Bonneville Speed Week 2016: A Day In The Life – Watch The Salt Rise From The Darkness
Aug 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Land Speed Races
One of the most interesting parts of being at Bonneville. is seeing the place come to life over the course of the day. You literally experience the full range of mother nature’s beauty and...
