Alexis DeJoria Will Retire From NHRA Drag Racing At The Close Of The 2017 Season
Oct 10, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
NHRA funny car driver Alexis DeJoria has announced her forthcoming retirement from the sport of NHRA drag racing at the end of the 2017 season. The driver of the Tequila Patron funny car has had a...
IHRA Ends Class Racing Changes Format To Sportsman Bracket Program – Summit Racing Equipment To Sponsor
Oct 10, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Well this is big news in the world of drag racing and it isn’t exactly good. After leaving the world of professional heads up drag racing a couple of years ago, IHRA has now announced that they...
Makes A Strong Point: This 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Is Kind Of Neat, But The Sales Pitch Is Greatness!
Oct 10, 2017Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find
The 1982 Oldsmobile Delta 88 is simply a car. Other than being on GM’s excellent 1977-90 B-body platform and being available as a two-door with the last remaining vestige of the Oldsmobile...
This 1968 Pontiac Grand Prix Is A Beatiful Oddball – Green With A Gold Roof And Interior?!
Oct 10, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Now don’t get us wrong, this 1968 Pontiac Grand Prix is a beautiful car. Less than 50,000 original miles, a surgically perfect interior, 400 4bbl under the hood, console, eight lug wheels, and...
Tired Of Boring Tool Reviews? This Hilarious Look At A DeWalt Grinder Is What You Need!
Oct 09, 2017Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, TECH, Videos
BangShifter Jarmo Koivula pointed us in the direction of an awesome YouTube channel that’s operated by an awesomely crazy gearhead that teaches everyone cool shop tricks, he reviews tools, and...
Commonly Cool: These 1970s Photos Of Cars On The Streets Of New York City Are Great
Oct 09, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve got to thank our pal John Ulaszek for the tip on this group of 1970s photos of cars on the streets of New York City. Taken by a shooter named Langdon Clay, they are fantastic captures of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Engine Is The King Of The Inline Six World?
Oct 09, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
You have to love the inline six. It has been built in an amazing array of displacements, styles, and for applications ranging from fire trucks to economy cars. They have been muscle car engines in...
Surprise! This 1970 Challenger Looks Like A Concours Resto But It Runs Low 11s!
Oct 09, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320
So sometimes I get to twirl the electronic pen for the pages of Mopar Muscle magazine and some of the car features that I get to do are pretty sweet. Take this 1970 Challenger for example. The car...
America’s Weirdest Truck Is For Sale – VTEC Swapped 1970 C60 Makes Our Soul Ache
Oct 09, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
So hey, this wounds my soul. BangShifter Austin Irish found what has to be the most insanely wrong truck in America. This one hits way too close to home as it involves one of my favorite body styles...
This Video Recap Shows Every Radial vs The World Eliminations Run At No Mercy 8
Oct 09, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
So as you read this I am on the way home from No Mercy 8, the late season race that is put on by Donald “Duck” Long at South Georgia Motorsports Park. The event was a thrash and while...
Looking For A True Early Tunnel Ram? This Ridge Runner Ram Is Just The Ticket!
Oct 09, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
The evolution of making horsepower is fun to track. The ideas that were good and made it to the big time made people and companies millions. The thousands and thousands of ideas that were good and...
Two Wheel Titan – Watch This Wild Drag Racing Save From Bradenton Motorsports Park
Oct 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Looking ahead to the start of next year’s drag racing season, one of the first big events of the tour will be the 2018 US Street Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida. We’ll...
Make Some 8-Second Runs Inside Peter Willie’s Vicious Four Speed 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda
Oct 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are not many people in the country running 8-second laps with a four speed in their cars but Peter Willie is one of those guys and this awesome video proves it. Those of your Hemi-o-philes out...
This Hot Wheels Demolition Derby Shot In Stop Action Is Incredible!
Oct 08, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Well this is absolutely flippin’ awesome! We randomly stumbled over this stop action video of a Hot Wheels demolition derby and it is so cool that we can hardly stand it. The amount of work...
