Rough Start: An LS-swapped 1994 Pontiac Trans Am “Mechanic’s Special”!
Oct 25, 2017Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Yelp and complain about LS-swaps all you want, but for a budget-based project, it’s very difficult to look past their dollar-to-power ratio. They are easy to get, easy to modify, and are...
2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage – More Great Action From VMP
Oct 25, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with a second batch of photos from the 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals. Brian Olson was a guy I knew really well. In fact, I worked...
Photos And Fun From Our Daphne Reynolds Memorial Drag-o-Rama Trip, With More To Come!
Oct 24, 2017Chad Reynolds1320 Gallery, 1320 Spotlight, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
On September 22, 2017 my wife Daphne, and mother to Cole and Peyton, passed away after a year long battle with cancer. It was her 50th birthday. She was one tough chick, and for most of that year she...
Project De La Vega Is Turning Into One Bad Turbocharged Machine! This Is Going To Be One Of The Baddest Vegas Ever.
Oct 24, 2017Chad ReynoldsApex Car Feature, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries, Car Features
(Words by Kaleb Kelley, Photos by David Carroll) It’s been a long time since David and I have graced you with an update on the glorious Project De La Vega… I promise it isn’t...
Brought Back To Life: This 1965 Impala Uses A Single Turbo And A Stock Bottom End 6.0 To Run Deep 9s
Oct 24, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, Sponsor News
The other day I posted a 1965 Impala pro touring car that was pretty tough to look at. The thing was overbuilt and weird looking and just someone’s idea of what a high end pro touring car...
This AMC Gremlin-Based Street Machine Is Weird And We Want It!
Oct 24, 2017Tony SestitoBangShift News, Car Features, OTHER
You always find the most interesting vehicles in a 24 Hours of Lemons event parking lot. And I’m not talking about the race cars. Over the weekend, the annual 24 Hours of Lemons Halloween...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Does A Cadillac Make The Best Car Hauler?
Oct 24, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Cadillac, the Standard of the World. Built from the remnants of the Henry Ford Corporation, acquired by General Motors early on in it’s history, winner of the Dewar Trophy, and for better or...
2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage: Nearly 400 Of Earth’s Baddest ‘Slammers Attack Virginia
Oct 24, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was an amazing weekend of drag racing at the 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals last weekend and some of that had to do with news about the venue...
Teen Driver Warning: Weston Anderson’s “Bog Hog” At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park!
Oct 24, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Here’s the inevitable comparison: at fifteen, I was elbows deep in a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice coupe, trying to coax the 305 it came from the factory with back to life. Somehow, even after a...
This 1968 Western Star May Be One Of The Oldest Of These Big Trucks Left
Oct 24, 2017Chad ReynoldsXL Big Truck Feature, XL Spotlight, XL Truck Feature
Nowadays the trucks you see pulling containers, boxes, and flatbeds down the highways are swoopy and aerodynamic so as to be as fuel efficient as possible. They pull trailers as long as 53 feet, and...
Watch Australian Legend John Zappia Make The Quickest Blown Doorslammer Quarter Mile Run Of All Time! 5.42
Oct 24, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Video credit: SpeedVideo.com) – Well just when you thought it was safe to go outside, John Zappia drops the quickest blown door slammer quarter mile run of all time on us. No, he did not do...
Not The Beach, Mate: This Ballistic Meyers Manx Runs The Quarter Hard Once It Gets Reeled Back In!
Oct 24, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Bruce F. Meyers might be fully credited for taking the Volkswagen Beetle, shrinking it down, and adding a trailing arm-style rear suspension and a body tub that lent itself well to cartoons, but in...
Truck Tug Of War In A Shallow Flooded Pit? Seems Like A Great Idea To Us! Watch The Muck Flow!
Oct 24, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Fine, we’ll admit that we like watching big truck tug of war competitions. Why? They are loud, and they have carnage, and the trucks are completely and utterly ridiculous. Those are three of...
Big Ugly! This 1964 International Loadstar Crew Cab Needs To Be Built Up Right!
Oct 24, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, Craigslist Find, OTHER, TRUCKS, XL Online Find
How many four-door medium duty trucks have you ever seen? Not many, I’d wager, and the further back you go, the less likely you are to see them. You might be able to find a late-model Chevy...
