Tractor Pulling Action Gallery: United Pullers of The Carolinas Got After It At The NC State Fairgrounds
Jul 10, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER, Truck / Tractor Events, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Words and photos by David Whealon DW-Photo) – Well we’re back to the NC State Fairgrounds with some wicked tractor pulling but unlike the atmosphere that we have in October when the NC...
Money No Object: The Sleepiest Pro Touring Buick Skylark We’ve Ever Seen
Jul 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, Monday Shopper
Hearing a car called a Pro Touring build evokes certain images. Cars like Mary Pozzi’s Camaro, the RideTech “48 Hour” cars, or just about any of the cars that run in Optima come to...
This Kind Of Gross, Moldy, Mossy Escape is Harboring A Strange Secret – Someone Needs This!
Jul 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, Apex Online Find, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX
First of all we have to thank AMP EFI’s Matt Cramer for sending us the tip on this interesting little Craigslist find.The vehicle is a 2001 Ford Escape and it is harboring a weird secret. At...
Haas Driver Santino Ferrucci Gets Four-Race Ban, 66,000 Euros In Fines, Claims “Mental Lapse” The Reason
Jul 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
Formula 2 driver Santino Ferrucci isn’t having a good week…or month…or, far as we can tell, year. The results of this weekend’s activities certainly aren’t helping...
This 1962 Pontiac Catalina May Not Be Your Definition Of A Survivor But It Is Amazingly Cool!
Jul 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, eBay Find
As has been well documented here on BangShift over the years, I have a soft spot as wide as the Grand Canyon for early 1960s Pontiacs. It was then that the brand was really at the pinnacle of its...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Heavy Metal (Takin’ A Ride) by Don Felder (1981)
Jul 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up
(To this day, I don’t think that I was ever in the right state of mind to watch the 1981 flick “Heavy Metal”. I’ve seen it, yes. I’ve beat steering wheels into...
Doing It Wrong Video: Watch This Cackling Funny Car Throw The Rods Out And Put On A Flame Show
Jul 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Now, this is both a scary example and a valuable lesson regarding stuff that burns nitro. The scary example part is when the engine barfs the rods out the bottom and throws fire all over the place...
Watch All Three of Travis Pastrana’s Las Vegas Jumps With Replays Right Here – He Did It!
Jul 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
It was pretty wild to watch. Travis Pastrana, decked out in identical leathers to his iconic hero Evel Knievel completed a series of three jumps in Las Vegas last night that were done as tributes to...
Big News: Kansas City International Raceway Is Coming Back – New Location, Vintage Name – Missouri Drag Racing Fans Have A Track On The Way
Jul 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Well here’s some happy news from the world of drag racing AND dirt track racing. Chris Payne, the guy behind the rebirth of Heartland Motorsports Park and National Trail Raceway has announced...
Drag Racing News: U.S. Army Redirecting its Marketing Efforts for 2019 – DSR and NHRA Sponsorships End After World Finals
Jul 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
In news announced yesterday, Don Schumacher Racing revealed that the US Army, a near 20-year partner of the team will be ending its sponsorship of Tony Schumacher’s top fuel dragster and the...
2018 PDRA Firecracker Nationals Coverage: Action Photos From A Molten Hot Weekend In Virginia
Jul 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon and Benoit Pigeon) – Virginia Motorsports Park’s summer of resurgence continues a couple weekends ago when the PDRA Firecracker Nationals rolled into town for...
