FIRE! Incredible Photos Of Billy Meyer’s 1977 Funny Car Blaze
Aug 02, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – These photos depict Billy Meyer’s nightmarish fire at the 1977 NHRA Le GrandNational at Sanair Super Speedway outside of Montreal, Canada (photos say 1972 in...
Recycling Gone Wrong: GM Announces The New 2.7L Turbo-Four Will Be Called “Tripower”
Aug 02, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift XL, CHEVY, TRUCKS, XL Truck News
Dusting off an old, storied nameplate to affix it to a new thing almost never works out well. When Pontiac re-badged the Holden Monaro, a potent rear-drive coupe with a V8 and a six-speed, into the...
Blake Alexander, Robert Hight, Jeg Coughlin Jr & LE Tonglet Win Pro Classes at Sonoma Sell Out!
Aug 01, 2018Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – This year has brought new interest, new winners and new professional teams into the NHRA Mello Yello Series. There have been some subtle changes, but...
Video: Watch A Wild Pulling Tractor Pass Where A Busted Off Front Wheel And Exploding Motor Don’t Stop The Driver From Keeping The Hammer Down!
Aug 01, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We’ve all been there. You’re having a rough time with your car or truck, or in this case airplane engine powered pulling tractor. The thing is acting bad, not running right, and...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Walk Don’t Run – The Ventures (1960)
Aug 01, 2018Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
The Ventures are the largest selling instrumental group of all time. According to most sources, since the early 1960s the group has moved something like 100-million albums. The song that really...
Doorslammer Video: Watch Jeff Littleton Slap One On Scotty Cannon At Lassiter Mountain Dragway Circa 1990
Aug 01, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Ahhhh, the old days of 1990. Some of you laugh when we mention that but hey, 1990 is now 26 years in the past! This video is a perfect example of the days when top sportsman heroes were morphing into...
Gearhead Language History: The Origins Of The Phrase ‘Full Tilt’ – Cooler Than You Think!
Aug 01, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
Occasionally when Chad and I are together we manage to have a semi-intelligent conversation. These moments are so few and far between that when they do happen, I document them. One of the things we...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best “Yard Car” Memory?
Aug 01, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, RACING & ACTION, Videos
We called it the “War Car”. It was a 1975-ish Dodge Coronet two-door that somehow had earned a target for elimination, a sentence of death by torture. The big brown barge of a Mopar...
One-Family Owned Masterpiece: This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Ignited A Passion!
Aug 01, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, MISC, Videos
Maybe Ralph Nader was genuinely trying to save humanity from a mechanical demon that was flawed. History has shown that the first generation Chevrolet Corvair did indeed have handling issues that...
Watch A Huge 48-Foot Power Boat Take Flight While Speeding Over The Wake Of A Yacht – This Is An E-Ticket Ride!
Aug 01, 2018Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
If there’s a group of motorsports enthusiasts crazier than the wheel driven contingent it is the boat guys. The machines are incredible but they are also astronomically expensive to buy,...
Science Time! Does Soaking Tires With Bleach Equal A Bigger, Smokier Burnout?
Aug 01, 2018Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, TECH, Videos
I’m not going to even pretend what the correlation is between vulcanized rubber and bleach is supposed to be. I’ve heard it from many sources over the years: if you want your burnout...
