RacingJunk Find: This Ray Barton Hemi Cranks Out 1,200hp With Some Spray
Oct 17, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Racing Junk Find
When it comes to engines and the names associated with them, few are more entwined than Ray Barton and the Chrysler hemi. This is a guy who has been cranking them out of his Robesonia, Pennsylvania...
SEMA 2018 Preview: Chevrolet Performance Engine-Swap Display Vehicles Include This Sick 1973 Laguna!
Oct 17, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CHEVY
(Photos: GM) GM usually brings an armada of vehicles to show off on the floor at SEMA. We’ve seen everything from the Chevrolet ZH2 military test vehicle to Hot Wheels edition Camaros to...
Morning Symphony: The Musclecars Of Finland! Get An Earful Of Expats Here!
Oct 17, 2018Bryan McTaggartMISC, Videos
We might be closing in on the weekend, but we aren’t there just yet. You still have to drag your hide out of bed and get cleaned up for another day of fun and excitement…or whatever...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First High Performance Automotive Modification?
Oct 16, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
What was your first high performance automotive modification? The running theme when we ask most guys in the high performance industry tends to involve doing something that had no actual performance...
2018 Dutch Classic Action Photos: Super Stockers Reaching For The Sky!
Oct 16, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more cool action photos from the 2018 NHRA Dutch Classic. “The Dutch” is the last race of the Division One schedule and has been a...
Your Reminder That It’s Too Easy To Get A License: Chevrolet’s “Call Me Out” App Reminds Drivers To Leave Their Phone Alone
Oct 16, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CHEVY, Unhinged
It’s not that I really needed another reason to worry about the state of humans. I have a list that is probably as long as the track at Beech Bend, and it keeps growing every day. And I...
Airborne, Most Of The Way: Rally Jumps Throughout The Years
Oct 16, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, Videos
If you get the inclination, watch some rally footage from the 1960s or earlier. You won’t recognize what you are seeing as actual rally racing…instead, it’ll look like the best tour...
There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip
Oct 16, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FORD, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...
Oddly Fun Gallery: The Motorama Auto Museum Is One Of The Strangest In America – Check Out Our Photos!
Oct 16, 2018Brian LohnesApex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Gallery, Museums
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – I headed up to nothern Wisconsin for a three day weekend, the land of fish frys, supper clubs and brandy old fashioned cocktails. In the hotel lobby was a...
Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!
Oct 16, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...
