Watch Andrew Alepa’s Radial vs The World Corvette Make More Than 5,200hp On The Hub Dyno!
Oct 22, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
It’s really hard to explain to someone how incredible Radial vs the World drag racing is until they see it. No, these cars do not have the raw insanity that nitro cars do, but they perform in...
Classic YouTube: Student Drivers In The AMC Rebel, Proving It Can Take The Ultimate Abuse!
Oct 22, 2018Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos
AMC might have been trying to shake their small, economy car image for 1969, but they knew better than to even shy away from their reputation for making anvils wearing license plates. Regardless of...
Impulse Purchase: What Would You Do With A Dirt-Cheap Checker Aerobus?
Oct 22, 2018Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Unless you have enough cash to burn that you don’t really care what you spend it on, a car should not qualify as an “impulse purchase”. You know what does qualify? A candy bar, a...
Old School Drag Action Photos: Action Images From The Little River Dragway Vintage Drags!
Oct 22, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When it comes to cool drag strips, Little River Dragway in Texas is near the top. Operating since 1957, this place is a time warp to a no-frills era where the main...
The Jokes Write Themselves: 44,000 Pounds Of Steel Balls Flopped Out Of A Truck In Seattle
Oct 22, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
A key point for any driver to ram into the back of their brain about driving is “expect the unexpected”. Once you get comfortable behind the wheel, you get complacent. Once you get...
Pomona Swap Meet October 2018 Photos: More Cool Cars and Trucks For Sale
Oct 22, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Gallery, Swap Meets
(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re back with more potential, more hopes and dream, more heartache and bad decisions. Yes, we are back with more swap meet coverage from the massive Pomona...
Vintage Drag Racing Film: Long Before The Strip They Were Drag Racing In Nevada
Oct 21, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was built in the not too distant past, it was no so much the introduction of drag racing to Las Vegas but it surely was the continuation of the...
Hooker Blackheart Stainless Shorty Headers For CTS-V Caddys Are Now Available.
Oct 21, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 New Drag Race Products, Apex New Products, New Products, Sponsor News
I grew up a Cadillac fan, and still love them. But never, and I mean never, growing up did I expect that Cadillac would come to the high performance market in the way they have with the V line of...
Morning Symphony: The Magic Of Audi’s Turbocharged Five Cylinder
Oct 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Would you believe that the Audi Quattro exists purely because of the Volkswagen Thing? It’s true: in the late 1960s the German military had been trying to create a vehicle to replace many of...
The Purple People Eater: How Often Would You Drive This 1974 Chevrolet LUV?
Oct 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, CHEVY, Craigslist Find, TRUCKS
For a section of time in the mid-1990s, my stepfather was enamored with Chevrolet LUV pickup trucks. One was slammed on it’s nuts and was a sprightly little thing, dressed in primer gray all...
You Will Not Believe That This Pro Mod Crash Ended With The Car On All 4 Wheels And The Driver Walking Away
Oct 21, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 Videos, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
We see a lot of crazy crashes, after all we’re at the dragstrip more than most anyone you know. And sometimes it is a wonder that someone could survive some of them. But it is rare that someone...
BangShift Tune-Up: “My Sweet Shadow” by In Flames (2004)
Oct 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up
The October Rush has hit BangShift Mid-West again. In one corner of the yard sits the Cadillac Limo, which has been entered in for at least one King of the Heap event at NCM Motorsports Park, which...
Here’s Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Goodguys Lone Star Nationals At Texas Motor Speedway
Oct 21, 2018Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows
(Photos by Rob Bennett) This is it, the last one, there will be no more. If you missed any of our photos from the Goodguys Lone Star Nationals, then click the link below to see them all. But if you...
Behind The Scenes: This Is How Carbon Fiber Race Parts Are Made.
Oct 21, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, Apex Spotlight, Apex Video
Carbon fiber race parts are not cheap! We all wish they weren’t, but they are, but if you see just how they go together you’ll understand why. Fiberglass race parts take a lot of work to...
