Behind The Ropes Part Three: In The Show! The Guys Pull Off A Hail Mary Pass And Bust In
Jan 04, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
In Behind The Ropes part three you are going to get a little taste of triumph as the Michalek Brothers Racing team, on their last possible opportunity to qualify manage to do just that and make the...
All Rocket, No Rice: 1320Video Shares The Baddest Imports They Filmed In 2017
Jan 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Cracking a cheap Fast and Furious joke at a Honda revving their way through a Cars and Coffee meet-up is one thing. But writing off an entire swath of car culture just because they don’t do...
Swapping an S10/S15 T-5 Transmission Into Your Hot Rod? Hurst Has Your Shifter Needs Covered With The Blackjack
Jan 04, 2018Brian LohnesApex New Products, BangShift APEX, New Products, Sponsor News
These days many people are swapping GM T-5 manual transmissions into their hot rod projects. These are the transmissions commonly found in S10 and S15 trucks from years back and they can be bought...
Here’s Something We All Can Enjoy: A Small-Block Powered Porsche 914 Running Elevens!
Jan 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The Porsche 914…the half-hearted Porsche. If you’re unfamiliar with these things, here’s the quick and dirty version: Porsche wanted to replace the 912 and Volkswagen wanted to...
2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: Our Third Big Gallery From The Show – These Photos Will Warm You Up!
Jan 04, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again with more Hullabaloo coverage. Contract St. in Lexington, KY is closed off and most of the businesses have emptied their parking lots to allow...
Strange Days: Nissan Is Working On Brain-To-Vehicle Technology
Jan 04, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, TECH, Videos
(Lead Photo: Nissan USA) Have you ever seen the movie Strange Days? It’s from the early 1990s and it’s one of my favorites for many reasons which I will skip, but there is one connection...
No Dixie Horn? Watch As This Kia SUV Jumps Over Traffic After Hitting The ATM!
Jan 04, 2018Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
Elsewhere today you will read about the Kia Stinger GT, a five-passenger sedan with rather shocking acceleration. Apparently, that entire review was for nothing, because the way this Kia Sportage SUV...
This Shop Tour Video Of Don Schumacher Racing Is Wild – 125,000 Square Feet, 130+ Employees
Jan 04, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Normally when we think of a shop tour video we think of cars on lifts, guys welding stuff, parts being installed, and while all of those things are kind of a part of this one, it’s a little...
Landon Simon To Field Two Cars At 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals
Jan 03, 2018Darr HawthorneApex Racing News, Apex Sideways, BangShift APEX
Landon Simon Racing will field two cars this year at the 32nd annual running of the Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, Jan. 9-13 in Tulsa, Okla. Team owner and Sprint Car driver Landon...
This Vintage Supercharger Setup For A 348/409 Engine Is Awesome
Jan 03, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
I am well aware that we live in the age of the turbocharger. They are everywhere. They are practically handing them out at the store when you buy groceries. I get it. They are efficient, they are...
Behind the Ropes Part 2: After An Early Shutoff The MBR A/Fuel Team Sets Its Sights On Qualifying
Jan 03, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Here is the second installment of the Michalek Brothers Racing team blog series called Behind The Ropes. This series follows the team’s first outing with their own equipment at the 2017 NHRA...
Rough Start: Bending The Budget On A Clean Cadillac Hearse…Just Imagine The Attention You’ll Get!
Jan 03, 2018Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
By the 1990s, station wagons were all but done. Outside of a couple of small holdouts like the Ford Escort and the final B-body wagons from GM, the sport-utility craze had all but killed off long...
