BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Still Scour Swap Meets Or Has The Internet Taken Your Parts Dollars?
Sep 21, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
I’ve often wondered if the guys who have been grizzled swap meet veterans for decades on end have seen some kind of decline in the quality and quantity of stuff at meets now that eBay and...
If You’re Gonna Break Stuff, Break It As Bad As Cleetus Broke The Rearend!
Sep 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
How many times have you found the weak link in your vehicle the good old-fashioned way? Let’s see…I shattered three U-joints in my old four-speed Diplomat, roasted a transmission out of...
Is It Weird That I Want To See A Hot-Rodded 1989 Buick Reatta Now? Daily Driver Or Psychotic Left-Field Choice?
Sep 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find
It isn’t everyday that my véhicule du jour choice leaves me wondering if today is finally the day that I’m forced to admit that I’m cracked in the head. But here we are, the 1989...
Gutsy Driving Video: Here Are The Top Five Passes From The 2018 Goodwood Revival
Sep 20, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The most exciting move in racing is the pass. The ability to out wit, out muscle, or simply out drive your opponent is an awesome spectacle to watch and it has kept racing fans glued to their seats...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst Idea You’re Glad You Got Talked Out Of?
Sep 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Unless you were pulled over by one or found yourself stuffed into the back of one, chances are very good that you don’t know what the hell that slab-sided ode to awful is in that picture. In...
Little Car, Big Price: This 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Is Restored To Perfection But It Ain’t Cheap
Sep 20, 2018Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, Racing Junk Find
From 1964-1967 the little Rootes car company in England produced one of the coolest sports cars of the decade. The Sunbeam Tiger combined the sprightly Rootes chassis with a good old American small...
Rough Start: Flip Nader The Bird In This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
Sep 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
For once, seeing a model of a car die just as it was becoming great wasn’t completely the fault of General Motors. Plenty of the blame had to be laid on the head of one Mr. Ralph Nader, who had...
PDRA Drag Wars Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park: Doors Were Slammed And Horsepower Was Wrought
Sep 20, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon) – There are lots of people out there on social media who love to complain about drag racing. They beat the same, tired, idiotic drum that the sport peaked decades ago...
Morning Symphony: The Burnout Contest From LS Fest East 2018!
Sep 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
We brought you photographs from the burnout contest from LS Fest East 2018, but let’s face facts: no photograph is ever going to compare to seeing the madness in action while hearing the...
Howell EFI Announces Expanded TBI Kit Coverage – Fuel Inject All The Things!
Sep 19, 2018Brian LohnesApex New Products, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, New Product Spotlight, Sponsor News, XL New Truck Products, XL Sponsor News
Howell EFI Has long established itself as a premier place to go when making the switch from a carb to EFI. The company has diversified itself so many times and over such a large swath of engines...
Rough Start: This 1973 Chrysler New Yorker Is The Perfect Vessel To Cruise With!
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
I’ve recounted many times before the story of my cousin Vance, his 1973 Chrysler Newport, and how he used to take me on hell rides on side streets in Colorado Springs when I was a young kid. I...
Video: How Stevie Fast Jackson Won The 2018 NHRA US Nationals – An Amazingly Improbable Victory
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
It was ugly. It was worse than ugly. This was embarrassing. Stevie Fast Jackson was cruising toward his third DNQ in a row as part of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series. This was after building...
Turn 6, The Car Crusher: Some Of The Strongest Impacts From Sandown Raceway’s Infamous Corner
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria is effectively two drag strips connected by a few corners. You’d think that for a road racer, that’d be heaven. Here’s the truth, though: when...
2018 PDRA Drag Wars Coverage: GALOT Motorsports Park Was Packed With The Fastest Doorslammers On Earth
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon) – The 2018 PDRA Drag Wars event is in the books and we have some fantastic photo coverage from the race to dazzle you with today. David Whealon was at GALOT...
