Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Erwin Cannonball Baker
Jan 23, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift APEX
Since we just told you about the Motorcycle Cannonball event and Brian Darwas’s film that documents riders dashing (as a figurative term) across country on motorcycles made between 1900 and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are You A Messy Or Organized Shop Kind Of Person?
Jan 23, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
I got the photo of the old man working in the severely cluttered shop in an email this morning and he looked so at peace just working away with all that stuff around that it got me thinking about my...
Breaking: VIDEO- LA Rams Star Ndamukong Ngwa Suh Purported To Be In High Speed Porsche Crash
Jan 22, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift APEX, BangShift News
BangShift.com has acquired video that purports to show LA Rams star Ndamukong Suh crashing a Porsche at the company’s track in Carson, California. We have learned from sources close to the scene...
Half-Mile Racing In Puerto Rico At The PR500 – Can You Say Hellcat Pickup?
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Am I jealous that 1320Video packed up and went to Puerto Rico in the middle of winter? Yep. Can I blame them? No, not really. Half-mile racing going off this early in the year sounds pretty sweet to...
Here’s A Surprise: Lincoln Sold Every Suicide-Door Continental That They Made, And They’re Making More!
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, FORD
A couple of years ago, it seemed that Lincoln was going to go that great junkyard in the sky. The Navigator wasn’t moving, and the myriad of “Mk-whatever” nameplates did not sell....
A Labor Of Love: The Story Of The Revival Of A 1985 Pontiac Fiero
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, TECH, Videos
I’m amazed to see how many people have jumped onto the car rescue bandwagon, especially on YouTube. Each video of somebody diving deep into an engine bay, scrubbing lichens off of body panels,...
Steve Matusek Announces Partnership With Garrett Turbochargers For 2019 Season
Jan 22, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, Sponsor News
This is great news for our pal Steve Matusek as he has announced a major partnership with Garrett Turbochargers for his 2019 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod campaign. While Matusek’s name is linked...
Regular Sleeper Review: The 2000 Buick Regal GS, 3.8 Liters Of “How Fast?!”
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Videos
Story time: I owned a Buick Regal GS just like this between 2005 and early 2009. I loved the car to death, and I never, ever would’ve suspected that I would. I traded a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 in...
This 1970s Formula Vee Promotional Film Is Brilliant – The Class Continues Strong Today!
Jan 22, 2019Brian LohnesApex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There are certain things that happen in racing which are so well designed and so well thought out that the make as much sense as 1+1=2. One of those things is Formula Vee. The open wheel racing class...
Fire For Effect: This Land Rover LR3’s Days Come To An Abrupt End!
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
I’ve made two vehicles die unquestionably violent deaths in my time. One was a Chevrolet CUCV that caught a grenade from an M203 grenade launcher during basic training, and the other was the...
This 1970 VW Type 3 Is A Forlorn Bonneville Project That Needs To Be Finished
Jan 22, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, 1320 Project Cars, BangShift 1320, Craigslist Find
When it comes to Bonneville, you know that the freaks show up. The level of creativity, boundary pushing, and creative rule interpretation is beyond anything else in racing and that is why we love it...
Morning Symphony: A Coyote-Powered 1987 Cougar Ripping Around Sears Point
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, FORD, RACING & ACTION, Videos
(Photo: DW Burnett via Drunken Squirrel Racing) Color me shocked: very few people bother with 1987-88 Mercury Cougars as a fun vehicle. I can find a few builds from old CarDomain pages, and there is...
2019 Indoor National Dragfest Photo Coverage: Our Second Load Of Images From This Event
Jan 22, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more cool Joe Grippo photos of the 2019 Indoor National Dragfest which did two really important things. Firstly it pulled drag racing enthusiasts...
