Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley Action Images: The Nitro Fueled Monsters Acted Like It In Seattle – Check Out These Photos!
Aug 09, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – They deserve and they always will deserve their own coverage. The Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley Davidson category has been one of the most stunning additions to...
LIVE TONIGHT: Watch The US131 Northern Nationals – Quarter Mile Modern Top Fuel Drag Racing – WATCH HERE
Aug 09, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, Bangshift Spotlight, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Starting tonight at 6:30pm Eastern time BangShift.com will be LIVE from the US131 Northern Nationals in Martin, Michigan. This is one of the most unique and awesome match races in the country because...
Bonneville Video: Mechanical Music Off Of The Push Truck And Into Infinity
Aug 09, 2019Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES, RACING & ACTION, Videos
While it is true that big speed is the main draw at Bonneville, gearheads the world over will agree that the sound of a hot rod at full tilt for miles on end is intoxicating. This video gives a great...
One For Life: A 10-Second Slant Six Duster One-Owner Special
Aug 09, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
You’d swear that the V8 has been replaced with the turbocharged inline-six, the way a lot of the Internet seems to see things. There is no reason to doubt the reasons why…between the...
Morning Symphony: The Ford GT40 Roadster – One Of Five Ever Made
Aug 09, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
You know the story of the Ford GT40. Ford and Ferrari were about to merge, but at the last moment a note about Ferrari cars no longer racing at the Indianapolis 500 because Ford didn’t want...
Money No Object: 1952 Muntz Jet – When Sports Car Meets Marketing Maniac
Aug 09, 2019Bryan McTaggartMonday Shopper
To understand the Muntz Jet, you have to start at the beginning of the story, which would be about 1949. That year, Frank Kurtis, a racer turned builder, started building two-seater fiberglass sports...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Latest “Iconic Body Style”?
Aug 09, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Once I’m done writing tonight and snore for a few hours, I’ll get up and start working the Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals for the weekend. It’s the one weekend of the year that the...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro Chapter 7: The Aftermath – What Became Of The Major Players From The First Speed Trials On The Salt
Aug 09, 2019Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
(By Bret Kepner SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – For the principals involved in the production of the 1914 Salduro trials, life was never quite the...
If You Have Needed A Street Legal Vintage NASCAR Tribute This David Person Mercury Montego Is Your Jam
Aug 08, 2019Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, Craigslist Find
This is one of those “see it for what it can be, not what it is” type of things. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with the car as it is now, but it could be taken the whole way home to be...
Action Photo Coverage: Sportsman Racing At The 2019 Magic Dry NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle
Aug 08, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – While professional drag racing’s categories have been mechanically whittled down to the most favorable combinations that can win races, NHRA sportsman racing...
Fair Winds: Cruising A Douglas DC-3 On A Transatlantic Flight
Aug 08, 2019Bryan McTaggartVideos
The Douglas DC-3 is the aircraft that made commercial air travel a reality. It was the first airframe that was profitable just by carrying people aboard and it was one of the most mass-produced...
Devil In Disguise: This 1951 Chevrolet Is A Lexus LS400…And It’s Built To Drift
Aug 08, 2019Bryan McTaggartVideos
1951 Chevrolet sedan…fat fenders, no fins, the typical “lead sled” kind of body that gives off the same overall vibe as a 1949 Mercury or a bathtub Chrysler. Other than being an old...
Rooting Around: Rockbouncers In The Slop And The Steep In Kentucky!
Aug 08, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Summertime in the state of Kentucky doesn’t always equate to dry, dusty back roads lined with corn fields. I can promise you that summer storms are capable of dumping inches of rain at a time...
