Beautiful Monster: This Specially Built 1976 Porsche 935 Has A Factory Built 806hp Twin Turbo Engine
Aug 02, 2019Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, eBay Find
Now this right here is a beast. Everything about this car is awesome to us. From the fact that it was built in Cologne back in the 1970s by the likes of DP Racing and Kremer Racing, the fact that it...
Ten Dollars Per Horsepower: Dodge Unveils Their “Power Dollars” Sales Campaign
Aug 02, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
In the face of the changing face of what the automobile should be and the nearing vision of vehicles as nothing more than electric pods that simply work as electronic taxis that do the work for you,...
Larger Than Life: Documentary Style Podcast About Big Willie Robinson – Where To Listen!
Aug 02, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News
Update: If you have not been listening to this podcast you are missing an incredible documentation of drag racing history. Yes, it is street racing history but do not forget about the track that...
Street Car Super Nationals 6 Featuring Mid-West Pro Mod Series In St. Louis – LIVE Coverage Continues Friday!
Aug 02, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
It will be hot, it will be humid, and it will be wild. Mel Roth’s Street Car Super Nationals returns to World Wide Technologies Raceway in Madison, Illinois for a sixth throwdown and the...
Drag Strip Time Travel: Check Out The 1988 NHRA Seafair Nationals From Seattle – McGee Quad Cam Featured!
Aug 02, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This weekend when racing begins at the 2019 Magic Dry NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, Washington we’ll be at Pacific Raceways. I have been making my notes and preparation for the race and...
Thundering History: Listen To The Sound That The First Bonneville Racers Heard in 1914 – The Fury Of The Blitzen Benz Four Cylinder
Aug 02, 2019Brian LohnesENGINES, HISTORIC, Videos
Speed Week 2019 will mark the 105th year that the Bonneville Salt Flats have been used as a venue for land speed racing. The star of the show during the first “meet” at Bonneville in 1914...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro Chapter 3: Barney Oldfield is Banned From Auto Racing While Ernie Moross Creates New Stars and New Records
Aug 02, 2019Brian LohnesLAND SPEED RACES
(By Bret Kepner -SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – Within sixty days of his resignation from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 9, 1910, renowned...
The Mars Hot Rod: This Story About The Technology And Methodology Of The SpaceX Raptor Rocket Rules
Aug 01, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
Here’s a little bit of a reality check . Every paste eating moron you read about on social media, every Tide Pod eating kid that ends up getting their guts pumped, and every schmuck that seems...
Five Doors and A Five Speed: How The Chevy Corsica Was Actually A Better Car Than You Remember
Aug 01, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
When it comes to those forgettable, disposable, not super grand cars of the 1990s, the Chevy Corsica is one that always pulls rank on the list. The thing is, they made those cars for a decade and for...
Neighborhood Trouble Stopper: This 1973 Shorland Mk3 Armored Patrol Car Probably Has Some Stories
Aug 01, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, eBay Find, XL Online Find
Here’s the thing. Anytime someone builds an “armored patrol car” things are not good, right? The whole purpose of an armored patrol car is to venture into unsettled areas, protect...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Over The Mountain and Under The Radar – Talking To Greg Anderson and Tommy Johnson Jr On The Western Swing
Aug 01, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
The third stop on the NHRA Western Swing in 2019 is Pacific Raceways. This historic track in Kent, Washington is known for its great setting and its oxygen rich environment. It is also known as a...
Epic Engine: Keith Dorton Has Built An SB2 V8 Into A Killer V6 For Bonneville – This Video Shows You How He Did It
Aug 01, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, RACING & ACTION, Tech Stories, Videos
Keith Dorton and his Automotive Specialists company have created some of the most amazing, powerful, and creative engines that the Bonneville Salt Flats have seen over the last decades, but this year...
We Will Persevere: EV West’s Tesla-Swapped BMW Proves That Hot Rodders Will Thrive After EVs Take Over
Aug 01, 2019Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
These are strange days to be a gearhead. I envy every last one of you who grew up between doo-wop music and fins, and the tail end of disco just before restorations went absolutely stratospheric....
Rough Start: 1984 Ford Falcon XE Ute – Confuse Everybody!
Aug 01, 2019Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Without question, this 1984 Ford Falcon ute is automatically high on my desirability list. It’s in the States, which means that I don’t have to mess with Customs or pay off some stevedore...
