Cruise With Confidence: 1976 DeTomaso Longchamp, As Seen By MotorWeek Back In The Day!
Mar 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
Forgive me if it seems like I share every last video I find about the DeTomaso Longchamp, but it’s a car that has my full attention and has had it since I first discovered what it was. A...
Wild Stuff: Porsche To Test Integrating 3D-Printing Technology For Personalized Bucket Seats – Prototype Program Starting This Year
Mar 19, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
As we all know, race car drivers have used custom made “poured” seats for many years. These form fitting shells are what give them maximum crash protecting as they are form fitting to the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Would You Build As A Drift Car?
Mar 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
A few years ago, while helping Brian and Chad set up for interviews at SEMA, I saw a saying on a leather jacket that I really dug: “SUPPORT VIOLENT DRIVING”. Hell yes…if there is...
Battle Of The Celebrity Electrons: NASCAR, iRacing Introduce eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series
Mar 19, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, Event Coverage, OTHER
In a move that is weird, interesting, perfect, and freaky all at the same time, NASCAR, iRacing Introduce eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. This is a series that will be talking place as...
Apocalypse Driving Lessons: Brutal Banger Racing Crashes From The U.K.
Mar 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
As of writing this, it’s official: auto production has come to a halt in the United States. And that includes Tesla, who were ordered to shut it down since they were classified as...
Rumbling History: Watch and Hear This Incredible Miller V-16 Run – 1,075hp Back In The 1920 and 30s!
Mar 19, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, ENGINES, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
Harry Miller is rightfully one of the most celebrated minds in the history of American racing. The things he was doing nearly 100 years ago are mind-boggling when put into the context of today. His...
Morning Symphony: 1961 Ferrari 156 F1 “Sharknose” At Imola And Goodwood
Mar 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
If you ever see a Ferrari racing car of this vintage, know right off the bat that what you are looking at is a recreation. It might be the most meticulous recreation on the planet, it might have a...
Breaking: All United States Domestic Auto Makers To Close Plants – Manufacturing Grinds To Screeching Halt Due To Virus Spread Concens
Mar 18, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, Apex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
In news that points to just how deeply the Coronavirus has disrupted life in America, all of the domestic auto manufacturing plants in the country have been closed. Ford, Chrysler, and General...
A German Take On Japanese: AC Schnitzer Has Tuned The Mk V Supra and Given It A Big Power Bump As Well
Mar 18, 2020Brian LohnesApex New Products, Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(Words by Tom Lohnes) – Third party tuning companies are a great thing. Second parties are cool, but they have restraints by the manufacturers and things like OE emissions standards they have...
US60 Nationals Straight Axle Mafia Drag Action Photos: Some Of The Coolest Cars In The Country, Here!
Mar 18, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – There are two non-straight-axle cars in my coverage of SAM at this event. That’s just how it is so you can accept it, get over it, get in a huff about...
Rough Start: 1978 Ford Pinto V8 – Just A Fun Little Riot Of A Car
Mar 18, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Ford vehicles from the 1970s take a bit of a bad rap. The big cars were barges, the little cars were deathtraps, the Mustang was an aberration, the mid-sizers had all the fun of a bowl of Shredded...
1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Videos
Godzilla Roars: Watch A 7.3L Ford Godzilla Engine Run Wide Open On The Dyno – See The Power Curves and How It Responds To Tweaks!
Mar 18, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Videos
The 7.3L pushrod V8 known as Ford’s Godzilla engine is still and emerging and exciting platform when it comes to hot rodding. Very few people are doing a lot of deep exploration with this...
Copart Cadaver: 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente With A Caved-In Back-End
Mar 18, 2020Bryan McTaggartMonday Shopper
I must have some kind of subconcious draw to little red Ford droptops, because this is the second one I’ve found while working my way through Copart’s listings of the damaged, destroyed...
The Big Stop: This Episode Of The NHRA Insider Deals With The Stoppage Of The NHRA Season, History, More
Mar 18, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
This was a very interesting and strange episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast to make because of the topic matter. My guests are Bret Kepner and Tony Pedregon. I had Tony on to talk about being a racer...
