When The Old Lion Roars: Watch This 1930s Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Car Bellow Up The Hill At Goodwood Sideways!
May 26, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Old race cars are interesting things. Some of them we love for their bizarre attempts at innovation. Some of them we love because of their stylistic beauty. Some of them we love because of who drove...
Night At The Museum, Part 2: More In-Depth Looks From The Petersen Museum
May 26, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
The experience of having a museum all to yourself, nobody around, no security to whisk you away, that’s a dream come true for a car geek. It should be, anyways. We love seeing cars in action,...
Big News: Nitto Tire NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Moves to St. Louis!
May 26, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
These are the days of making big and bold moves if you’re in the world of racing. In terms of legacy events and making sure they happen, few of them are better than this. The headline,...
Beautiful Beast Of Burden: This 1956 Ford F-100 Has An Amazing Utility Body And Is Weathered Perfectly
May 26, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, Craigslist Find, XL Online Find, XL Truck News
Alan Reinhart gets the credit for sending me this big truck that will haunt my dreams for months on end. You are looking at a wonderful 1956 Ford F-600 that’s equipped with one of the most...
Driving Road Slapfight: Can Lohnes Find A Better Driving Road Than The White Spar Section Of Highway 89 In Arizona?
May 26, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, Slapfight, Videos
Since the driving movie argument was one-sided, I’m claiming victory. Brian had plenty of time to come up with a challenger to Vanishing Point and Death Proof, and failed. Hallelujah, a...
National Day Of Nitro Planned For May 30th – Here’s How To Participate, How To Watch, and How To Support It!
May 26, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
This is an amazingly awesome idea and we cannot wait to see it! Auto Club Famoso Raceway and Stith Printing have teams up to create the National Day of Nitro that will happen on May 30th. What is it?...
Random Car Review: The Hagan/Felton 1982 Chevrolet Camaro LeMans GTO Racer
May 26, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Car Feature, BangShift APEX, CHEVY
When an American car heads to LeMans, eyes are watching, and it’s because it appears that anyone who seriously takes on the Circuit de la Sarthe is deadly serious about the task at hand. Think...
Big News: Holley MoParty Sept 18-20, 2020 at Beech Bend Raceway All The Mopar Fun You Can Handle!
May 26, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, Apex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, Sponsor News
The GM guys have their LS Fest, the Ford guys have their Intergalactic Ford Festival, and the Chrysler guys now have the Holley MoParty! This will be a monster event if history is any guide and it...
One 3rd Gen Hemi, One StarQuest, Equals Greatness! Check Out This MoParty Build In The Works!
May 26, 2020Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Project Cars
For some of our younger readers who might not have ever seen an “imported for DODGE” sticker, let’s explain: in 1970, Chrysler bought a 15% stake in Mitsubishi Motor Corporation and...
Gallery: An Awesome Collection Of 1980s Period Pro Street Photos From The Street Machine Nationals!
May 25, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by BS Forum Member DragBike425) – One of the biggest stories for the upcoming Spring and Summer car show season is the return of the Car Craft Street Machine Nationals to Du Quoin. This...
BangShift Book Review: EVEL – The High Flying Life Of Evel Knievel By Leigh Montville
May 25, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve showed you all sorts of Evel Knievel video over the years here on BangShift and when it has been me posting the stuff I have always mentioned (to the large frustration of some) that...
Watch One Of The Most Intense Rock Bouncing Free Fall Wrecks We Have Ever Seen – Driver Is OK, Machine Pretty Beat Up
May 25, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
All forms of motorized competition are about evolution in one way or another. Drag racers constantly try to go quicker and faster within the confines of their rules and track lengths, stock car...
Fantastic Video: When Outrageous Was Possible – An Awesome Look At The Lambo Countach
May 25, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift APEX
An admission, I’m 40 years old and whenever I see a Lamborghini Countach I am instantly transported back to the middle 1980s and the first time my little kiddo eyes spied one. There are a...
Memorial Day Memories: A Tribute To The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, The Blood, Sweat And Years
May 25, 2020Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
On Friday, April 15th, 2016, 1-17 Cavary flew thirty OH-58D Kiowa Warrior armed scout helicopters in a formation flight around Fort Bragg, North Carolina in a public thank you and farewell. When the...
