Drag Racing Manifesto: It’s Time For Some Real Talk On Radial Tire Racing – A Critical Crossroads Has Been Reached
Dec 16, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
The world of drag racing is one where evolution and change are constant. One need look no further back than the origins of organized competition in the 1950s to see the sport’s rapid expansion, its...
Historical Footage: Corvette At LeMans In 1960 – From Off The Ship To The End Of The Race, Get A Glimpse Into How The Corvette Did On It’s First Outing At LeMans
Dec 16, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CHEVY, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Considering that five years beforehand, LeMans was the scene of quite possibly the most horrific auto racing crash known, it was nothing short of amazing that three Corvettes were at LeMans, courtesy...
Historical Footage: Have You Ever Wondered What Would Happen If You Crashed A 1970s-era Fiesta Into A Lightpole?
Dec 16, 2020Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, FORD, HISTORIC, Videos
The Ford Fiesta is an interesting small car. We got it in the United States for three years (1978-1980) as one of the many knee-jerk reactions to the 1970s gas crises and quickly realized that it...
This Hilarious Video Mocking The Lexus December To Remember Sales Event Is Great
Dec 15, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos
Beyond the spiked egg-nog, the hearing of the same damned stories over and over again, and kids asking for stuff, one of the great traditions during the Christmas season are the ridiculous ads run by...
BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Keeping At It With More Fixes And Repairs!
Dec 15, 2020Tony SestitoBangShift News, BangShift XL, MOPAR, XL Project Trucks
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
Morning Symphony: 1960 Plymouth with Gen III Hemi Power And Attitude
Dec 15, 2020Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Videos
Normally, I’d like to have some context to go here. Something about the build, something about the owner, anything about the car. Really…I’ve got nothing. I found this by accident...
Copycat Killer: The Hoonicorn Takes On Rob Dahm’s Psychotic 4-Rotor RX-7
Dec 15, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”, so the saying goes. And that’s very fair. For someone to go out of their way to duplicate what someone else has done to the finest...
Son Of A Gun, He Was Right: These 1967 Corvette Kelsey-Hayes Wheels Are Worth Big Bucks
Dec 15, 2020Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, eBay Find
It really is funny how cars and car parts pop into your life for a second only to fade into the blackness of memory for decades before leaping right back at you. That’s the case with these...
The Upcoming Alfa Romeo 4C Spider 33 Stradale Tributo Captures The Past In The Present – Italian Done Right
Dec 15, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Alfa Romeo 4C was the Italian brand’s entry back into America, and was a world-class sports car with its high-strung turbo-4, stripped out interior, and lack of power...
Defiantly Angry, Yet Pleasantly Refined: Jay Leno Checks Out A Super-Clean 1979 Trans Am
Dec 15, 2020Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Videos
1979 was the last year for the Pontiac mill. The civil war within the Excitement Division was about to take a turn for the ugly…the gearheads who had held onto hope until the very last second...
Silent Killers: This Video Shows How Things Like Fans, Too Much Oil, Water Pumps, and More Kill Horsepower
Dec 14, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINES, MISC, Videos
We all know the importance of cylinder heads, induction systems, camshaft selection, compression, and other major factors when it comes to making real horsepower out of your engine. Well, what about...
All New For ’22: The Next Generation Of The Subaru WRX and WRX STI Are Set To Arrive In 2022
Dec 14, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – Notoriously known for its vape-loving fanbase, the Subaru WRX has long been the staple of cheap, fun, AWD, performance. With a racy STI model, a flat-four with questionable...
Porsche GT3 Cup Edition Revealed: Big Revs, Great Power, All The Wing Money Can Buy
Dec 14, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – Is the race car derived Porsche 911 GT3 or it’s racier sibling the GT3RS too boring for your tastes? Well here’s some good news for you because Porsche just released...
This 1995 Chevy Suburban Is Incredibly Nice – No One Tell Chad Of Its Existence
Dec 14, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, Craigslist Find, XL Online Find
As we all know, Chad moved to Texas a couple years back and as we also all know, the guy loves his OBS GM trucks and he totally loves Suburbans. This one rig that Rocco Bastone found may force Chad...
