In The 1970’s, When You Built Bike Ramps From Scraps, We Were All Evel Knie
Jul 13, 2021Chad ReynoldsFUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos
If you were a kid and got a bicycle, you were probably trying to figure out how to get airborne with your two wheeled transport. If you grew up before the 1980’s when bikes were being designed...
Vintage Drag Video: Here’s The 1974 IHRA Southern Nationals From Pit Road At Charlotte Motor Speedway
Jul 13, 2021Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Sometimes you just have to try something to see if it works, right? In 1974 the IHRA did just that, renting the pit road at the expansive Charlotte Motor Speedway and turning it into a national event...
Neither Here Nor There: The 2022 Ford Equator Won’t Be Sold In The USA, But Is It A Sneak Preview Of Things To Come?
Jul 13, 2021Brian LohnesBangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift Road Test
(By Tom Lohnes) – Have you ever looked at a Ford Explorer and thought “This doesn’t look enough like a Nissan”? Well, move to China and you’ll have your needs met by the 2022 Ford...
Goodguys Summit Racing Nationals Photo Coverage: The Big One In Ohio Lived Up To The Hype Again!
Jul 12, 2021Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Wes Allison) – Now THIS is good stuff. The Goodguys series of car shows and events across the country is filled with big happenings, huge gatherings, and fun times. That’s...
Epic Watch: The Life Of Mr 4-Speed – A Multi-Part Documentary On The Incredible Life Of Herb McCandless
Jul 12, 2021Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This is something you simply have to see. “The Life of Mr. 4-Speed” is a multi-part, professionally produced documentary about the life and times of the man himself, Herb McCandless. This...
Tom Sez: Our 14 Year Old Scribe Talks About The Recent EV Announcement By Dodge!
Jul 12, 2021Brian LohnesBangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift Road Test
(By Tom Lohnes) – Dodge has just teased their first EV, and it looks like they carried all of the muscle from the Charger and Challenger into a battery-electric package perfectly. We don’t...
Long Island Got A Drag Strip: Action Set To Begin Next Month At NHRA-Sanctioned Calverton Executive Airpark Course
Jul 12, 2021Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
It has been a battle fought so hard, for so very long, but in the end there’s a sweet victory. Long Island has been without a drag racing facility for 17 years and thanks to the dogged...
Video Of Rob Wendland Front Halfing Larry Dixon’s Top Fuel Dragster: Sounds Simple, But It All Has To Be Perfect!
Jul 12, 2021Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
It isn’t uncommon for Top Fuel and Top Alcohol cars to get front halfed after a certain number of runs, a crash, big wheelstands, or what have you. The same could be said for a Funny Car...
What Should You Paint Your Roll Bar Or Roll Cage With? Rustoleum, Hammertone, And Steel-It Tested
Jul 12, 2021Chad Reynolds1320 Tech Story, Apex Tech Stories, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
There is nothing worse than finishing a car with a roll bar or roll cage in it and then not being able to paint the cage well. In all honesty, a tube chassis car is usually much easier because you...
Watch Jerry Eckman and Bob Glidden Battle In The Pro Stock Finals Of The 1989 NHRA Mile High Nationals
Jul 12, 2021Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
If you go back in the history books looking for results from the 1988 NHRA Mile High Nationals you will not find them. Instead you’ll find a blank spot and things kicking back up again with the...
Grinding Inside Corner Welds Isn’t Hard, But It Is Easy To Mess Up!q
Jul 12, 2021Chad ReynoldsOTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Grinding seems like a pretty simple thing, especially when it comes to prepping a joint for welding or grinding a weld smooth. With that said, I’ve seen jillions of people do it wrong and the...
The Goodwood Festival Of Speed Is LIVE Right Here Right Now!
Jul 11, 2021Chad ReynoldsApex Event Coverage, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Check this out! If you haven’t ever seen the Goodwood Festival of Speed, then you have been missing out. But this event gets better and better each year, with more and more coverage and...
Coeburn Cash Days: Virginia’s Lonesome Pine Raceway Hasn’t Had A Car Down It In Nearly 50 Years. This Is No Prep!
Jul 11, 2021Chad Reynolds1320 Videos, Videos
There’s no prep, where they take a dragstrip and usually scrape some of the track and then never prep it again for the rest of the weekend, and then there is this. This dragstrip hasn’t...
