Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Cruising Van Nuys Blvd: It’s 1977 in San Fernando Valley Again.
300 plus muscle cars, street machines, and customs cruised Van Nuys Blvd in San Fernando Valley for the first time in decades, and we were there for all the action. What started as a grassroots...
Found! Lost Photos of Rusty’s Chassis Swap
Dudes! We found some old pictures of Rusty, our 1956 Chevy Bel Air Wagon, as it was going together back in 2000. Chad’s Dad, Walt Reynolds, found them this week and sent them over. He’s...
Reminder: Tune in to Hear Lohnes, Nitro Funnies, Pro Mods, and More Tomorrow Night!
Lohnes didn’t want you guys and girls out there on the interwebs to forget that he’s going to be rocking the mic tomorrow night at New England Dragway for their “Funny Cars Under...
Reminder: Hot Rods & Custom Stuff Garage Sale is Now
We warned you last week, and now it’s time to get in the car and go check out the Hot Rods & Custom Stuff garage sale in Escondido, California. Let us know how it went, since we’re...
Event Coverage: Pep Boys Speed Shop Grand Opening
On May 30th, BangShift.com attended the grand opening of the all-new Pep Boys Speed Shop on Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles. This is a new deal for Pep Boys where they took a bunch of the brand-name...
Spy Shots: Ford Cobra Jet 5.4L Dragster by Aeromotive
Earlier today we told you about the new Aeromotive Top Fuel dragster and mentioned the company’s new Cobra Jet Super Comp car. We thought you probably needed to know more. Aeromotive Fuel...
Aeromotive Goes Top Fuel Racing!
Steve Matusek, president of Aeromotive, would die to drive a Top Fuel car, but in the meantime he and the rest of the Aeromotive team have joined forces with Hartley Racing for the NHRA...
Video: 2009 March Meet Dragsters in Violent, Sideways Action
When the 2009 March Meet came to Bakersfield’s Famoso Raceway for round one of the year’s NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, BangShift.com was there, on the starting line, capturing...
Video: Drag Racing Altereds in Action at the 2009 March Meet
Here’s the next BangShift.com video of the action at the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway, and this time it’s all about the Altereds. There are many modern cars here, but also some...
Video: Blown Doorslammers in Action at the 2009 March Meet
And the hits just keep coming! Heavy hitters, that is, like the supercharged A/Gassers from the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series race that opened the 2009 season at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield,...
Video: 1,400 Horsepower 565ci Rat Motor on Nitrous!
You want to see some real big-boy power? Check out this 565ci big-block Chevy with Big Chief heads, twin Dominators on a sheetmetal intake, dry-sump oiling, and something like 650 hp worth of...
Video: Vintage Nitro Funny Cars from the 2009 March Meet
On Monday we blogged up the fact that we’ve got more video coming and told you that a bunch of drag racing action was headed your way. We started off with a general action reel, then posted a...
Great Garage Sale Coming to the San Diego Area
Our computer guys at Namtra Media are tight with the rod builders at Hot Rods & Custom Stuff, a shop that won the Ridler award a few years ago and that cranks out tons of killer iron. And...