Result for: speed week
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Giant Coupe Detroit Ever Built?
Jan 27, 2014Brian Lohnes46
(Photo credit: ClunkBucket.com) – Last week I happened to be in the greater Los Angeles area for a media conference. Chad had family stuff going on so I spent a couple days with my pals Elana...
This Teaser Footage For The Upcoming Film, The Last Great Road Race – About La Carrera Panamericana Is Excellent!
Jan 27, 2014Brian Lohnes2
While events like Drag Week, One Lap of America, and other feats of speed and endurance are hardcore, we don’t think that they hold a candle to the still going wildness that happens during...
Kepner Sez: Nitro Burning Flat Track Ice Motorcycle Racing Is Indoor Winter Insanity (W/Video)
Jan 22, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Text by Bret Kepner, photos from XIIR) -If it’s the third week in January, it’s time to start the season for one of the most unique forms of indoor motorsports on the planet. It’s the return...
NitroAmerica’s Epic Behind The Scenes Video Of Tony Bartone’s First Win In Nostalgia Top Fuel
Jan 22, 2014Chad Reynolds6
At the 2013 New England Hot Rod Reunion, we watched the fastest Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster in history get it’s first win. Despite previous attempts at victory at both the March Meet and...
Craigslist Find: This 1960 International B-162 Wrecker Is The Greatest
Jan 22, 2014Brian Lohnes6
I once considered myself lucky to be surrounded by gearhead friends. You know the ones. The people always supporting wacky ideas regarding project cars, the ones you’d drink beer and thrash...
Great Gasser And Funny Car Race Jim “Fireball” Shores Has Died At 86 Years Old
Jan 19, 2014Brian Lohnes10
A tough weekend for drag racing legends for sure as Ken Dondero passed away and now news comes in that gasser and funny car great Jim Shores has died. Shores was the wrenching half of the famed...
Yes, These Guys Built A 1964 Ford Galaxie Baja Racer – It May Be The Coolest Thing Ever (Video)
Jan 16, 2014Brian Lohnes10
You can stop rubbing your eyes. That isn’t a photo-shop job, a camera trick, or a ruse. That really is a 1964 Ford Galaxie Baja Racer competing in the NORRA Mexican 1000 with a Dart 427ci...
BangShifter Ron Ward Picks The Coolest Cars of His Birth Year….1964!
Jan 15, 2014Brian Lohnes11
(Words by Ron Ward, photos by interwebs) – I was fortunate enough to have been born in 1964. The Beatles were hot, skirts were getting shorter, cars were getting faster and it was a great time...
The Top 11 Cars You Thought Should Have Been On Chad’s Top 11 From 1972, But Weren’t
Jan 14, 2014Chad Reynolds15
Last week I did the Top 11 Cars from the year I was born, which was 1972, and while a ton of you agreed with me, there were just as many who raised their hands via the comments, email, PM, text...
BREAKING NEWS: THIS IS THE 2015 FORD F150
Jan 12, 2014Brian Lohnes11
Minutes ago, Ford Motor Company released the first official photo of the 2015 Ford F150. This is going to be one of the biggest stories of the 2014 North American International Auto Show. The 2015...
Bitchin’ Rally Video: Watch This Ford Escort Mk1 Haul Tail On Two Different Rallies – Asphalt, Mud, Dirt, Awesome!
Jan 11, 2014Brian Lohnes4
THIS is the good stuff, kids. Filmed at two different rallies in Switzerland, this classic Ford Escort dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s as it is a Mk1 and those were produced between 1968 and...
Charles Wickam Picks The Top 11 Coolest Cars Of The Year HE Was Born….1970!
Jan 10, 2014Brian Lohnes25
(Words by Charles Wickam – Photos by Internet) – 1970. The Beatles broke up, the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, George C. Scott won an Oscar for portraying a WWII war hero and it...
Action Videos: 10 Crazy Engine Swap Videos For Your Friday Viewing Pleasure
Jan 10, 2014Dave NuttingComments Off on Action Videos: 10 Crazy Engine Swap Videos For Your Friday Viewing Pleasure
January 10th, 2014: Let this be forever known as “The day that Brian let me go hog wild with a montage of videos of cars with crazy engine swaps”. Some of these are oldies but goodies, while...
Watch This Awesome 428ci W9 Headed Chrysler Small Block Rip Off 748 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower
Jan 10, 2014Brian Lohnes7
I’ve never owned anything with a Chrysler small block before but I have certainly announced lots of races where worked up Mopar mouse motors are making big noise. For me, there’s a weird...