SCTA El Mirage: More LSR Racing Shots From The End Of The Year Run!
(Photos: Zane McNary) If there is one facet of land speed racing that Brian Lohnes is constantly harping on as a bonus, it is the freedom of the rules…you can do pretty much whatever the hell...
This Pro Street 1970 Dodge Coronet Is HEMI And Lenco Equipped! Bitchin Cubed!
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this is the coolest Coronet we’ve ever had here on BangShift.com. Just look at it, it’s beautiful. And it’s got 528 cubic...
Early Christmas Shopping Ideas: Going For That One Big Gift For The Gearhead? How About A Ready-To-Go 1964 Plymouth Drag Car?
We had to do a double take and make sure that this Plymouth wasn’t already sitting at Jensen Masters’ Short Street Rod Shop, because it would not look out of place. We aren’t going...
Why Don’t More People Race These Things? This Daytona Is Awesome And A Deal!
When Factory Five came out with their Cobras and then Daytona and then the GTM, and their latest the 818, we thought you would see gobs of them racing. And we know that there are a lot of the Cobras...
Gates Auto Salvage Tour: We Look At The Cast-Aside Work Trucks That Rest And Rust In Vermont
As much as we all would hope to find a yard filled with nothing but the desirable parts of automotive history that span between 1930 and the present, the more likely scenario is that between the gems...
Rough Start: This Rough Mustang II is A Perfect Candidate For A Rally Car!
I’ll straight-up admit it: seeing the Maverick playing in the gravel with a bunch of brick-like Volvos and Subarus at the Northwest RallySprint got my gears turning. I cut my teeth on...
This Twin-Turbo, Small Tire Impala SS Is A Beast! 4.81@161 In The Eighth Mile!
Is it weird for me to say that the B-body Impala SS is starting to become the forgotten performance car of the 1990s? I know that 260 horsepower isn’t squat anymore, but in 1994 it was a reason...
More Customs, Hot Rods, And Trucks From The Mooneyes X-Mas Party And Drags 2015
The Mooneyes X-Mas Party and Drags 2015 might be the last to be held at Irwindale Speedway since it’s impending close date is still up in the air. But the mood was not dampened by this...
More Hot Rods, Customs, And Lowriders Photos From The Mooneyes X-Mas Party And Drags 2015
We’ve got even more photos from the Mooneyes X-Mas Party and Drags 2015 and we figured we should share. If you’ve been looking at all the others that we posted this week then you know...
Gates Auto Salvage Tour: More Automotive Archeology From The Woods Of Vermont
Seeing the photos that Lohnes and Fitzgerald took at Gates Auto Salvage keeps bringing up the word “haunting” into my head. It’s not hard to see why: in amongst the thin trees, you...
Here Is The Answer, And Winner, Of Our “Guess What This Ridetech Shockwave Is Bolted To” Contest
ANSWER: A Pulling Tractor, specifically the TS Performance Pro Stock John Deere Pulling Tractor called “Young Buck”. It’s Brad Moss’s rig and it is one bad piece of machinery that...
Outlaw Mud Truck Fun – D.O.T. Legal Tires And A Heavy Right Foot Makes For Some Excellent Video!
Wide open throttle on a full-kill race vehicle isn’t something that is achieved often, and when it is the results are always spectacular. Mud trucks do a good job of converting the raw power of...
Question Of The Day: What Would You Do With This Twin-Turbocharged 1986 Ford Truck?
If there ever was a sleeper tuned to the readers of BangShift, this would be the second one I’ve seen…the first one, the 1980 Chevrolet “Farmer John” special, was snapped up...
