Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly
Aug 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly
In terms of the yearly Drag Week news cycle, we have entered the “wait list” portion of the program. What does that mean? Well there are lots of guys signed up and thrashing to get their...
Show Coverage: 2014 Cars In The Park Car Show – Raising Money For A Worthy Cause In Massachusetts
Aug 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Show Coverage: 2014 Cars In The Park Car Show – Raising Money For A Worthy Cause In Massachusetts
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – Here’s some irony. When this story first hit the front page of BangShift today, Johnny Gaudette could not see it. Why? Because the dude is in class at his...
Holley’s Sweet Shop Truck Featured On Jay Leno’s Garage – Jay Burns Tires In It!
Aug 27, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Jay Leno’s Garage is one of the cooler automotive shows on the internet. Because the guy is a complete and utter automotive maniac with the cash to actually feed the addiction, he’s into...
21st Sunday Niagra Nostalgia Drags And Car Show – The Coolest Cars Around Buffao Came Out In Force
Aug 27, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – There’s nothing like a great nostalgia drag race and car show to bring out the cool people and the cooler iron. Recently, our own Mike Brooks hit the road and...
Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Michigan: The BangShift Photos
Aug 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Michigan: The BangShift Photos
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – I’m not sure if I should thank Bob Chiluk for these great photos from the recent Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car event in Michigan or if I should offer...
Foam Party! Just Don’t Mind The Helicopters On The Floor…
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart14
When there is something leaking from the hangar bay doors where your multi-million aircraft are stored, it’s always a bad thing. Always. In the case of the Oklahoma National Guard, their bad...
Man Who Drove A Bugatti Into A Salt Marsh Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Facing 20 Years
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart7
The pelican has officially been cleared of any and all wrongdoing. Andy House, the dumbass man who intentionally drove his 2006 Bugatti Veyron into a salt marsh in Texas plead guilty to wire mail...
Outerlimits Powerboats Founder and CEO Mike Fiore Dies As Result Of Missouri Boat Wreck
Aug 27, 2014Brian Lohnes3
(Michael Fiore is pictured center above) – We are saddened to report that Michael Fiore, the founder and CEO of Outerlimits Powerboats has died as the result of injuries he sustained in the...
Ebay Find: This V8 Pinto Could Be A Lot Of Fun! Burnout Contests, Here We Come!
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
The Ford Pinto has one of the most maligned reputations of any car ever made. Yes, it’s known that in a hard enough rear-end collision the gas tank could be shoved into the rear axle bolts and...
More Mini-Mod Wreckage – Watch This Tractor Get Plowed Over By The Sled It Is Pulling
Aug 27, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Yesterday we showed you a video of a mini-rod tractor getting out of shape and the sled kind of taking over the action and steam rolling the poor machine (along with the driver in it) so that...
This 1941 Willys Is The Last Vehicle You’d Expect To Find For Sale At A Volvo Dealership!
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
Volvo dealerships pride themselves on selling for a company that believes first and foremost in the safety of their customers. It’s a nice thing, if not a little dull. But Volvos have never...
Why Go For A “Mini Command Center” When We Can Have Everything Under One Roof?
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
Yesterday Lohnes showed you guys the Lloyd van. You remember, that German thing that looked like a Stout Scarab decided to puff itself up and look huge for the ladies. Bleeech! Nothing against the...
2014 NHRA Sonoma Nationals: The Lost Professional Category Photos
Aug 26, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on 2014 NHRA Sonoma Nationals: The Lost Professional Category Photos
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Sounds mysterious, right? The lost photos? Ohhhhhh. Sadly, it isn’t all that mysterious. See, my computer desktop at any given time looks like a...
Drag Action Photos: PDRA Under The Lights At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park
Aug 26, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Action Photos: PDRA Under The Lights At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – The traveling road show that is the Professional Drag Racers Association rolled into Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park August 15th– 16th for national...