2015 Corvette Z06 Pricing Released – Most Powerful And High Tech Corvette Ever For $78,995
Aug 22, 2014Brian Lohnes7
One of the last lingering questions about the 2015 Corvette Z06 was the price point. How much would it cost? We had learned that the engine was going to be a blown 6.2L mill dubbed the LT4, we knew...
Cheap Truck Challenge Video: Beater Trucks Go Head-To-Head Off Road For Fun
Aug 22, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Every year, Fred Williams gathers up a group of his pals and challenges them to buy and modify a clapped out truck for the purposes of competing in a “competition” of sorts out in the...
PSCA Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy Under The Arch – Thursday Action And Pit Photos!
Aug 22, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on PSCA Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy Under The Arch – Thursday Action And Pit Photos!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Things to know from the first day at the PSCA Street Car Super Nationals “Anarchy Under The Arch” event are numerous. The first is that the ambient...
Seven Of The Rarest And Most Desired Muscle Cars Ever Built Are Being Auctioned Off By The Feds
Aug 21, 2014Brian Lohnes17
This story broke in July and we were asleep at the switch but since the auction is less than a month away now, we figured it was a good time to catch you up on the amazing group of seven muscle cars...
Photo Gallery: Supercharged Engines
Aug 21, 2014Chad Reynolds2
Boost is like God’s gift to mankind, so we love nothing more than an engine with a good blower attached. We’ve collected lots of photos of blown engines during our travels around the car...
Ride Along In The Highest Winding, Nastiest Sounding Small Block Ford Drag Race We’ve Ever Heard – Comp Eliminator Greatness
Aug 21, 2014Brian Lohnes7
For those unfamiliar with the wild and wonky world of NHRA competition eliminator, the altered classes may be a bit confusing. This is one time in drag racing when the world altered does not strictly...
Awesome Historic Drag Video: 1968 US Nationals – The Eliminators – A Sweet 1960s Look At The Big Go
Aug 21, 2014Brian Lohnes2
I’m not going to lie to you. I’m heading out to work as part of the NHRA announcing crew a the 60th Chevrolet Performance US Nationals on Tuesday and I have not slept in a week. Yeah, I...
Fact Is Crazier In Fiction: The Time The Winged Express Bumped Don Garlits And The Got Petitioned Out Of The Top Fuel Class
Aug 21, 2014Brian Lohnes5
There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...
You Could Have A Unimog, But Wouldn’t You Really Rather Have A 6×6 Power Wagon?
Aug 20, 2014Bryan McTaggart4
Anyone who has read BangShift knows that Lohnes does a transformation whenever he sees a big truck that has all of the speed of a farm tractor: His eyes go as wide as a Disney princess’s, he...
Do You Care If The Toyota Prius Even Made A Lap Of The ‘Ring? They Do
Aug 20, 2014Bryan McTaggart11
I’m hard-pressed to think of a car that I give less of a (….) about than the Toyota Prius. The epitome of “appliance automobile”, the Prius is about everything that BangShift...
Mini-Feature: The Original Arfons Brothers Green Monster 5 – Allison Power, Great History!
Aug 20, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Before their relationship turned cold and distant, Art and Walt Arfons created and raced together. Their machines were completely hand built, home engineered, and capable of running with virtually...
Is This The Luckiest SOB Walking The Planet Right Now? If You’re Going To Crash…
Aug 20, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
We’ve seen it all before. Someone on a motorcycle, usually a crotch rocket, weaving traffic at a speed guaranteed to invoke jail time, coming very close to their own demise each time they flick...
This Artistic, Slow-Motion, And Riveting Look At The 24 Hours Of The Nurburgring Is Worth A Watch
Aug 20, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on This Artistic, Slow-Motion, And Riveting Look At The 24 Hours Of The Nurburgring Is Worth A Watch
It is always neat when a company has the presence of mind to actually invest in media and projects that their customers will actually enjoy checking out. Nitto tires has done this by supporting the...
Would You Rather Unimog Edition: Is It The One With The Loader Bucket And Backhoe Or The VW Eating Snowblower On The Front Of It?
Aug 20, 2014Brian Lohnes8
So there I was, aimlessly searching the internet for Unimogs because that’s what I do. Lo and behold, I stumble upon not one, but TWO of the fantastic German built machines and each one is...












