BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Weirdest/Coolest Thing You’ve Seen At A Swap Meet Lately?
Mar 14, 2013Brian Lohnes6
While cruising through the swap meet in Bakersfield, I happened upon the contraption below and it stopped me dead in my tracks. It appears to be a propane draw through carb and turbo setup that is on...
March Meet Bonus Gallery: Sunday Photos From The Pits, Grove Car Show, and Swap Meet!
Mar 14, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on March Meet Bonus Gallery: Sunday Photos From The Pits, Grove Car Show, and Swap Meet!
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we’re back with a final blast of photos from the March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. While the race didn’t end...
VIDEO: Blown Altered Catches Flight At March Meet 2013. No Really It Gets All 4 Off At The Hit!
Mar 13, 2013Chad Reynolds1
When this happened right before our eyes during our LIVE broadcast of the 2013 March Meet at Famoso’s famed Auto Club Famoso Raceway, we couldn’t believe our eyes. It’s not that we...
Sideways, With Rodney Prouty: I Knew What I Wanted Before I Knew What I Wanted…
Mar 13, 2013Chad Reynolds4
In this edition of Sideways, Rodney addresses the fact that he knew what he wanted out of his hot rod even before there was a name for it. Just like all of us, he built a car in his mind based on...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Important Is Paint To You?
Mar 13, 2013Brian Lohnes16
After seeing a lot of cool cars with fantastic paint in the Detroit Autorama gallery earlier today and then the little mini-feature on the 1954 Chevy we say at Famoso, today has been filled with...
Mini-Feature: The Wildest Paint Job We’ve Ever Seen On A Car That Actually Gets Driven
Mar 13, 2013Brian Lohnes10
While walking through the grove at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield last Friday during the rain, BangShifter Randal Burns and I spotted the most amazingly painted 1954 Chevy I have ever seen…and...
Detroit Autorama 2013 – More BangShift Approved Iron From The Autorama!
Mar 13, 2013Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Justin Oney) – So far we’ve showed you galleries from the 2013 Detroit Autorama submitted by BS lens slingers Ken Cox and Dom Damato and now it’s Justin Oney’s time...
Detroit Autorama 2013 – 100% BangShift Approved Cars, Trucks, Funny Cars, and Hot Rods Gallery!
Mar 12, 2013Brian Lohnes3
(Photos by Dom Damato- DRD Photos) – We told you that we were going to bring you Detroit Autorama coverage from a bunch of BangShift contributors, so here’s our second collection of...
Roadkill: Freiburger and Finnegan Set Out For Alaska Again In The Ranchero!
Mar 12, 2013Brian Lohnes6
Our favorite masters of masochism are at it again! Freiburger and Finnegan have loaded up their “Raunchero” and made tracks for the great white north again. As you may remember, the two...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Event Are You Most Looking Forward To Attending This Year?
Mar 12, 2013Brian Lohnes23
After a great weekend of action at the 2013 March Meet, one of the things I was most excited to do is in the books. It’ll be a busy year for us here at BS with event season really starting to...
Power Gallery: Injected Engineering Dyno Day – Hot Cars And HUGE Horsepower!
Mar 12, 2013Brian Lohnes1
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – It’s time to get back in the swing of things, as the car show and drag racing season gets started. Injected Engineering, a performance shop in Kennesaw,...
Rocket Racing Wheels Releases New Catalog – Bitchin’ Wheels and Photography Inside!
Mar 12, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Rocket Racing Wheels Releases New Catalog – Bitchin’ Wheels and Photography Inside!
Our pals over at Rocket Racing Wheels released their new catalog the day before we left for the March Meet, which was perfect timing for us because we then went on to see dozens of hot rods, customs,...
Wreckage Videos: Some Flaming Wall Bangers From ADRL Rockingham – Major League Impacts!
Mar 12, 2013Brian Lohnes3
While we were at the March Meet, some drag racing history was being made down in Rockingham, North Carolina. This was the first race of the new Kenny Nowling era of ADRL drag racing. By all accounts...
2013 Detroit Autorama – Load In Day Gallery
Mar 12, 2013Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Ken Cox) – While we were out in California at the March Meet Ken Cox (and a couple of our other photo contributors, as you’ll see!) were in Detroit for the famed...