Show Coverage: The Eric “Crash” Layne Memorial Car Show – A Benefit for the ALS Association
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Part two of Tommy Lee Byrd’s car guy weekend involved a hometown car show in Dayton, Tennessee. The proximity of the event allowed the whole family to...
The 20th Orange Plaza Car Show – More SoCal Coolness – Muscle, Sporty Cars, Hot Rods
We’re back with a second collection of photos from the 20th Orange Plaza car show, which bought our some of the nicest iron in all of California’s famed Orange County into one place to...
This 1956 Powell Pickup Truck Is Insanely Rare And Built Off Of A 1941 Plymouth – Buy It!
We got tipped off to this Craigslist ad by our pal Brady who saw it an immediately forwarded it on to us like a good BangShifter would. See, when people see weird stuff on the internet, we have kind...
VIDEO: It’s the Mods vs. the Rockers in this awesome clip from Great Britain
We’re barely aware of the tension between two rival gangs of hoodlums in Great Britain in 1964, but it made for some awesome footage, and inspired a whole lot of cool music over the years. This...
SoCal Media Challenge At The Frank Hawley Drag Racing School – BS Contributor Takes It All!
NewsStand and Online editors and contributors meet for supremacy on the Fontana quarter-mile. Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne In early April, a bunch of cocky media-types, both male...
This Turbocharged Small Block Powered Ferrari 250 GTO Goes 8s, Drives To Track, Rules All (Video)
The Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the world’s most famous, beautiful, and expensive cars. Real ones sell for between 20-30 million dollars at auction and at private sales between captains of...
Strip Visit: Cool Cars And Trucks At Mooresville Dragway’s Test And Tune Night With A Bonus Gasser!
Know what a drag racing announcer does the day before he goes to the drag races? He goes to the drag races, ya big dummy! Continuing to share some of my adventure with Eric Yost and the guys, the...
We Found One Of The Original 1980s Racing Big Rigs In North Carolina – It Still Runs!
So I was in North Carolina over the weekend to announce at the NHRA Four Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway. I got to town a day early to hang out with Eric Yost of Drag Week and Big Gun Customs fame....
Celebrate The 10th Anniversary Of The Ford GT With This Awesome Video From CrankAndPiston.com!
April 17th is the Ford Mustang’s 50th birthday, but I’d like to take a few minutes to enjoy the 10th birthday of the pony car’s younger sibling, the Ford GT, courtesy of this video...
ChumpCar World Series Invades Autobahn Motorsports Park In Illinois – Full Story And Photos Here
The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com), blew their way into Joliet, IL, to make their debut at one of the most unique country clubs in the US….Autobahn County Club located...
Craigslist Find: This Is The Most Oddly Modified 1972 Chevy Pickup Truck Ever
Up until Adam Wiskow sent us a link to the 1972 Chevy truck below we thought that it was impossible to screw up modifying a 1967-1972 Chevy truck. Really, we have seen hundreds and hundreds of them...
The 2014 Pigeon Forge Rod Run Was Awesome And We Were There!
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – It’s the time of year that Tommy Lee Byrd hits it hard, and he pulled a triple-header this weekend in Tennessee. Part one of the triple-header was the...
Missouri to begin placing Former Military “Sound Cannons” In Work Zones To Slow Speeders
(By Bryan McTaggart) – In a move that seems less like a public safety move and more like something Wile E. Coyote would try, the state of Missouri, in it’s infinite wisdom, has decided to use...
Lowered, Lifted, Projects, And More: We’ve Got Truck Photos From The Pomona Swap Meet
The diehards show up on Saturday night for the famed Pomona Swap Meet, so they can get setup in their swap meet or car corral spots as early as possible. The car corral and show areas happen to be...
