Lucky’s Rod Run to the Chicken Oil Company 2014 – A Texas Sized Rod Run!
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Words and photos by Charles Wickam) – It is funny how things happen some time. Almost 20 years ago William Lucky of Conroe, Texas happened upon a great restaurant called The Chicken Oil...
It’s Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Week! AFCO Is There Supporting Racers – MavTV Is There Getting Ready To Broadcast It Live!
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes6
There’s nothing like the famed “Chili Bowl”. For nearly 30 years, racers from all over the county have been gathering in Oklahoma in the dead of winter to race for days on end,...
Footage From The 1972 Super Stock Nationals – Nitro, Pro Stock, Super Stock, More!
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes7
While we’ve never run into a video featuring old drag racing footage we’ve disliked, some are certainly head and shoulders above the rest. This one is about 16 feet above the rest and it...
Craigslist Find: This Steel Bodied Fiat Is Exactly As It was Built And Raced In 1959 – Amazing Old Drag Machine
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes13
We have to thank Johnny Gaudette for the tip on this amazing old Fiat Topolino drag car that he found while goofing off in study hall or something yesterday. The steel bodied cars was built in 1959...
The Uraidla South Australia Car Show: An Aussie Hot Rodding Extravaganza
Jan 14, 2014Chad Reynolds4
(Photos by Darryl Daniels) Every year Darryl Daniels sends us photos from Uraidla Australia’s bitchin car show and cruise, and every year it makes us want to come to Australia and bring some...
Bangshift Question Of The Day: The 2015 Z06, Love It Or Hate It?
Jan 14, 2014Dave Nutting19
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so (If that is the case, Welcome back!), it’s been pretty difficult to avoid all of the fanfare and hoopla around the new...
The Top 11 Cars You Thought Should Have Been On Chad’s Top 11 From 1972, But Weren’t
Jan 14, 2014Chad Reynolds15
Last week I did the Top 11 Cars from the year I was born, which was 1972, and while a ton of you agreed with me, there were just as many who raised their hands via the comments, email, PM, text...
Watch Dennis Anderson Freestyle The King Sling On Three Wheels After One Falls Off – This Man Is Our Kind Of Lunatic
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes4
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina was never the same after Dennis Anderson showed up. The man who brought forth the Grave Digger monster truck into the world and then parlayed that into an...
Dodge and Mopar Coolness At The 2014 Detroit Auto Show — Also, Rumor Mill Has Chrysler HQ Leaving The USA?
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes13
We showed you some cool stuff from Chevrolet in the form of the 2105 Corvette Z06 yesterday and from Ford with the new F-150 and the 2015 Mustang so today we get to shine the light on the Chrysler...
2015 Mustang And 2015 F150 Are Ford’s Big Stories At Detroit Auto Show – Photos Here
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes16
Our photographer on the scene of the 2014 Detroit Auto show continues to send us dispatches from the bustling show floor as hordes of media swarm to whichever display is pouring the free drinks...
2015 Corvette Z06 – Our Photos From The Detroit Auto Show Unveil!
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes9
Just a couple hours ago the 2015 Corvette Z06 was unveiled for the assembled press in Detroit. The bad news is that we weren’t there first hand. The good news is that we had someone in the...
Gallery: The 2014 Austin AutoRama – A Huge Collection Of Awesome In Texas
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was a busy weekend for BangShift’s Charles Wickam as he traveled to the wilds of Austin, Texas and covered two events in two days. We’re going to...
1000 Horsepower LS Turbo Getting The Headers Cherry Red. A Sneak Peek On Our LS 383 Turbo Project.
Jan 13, 2014Chad Reynolds5
Last week we gave you Part 1 of our Cool G: 1000 Horsepower Turbo LS engine build and told you all about how the naturally aspirated combo went together. We’ll be showing you the completed 1000...
Is This The Quickest Big Rig In The World? The Beast Goes 10-teens!
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes8
So this should rile the troops up because for the first time in your lives you’ll find yourselves embroiled in a debate about what a “real” big rig is. Like the never ending,...












