Video: A Hairy Big Block Powered 1976 Chevelle Hangs The Tail And Smokes The Tires On The Edge Of The Arctic Circle
Feb 22, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: A Hairy Big Block Powered 1976 Chevelle Hangs The Tail And Smokes The Tires On The Edge Of The Arctic Circle
BangShifter Arild Guldbrandsen hails from Norway and he’s had the same 1976 Chevelle for going on 20 years now. Over the time he has had the car, Arild has installed any number of engine combos...
Dead Drag Strip File: The Mysterious And Overgrown Footprint Of Milton Speedway – Milton, Vermont
Feb 22, 2013Brian Lohnes10
So I am a little bit of an obsessive guy. As soon as Greg Rourke’s story on the long lost Seneca Drag Strip ran I immediately went into dead New England dragstrip mode. Yesterday I told you...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Hot Girls In Love – Loverboy (1983)
Feb 22, 2013Brian Lohnes2
BangShift reader Vinni DeLuca tipped us off to this video starring a hot rod Ford coupe and a dreamy blonde, oh and the guys from Loverboy as well. Their 1983 tune Hot Girls In Love was a hit for the...
LIVE TONIGHT: PowerShift With Chad and Brian – Our WEEKLY Live Show Is BACK! 9PM Easterm – 6PM Pacific!
Feb 21, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on LIVE TONIGHT: PowerShift With Chad and Brian – Our WEEKLY Live Show Is BACK! 9PM Easterm – 6PM Pacific!
After a one week break to handle some off-air stuff, we’re back and better than ever with a fresh new episode of PowerShift our weekly romp through the worlds of racing, motorsports,...
Wreckage Video: A Flat Track Motorcycle Crash That Sends Riders Flying And Snaps A Bike In Two
Feb 21, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Wreckage Video: A Flat Track Motorcycle Crash That Sends Riders Flying And Snaps A Bike In Two
First off, everyone involved in this awful crash is OK and has since returned to racing. We lead with that because when you see this clip from the Lucas Oil flat track motorcycle race on the famed...
eBay Find: An Absolutely Perfect 1955 Studebaker Three Quarter Ton Pickup – Neat As Hell!
Feb 21, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: An Absolutely Perfect 1955 Studebaker Three Quarter Ton Pickup – Neat As Hell!
Studebaker trucks don’t get the due that they deserve. The trucks were well styled, powered by strong, reliable engines, and were built as tough as any other truck line in the country. From...
NOS Releases Dry Pro Race Fogger Systems For EFI Equipped Engines
Feb 21, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on NOS Releases Dry Pro Race Fogger Systems For EFI Equipped Engines
Nitrous has been hot rodding’s best friend for a long, long time and as the hot rods have advanced and evolved so have the nitrous systems that feed that horsepower making gas into their guts....
Hellacious Burnout Video: A Tire Smoldering 330-Foot Smoker From Tony Boss Bynes
Feb 21, 2013Brian Lohnes3
There was a time when showmanship was a very large part of the deal in drag racing. From paint to wild crew uniforms, to back up girls with all kinds of appendages hanging out in the breeze, and...
Cool Or Creepy: Retro Body Kits For Chevy Trucks
Feb 21, 2013Brian Lohnes21
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Ok, so as of late I have been pretty harsh about body kits and that type of stuff. Probably too harsh, but that’s over now. Greg Rourke sent in a couple of...
Dead Drag Strip File: The Quiet Remains Of Charlestown Dragway – Charlestown, Rhode Island
Feb 21, 2013Brian Lohnes3
Greg Rourke’s story about the long lost Seneca Drag Strip in Illinois jolted my memory about some photos I took early this winter at the site of one of New England’s earliest drag strips,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Little Honda – The Hondells (1965)
Feb 21, 2013Brian Lohnes1
I know what you’re thinking, “What is it with Lohnes and all the weirdo old songs?” Frankly, I have no good answer to that other than the fact that these tunes are super listenable,...
Video Bonanza: Coil, Force and Steve Evans, The Glory Years
Feb 20, 2013Brian Lohnes1
Courtney Force’s win at the 2013 NHRA Winternationals was big. That news got us to thinking and remembering the days before the Force clan was saturated in all forms of the media and John still...
Caption This Photo: Dually Drift!
Feb 20, 2013Brian Lohnes27
(Photo by Ray Hull) – BangShifter Ray Hull shot this photo at Coos Bay Speedway. His buddy is in the dually and he’s “working” hard to pack the race track down before the...
Goliath’s Younger Brother! A 1972 Chevy C50 Pickup That Is Cool Truck Perfection
Feb 20, 2013Chad Reynolds10
You are never going to believe this one! Jeff Angeleri, GM Design engineer extraordinaire, among other things, sent us a picture of his super cool 1972 C50 pickup which is the brother of Goliath,...












