Cruise Gallery: The Concert Cruise-In At Fontanel Mansion – Nashville’s Newest and Coolest Weekly Cruise
Aug 09, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Cruise Gallery: The Concert Cruise-In At Fontanel Mansion – Nashville’s Newest and Coolest Weekly Cruise
(Photos by Jeff Lee) – Most cruise nights are held in a parking lot or some other non-nondescript spot. While that is good for physically parking cars, it doesn’t really add at lot to...
$200 Hauler Project Update: Oh What A Difference Some LMC Truck Billet, Grille, and Lower Valance Make!
Aug 08, 2012Chad Reynolds4
When we first started the $200 Hauler Project, we knew right away that the mildly bashed grille and completely tweaked rear bumper were going to have to go. We also knew that LMC Truck was the place...
eBay Find: An Entire Collection of Dukes of Hazzard Replica Vehicles – Buy ‘Em All!
Aug 08, 2012Brian Lohnes1
We normally limit ourselves to one eBay find per week, but this collection of replica vehicles from the Dukes of Hazzard is too good not to share. Outside of the typical General Lee, there’s...
Video: Dodge to Leave NASCAR At Close Of 2012 Season – Move Largely Symbolic But Speaks To Larger NASCAR Issues
Aug 08, 2012Brian Lohnes11
While Dodge’s announcement that it is leaving NASCAR at the end of 2012 may not have major reverberations on the track because they only have one organization left actually running their cars,...
Watch A Miata Take Out A Third Gen Firebird During Last Weekend’s Spectator Drags At Seekonk Speedway
Aug 08, 2012Brian Lohnes11
Last week we gave you a video bonanza filled with random videos of crashes during “spectator drags” at small circle tracks. Well, “spectator drags” are the internet’s...
eBay Find: The Coolest And Most Weirdly Factory Optioned 1974 Grand Am Ever – 400/4-Speed/4-Door?!
Aug 07, 2012Brian Lohnes23
We can’t take credit for finding this one. That goes to Todd Ryden, our pal at In Gear Media. Todd shot us a note when he saw this ad and we fell into the same spell he did while looking at...
Classic Iron Junkyard Gallery: Walk The Aisles of a Cool Junkyard in Pasadena, Texas With Lots of Neat Old Junk!
Aug 07, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Classic Iron Junkyard Gallery: Walk The Aisles of a Cool Junkyard in Pasadena, Texas With Lots of Neat Old Junk!
(Words and photos by Charles Wickam) – With the dog days of summer holding the gulf coast in a firm headlock, car shows during these months are pretty much nonexistent. So with a need to go...
Action Video: A Look Back at the 2012 Goodguys Sponsor Challenge With Hurst Shifters, the No Limit Truck, and…Chad?!
Aug 07, 2012Brian Lohnes2
Like we told you about earlier today, the 2012 Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio played host 2012 to the Sponsor Shootout. The dudes and dudettes at Hurst made a cool video showing the action...
Event Gallery: The 2012 Goodguys PPG Nationals – Columbus, Ohio
Aug 07, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Justin Oney) – The Goodguys have been stopping in Columbus, Ohio for the last 15 years and for good reason. The show has a life of its own and seems to get bigger and better each...
Video: Chad and Daphne Cruise, and Push, Joe’s 1980 Yamaha Enduro 100 After The Minibike Reunion
Aug 07, 2012Chad Reynolds1
You know that we had an awesome time at Joe’s Minibike Reunion in La Crescenta on Saturday, and when the show was over, the fun certainly wasn’t. Daphne and I hit the road on Joe’s...
Watch An Awesome Drag Racing Save From Santa Pod in Super Slow Motion!
Aug 07, 2012Brian Lohnes1
A couple weeks back our drag racin’ BangShifty brothers and sisters in England held a big nostalgia meet at Santa Pod called Dragstalgia. There were lots of cool cars and hopefully some of you...
WOW!!! Lucas Oil Off Road Racing RULES!!! We Get The VIP Treatment And Tons Of Jump Photos!
Aug 07, 2012Chad Reynolds2
Tom Bogner and the entire team at Lucas Oil have always been great supporters and sponsors here at BangShift.com. But last week when we called Tom up, to talk about a bunch of new dyno tests we have...
Screaming Dyno Video: Jay Brown’s 530ci, 850hp, Fuel Injected, FE Ford Drag Week Hammer!
Aug 06, 2012Brian Lohnes3
Jay Brown, he of FE engine building, home dyno owning, awesome Ford drag machine fame will once again fly the Blue Oval banner at Hot Rod Drag Week 2012. This time it is an aluminum, 530ci, fuel...
Guest Blog: A BangShifter’s Great Stories and Memories of the Late Tom Hnatiw
Aug 06, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Editor’s note: Ed Nicholson is a long time BangShift reader. He’s also a long time competitive road racer, instructor, and car guy. Ed knew and raced with Tom Hnatiw a few years before...












