Gallery: Cool Cars and Hot Parts at the Long Beach, California Swap Meet – July 2012
Jul 11, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – California correspondent Scott Liggett had one heck of a busy weekend. On Friday night he was at the SoCal Bob’s Big cruise and sent us this gallery. On...
Shop Invasion: DMC Racing – Eddie Kraewic’s Camaro and Alex Vettros’s Mustang Inside!
Jul 11, 2012Brian Lohnes4
Last week I put a note on Facebook to my local gearhead homies asking if I could steal a compression tester for a couple days. One of the first guys to answer the call was Dennis MacPherson the owner...
Watch a Massive “Mega Truck” Leap To Incredible Heights and Distances For No Apparent Reason
Jul 10, 2012Brian Lohnes15
There are times when asking, “why?” just isn’t necessary. Consider this video one of those times. In it, you’ll see the massive classic Chevy truck of one Daniel Mundy...
Check Out Our Gallery From The Famous Bob’s Big Boy Cruise in SoCal!
Jul 10, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant in Toluca Lake, California is the home to what has to be the most famous cruise night in America each Friday night. While it is not a...
Question of the Day: What Has Been Your Scariest First Ride In A New Project Vehicle?
Jul 10, 2012Brian Lohnes9
Recently, I was having a conversation via e-mail with a BangShifty pal that I’ll name only as Bob J. Bob mentioned that he had a good topic for the BS Question of the Day and I was interested...
Great Read: Check Out All of Comp Performance Group’s New Products For 2012 In One Easy To Read Place!
Jul 10, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Read: Check Out All of Comp Performance Group’s New Products For 2012 In One Easy To Read Place!
One of the reasons we’re so proud to have several members of the COMP Performance Group here as part of BangShift is because they’re all companies that innovate and introduce new products...
Top 11 Funny Acronyms for Car Brands
Jul 10, 2012Brian Lohnes17
We happened to stumble into a page on CarBuyingTips.com that lists a LOT of funny acronyms for car brands. We’ve all heard Fix Or Repair Daily or Move Over People Are Racing, but that link...
Watch A Gnarly 1972 Corvette Tear Through the Goodguys Autocross – This Car Rules
Jul 10, 2012Brian Lohnes1
As you all know, Chad is the announcer for the Goodguys autocrosses that happen all over the country. Last weekend he was in Columbus, Ohio calling the action on a challenging course that had...
The Sound and the Fury: A Day With Corvette Racing at the American LeMans Series
Jul 09, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – It was all too fitting to be at Connecticut’s beautiful Lime Rock Park road racing facility on Friday July 6th to see the factory Corvette Racing team practice...
Ken Block’s Gymkhana 5 is LIVE and It Rules Pretty Hard!
Jul 09, 2012Brian Lohnes11
The fifth installment of the DC Shoes/Ken Block Gymkhana series went live this morning and it is a great watch. The last one was kind of cheesy in our eyes but Block brought the high heat for this...
Event Gallery: Chryslers at Carlisle 2012 – Huge Gallery of Killer Show Photos!
Jul 09, 2012Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It was a sweltering hot weekend in Carlisle, PA but the turnout at the yearly Mopar gathering at the Carlisle fairgrounds was no worse for it. Joe Grippo spent a day...
Watch Freiburger and Finnegan Take a Conversion Van and Buick LeSabre Wagon and Thrash Them to Pieces
Jul 09, 2012Brian Lohnes8
Freiburger and Finnegan are back in their latest installment of Roadkill and this seems to be the most destructive one yet. According to the duo, the Dodge van and Buick LeSabre in this episode were...
Event Gallery: The 2012 SOVREN Northwest Historics – Killer Vintage Road Course Iron
Jul 09, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The 2012 SOVREN Northwest Historics – Killer Vintage Road Course Iron
(Photos by Nathan McGrew) – When our Washington state based photo contributor Nathan McGrew shot us a note saying that he had a load of photos from the 2012 SOVREN Northwest Historics to share,...
Watch Robby Gordon’s New Super Stadium Trucks Tearing Up and Flying Over the Dirt!
Jul 06, 2012Brian Lohnes5
When we first heard about Robby Gordon’s plan to revive stadium truck racing and kick it up to a crazier level, we were a little skeptical. His “Super trucks” sounded great on paper...












