BangShift LIVE FREE Streaming Video from the 2012 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
Jun 14, 2012Brian Lohnes10
BangShift.com is once again provide live streaming FREE broadcast coverage of the 2012 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion from historic Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. From the...
Action Gallery: Road Course Photos From the 2012 Optima Face Off at Eagles Canyon Raceway
Jun 13, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – After the first day of autocross and speed stop fun, the field of competitors at the Optima Face Off road tripped 70 miles north to Decatur, Texas and the...
Big News: Baer Brakes Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors!
Jun 13, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Big News: Baer Brakes Joins the BangShift Family of Sponsors!
Chad and I are so very proud to announce that Baer Brakes has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. For more than 40 years Baer has been in the business of making everything from street machines...
Action Gallery: The 2012 Optima Face Off Autocross – Grand Prairie, Texas
Jun 13, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The 2012 Optima Face off was a qualifying event for the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational to be held in Nevada after the close of the SEMA show in...
Power Tour Gallery: Grand Prairie, Texas – The Final Stop
Jun 13, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Power Tour Gallery: Grand Prairie, Texas – The Final Stop
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The final day of the 2012 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour was held in Grand Prairie, Texas at a massive multi-use facility that housed a AAA-baseball stadium, huge...
Watch a Reher-Morrison NHRA Super Stock Hemi Scream to Almost 9,000RPM on the Dyno
Jun 13, 2012Brian Lohnes4
This is some glorious noise! We recently discovered that world famous engine building company Reher and Morrison has a YouTube channel that they are posting dyno videos on. They have a few of them up...
Watch Andy Frost in his Red Victor 3 Become the Quickest and Fastest Street Car in the World: Video
Jun 12, 2012Brian Lohnes12
We’re stupid late to the game with this news and video, but Andy Frost became the owner and driver of the world’s quickest street legal car a couple weeks back when he blasted off a 6.59...
Power Tour Gallery: The St Louis Stop 2012 by Jeff Lee
Jun 12, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Power Tour Gallery: The St Louis Stop 2012 by Jeff Lee
Jeff Lee of Nashville, TN got the chance to go on his first Hot Rod Power Tour last week as part of the launch of his family company’s new HammerHead Housing 12 bolt IRS differential for the...
Killer Cruise Gallery: The Forest Lane Reunion Cruise – Dallas, Texas
Jun 12, 2012Brian Lohnes5
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Almost every city in America had a hot cruising spot in the 1970s and early 1980s, then as those cities developed and urban sprawl took over, the cruising spots got...
Gallery: 75 Photos of Stock and Super Stock Wheelstands!
Jun 11, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Gallery: 75 Photos of Stock and Super Stock Wheelstands!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Earlier this year Charles Wickam did a great job shooting the NHRA Spring Nationals in Houston, Texas and during that race, he captured a ton of killer stock and...
Watch Finnegan and Freiburger Pit a Rat Rod Against a $400,000 Lamborghini on the Newest Roadkill!
Jun 11, 2012Brian Lohnes6
Freiburger and Finnegan are back with their newest episode of the web-show “Roadkill”. In this episode, the dudes take a $400,000 Lamborghini Aentador and a rat rod built as a promotional...
Shop Tour Gallery: Speed Inc. – Schamburg, Illinois – Killer Builds, Burnouts, and More!
Jun 11, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Words and Photos by Bob Chiluk) – What a perfect name for your shop that builds killer LS powered machines! “Speed Inc” and its owner Tom ordered some perfect weather and temps.He...
The 2012 GOJO Giveaway is ON! We Have Two Winners and A New Poll!
Jun 08, 2012Brian Lohnes3
As we told you last week, BangShift and GOJO Industries have teamed up on a cool summer giveaway that rewards you hard wrenching guys and girls who are out there getting dirty working on your stuff!...
Question of the Day: Given the Chance, What Historic Race Car Would You Drive?
Jun 08, 2012Brian Lohnes32
When writing about Cotton Owens’ passing yesterday, I of course thought of his cool “Cotton Picker” match bash wagon right off the bat. It got me to thinking about what single race...












