Show Gallery: The 2011 Lebanon Classic Car Show – Lebanon, PA
Aug 25, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Doug Garrison is our newest photo contributor here at BangShift and he’s bringing the thunder with this awesome gallery from the recently completed Lebanon Classic Car show, held in the...
Toyota Unveils the Lamest Pace Car in the History of the Genre: Camry to Pace Field at 2012 Daytona 500
Aug 24, 2011Brian Lohnes24
Someday when we’re old and puttering around with our fellow gearhead buddies the topic will turn to trivia and the question will be, “What was the lamest pace car of all time?” In...
KaBOOM Video: The Spectacular End to a Cummins Powered Dodge Pulling Truck
Aug 24, 2011Brian Lohnes3
If truck pulling has an equivalent to cars like Larry Larson’s six second street legal Nova and other of that ilk, it’s the street legal pulling classes. With advancements in diesel...
Kyle Busch Loses License for 45-Days: Lawyer Mounts Nauseating Defense
Aug 24, 2011Brian Lohnes4
Remember Kyle Busch’s 128mph blast down public roads behind the wheel of Toyota’s new LF-A sports car? The court system in North Carolina sure did and a judge handed down a sentence of 45...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Weirdest Engine Swap You’ve Ever Seen?
Aug 24, 2011Brian Lohnes28
The engine swap is a tried and true part of hot rodding history. Back in the day, pulling the boat anchor six out of your father’s Chevy and slapping a Cad, Olds, or Buick motor in was hot...
Awesome Video: 27 Minutes Inside a Chevrolet Plant Circa 1936
Aug 24, 2011Brian Lohnes3
Recently, a nine-minute video of life inside a Chevrolet plant in 1936 has been making the rounds on the internets. You know what we say about nine minute videos? Screw ’em! Why? Because...
Killer Cruise Gallery: The John Haines Collection and Cruise-In
Aug 24, 2011Brian Lohnes1
As it turns out we weren’t the only ones in BangShift nation scoping out killer old trucks and equipment last week! Joe Grippo attended the John Haines Collection and Cruise-In which is a...
BangShift Question of the Day: Should “New” GM Be Responsible for Old GM’s Recall Repairs?
Aug 23, 2011Brian Lohnes17
Recently, a lawsuit has brought to light an interesting situation facing General Motors. When the company went into bankruptcy in 2009, a new entity officially called, “New GM” came out...
Good News: Memphis International Raceway Opens For Weekly Racing Again!
Aug 23, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Good News: Memphis International Raceway Opens For Weekly Racing Again!
Hold onto your hats, kids, we have good news for you! The track formerly known as Memphis Motorsports Park, now called Memphis International Raceway is alive once again. The track shut down after...
Hard Landing Video: What Happens When the Wheelie Bar Breaks While Launching Your Fuel Altered
Aug 23, 2011Brian Lohnes4
Our pal Kyle Loftis was at the World Fuel Altered Nationals in Eddyville, Iowa last weekend. The event normally draws some of the wildest short wheelbase, front engined, nitro burning iron that North...
eBay Find: The Caresto T6 R – The Swedish-built 2004 Hot Rod of Year
Aug 23, 2011Brian Lohnes2
In 2004, for the first time in history, a foreign built hot rod won the coveted Hot Rod of the Year award. That car, the Swedish fabricated Caresto T6 R is now for sale on eBay. The car was certainly...
Stroll Through a Texas Junkyard Via Bad Ass 360-degree Panormaic Photos
Aug 22, 2011Brian Lohnes5
Denton, Texas is the home of a junkyard known as the CTC Auto Ranch. Chances are, you’ll never get to Denton, Texas, but we’ve got a way for you to look at lots of the inventory at this...
Cool Video: The Most Artistic Drag Racing Video We’ve Seen In a While
Aug 22, 2011Brian Lohnes7
We’re usually bringing you videos of stuff wrecking, exploding, and generally self-destructing on the drag strip. Today, for this brief shining moment, we’re going uptown, kids! The guys...
Chadmouth: Bonneville Speed Week 2011. Can we do it again next week?
Aug 22, 2011Chad Reynolds5
Bonneville. That single word makes anyone who has ever been fast, or dreamed of going fast, envision the mythical great white salt. It’s the unchecked box on more bucket lists than you can...












