Haggard Looking Evan Knoll Has Court Date, Taken Into Fed Custody For Psych Evaluation
Jun 21, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Evan Knoll, the Michigan man accused by the federal government of illegally and improperly collecting more than $80-million in fuel tax rebates appeared in court for the first time last Thursday. The...
Funny Car Panic Video: The Steering Wheel Falls Off in the Driver’s Hands During a Run!
Jun 21, 2011Brian Lohnes4
This is some wild stuff! As if driving a Funny Car isn’t tough enough, this video shows a dude trying to turn the trick with no steering wheel! We’ve seen more than our fair share of...
Texas Rules!!! Governor Rick Perry Signs Street Rod and Custom Title and Registration Legislation!
Jun 20, 2011Chad Reynolds1
As a former Texas resident, I can tell you that the Lonestar State is a pretty cool place. Sure it gets hot down there sometimes, and certain areas are better than others, just like any other state,...
Cool Gallery: Hemmings Great Race Stop at Hershey, Pennsylvania
Jun 20, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Gallery: Hemmings Great Race Stop at Hershey, Pennsylvania
What cool way to spend a Tuesday Evening! The Great Race is a Vintage Car Rally that runs a course from Chattanooga, TN and ends in Bennington, VT. Over 50 Antique, Classic, Muscle, Hot Rodded Cars...
Massive Gallery: 600 Photos from the LA Roadsters Show
Jun 20, 2011Brian Lohnes4
As Chad and I were busy filming drag races and falling off staging, Daphne, Chad’s better half was out at the Pomona Fairplex, shooting a humongous gallery of photos at the 47th LA Roadsters...
Watch FREE Live Streaming Video of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Here!
Jun 16, 2011Brian Lohnes12
We are LIVe from Bowling Green for the NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion. Click on the arrow in the middle of the player window below and that’s all there is to it. We’ll be live at...
Quick Gallery: 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Thursday Night Cruise
Jun 16, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We had our faces buried in the camera all day for the live streaming broadcast of the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, so we are way light on photos. We busted out our camera at the Thursday...
Project FatCad Update 5: The Sawzall Come Out and Bites Into the 2011 CTS-V Wagon!
Jun 15, 2011Brian Lohnes5
FatCad Installment 1 FatCad Installment 2 FatCad Installment 3 FatCad Installment 4 It’s been less than 2 weeks, and the weight is dropping faster than I allowed myself...
Car Show Gallery: The Automobile Driving Museum Charity Car Show – El Segundo, California
Jun 15, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Saturday morning was foggy and drizzling when we sent our man Scott to El Segundo with his camera. He was tasked to cover the 4th Annual Car People For Education Benefit Car Show at the Automobile...
eBay Find: A Blown Hemi Powered ’57 Chevy Gasser
Jun 15, 2011Brian Lohnes4
We’re getting excited to see the old school gassers at the 2011 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, so excited in fact, we decided to go day dreaming on eBay to find a nose bleedin’,...
Massive Gallery: The Carlisle All Ford Nationals
Jun 15, 2011Brian Lohnes11
Joe Grippo is a lot of things to us here at BangShift but first and foremost, he’s a Ford man. That being said, it should come as no surprise that he nearly wore the shutter button off of his...
Tire Thrash: We Hammer BMWs and Test Out Bridgestone’s Latest Performance Tire Offerings
Jun 14, 2011Brian Lohnes2
Recently, the fine folks at Bridgestone Tires invited us to attend one of their “Drive and Learn” events. These events are primarily designed to educate sales people and distributors...
Legit Classic Gassers to Race Heads-Up at This Weekend’s Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion!
Jun 14, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Legit Classic Gassers to Race Heads-Up at This Weekend’s Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion!
As if you needed another reason to attend this weekend’s Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, here it is. There will be a special eighth mile, heads-up eliminator...
Cool Video: Ride Along in a Blown, 44ci Crosley Powered Dragster
Jun 14, 2011Brian Lohnes8
We can say with a degree of certainty that this is the only 18-second drag car that will ever be featured in the BangShift blog. Ironically, it is that 18 second time slip that makes it so damned...












