Funny Wreck Video: A Rally Car Hit and Run
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Funny Wreck Video: A Rally Car Hit and Run
This video combines all the elements we love. There some surprise, some humor, and some one-in-a-million carnage. You’ll see a Toyota Celica coming hauling into a corner way too hot for the...
Caption This Photo: A Home Engineered Battery Repair
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption This Photo: A Home Engineered Battery Repair
We got this photo from our buddy Jay Spinella. Jay’s brother Tom bought a riding lawn tractor from a co-worker and upon the initial start up noticed that the motor was making some bad noises....
Book Review:The Street Machines Idea Book by Sue Elliot
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review:The Street Machines Idea Book by Sue Elliot
The latest in Motorbooks’ popular “idea book” series, Street Machines: classics, muscle cars, and modern, by Sue Elliot touches all the bases in the current world of street machines...
Memphis Motorsports Park Sold for $1.9M to PBIR Owner
Dec 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Memphis Motorsports Park Sold for $1.9M to PBIR Owner
USA Today is reporting that Joe Lubeck, the managing partner at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida purchased the former Memphis Motorsports Park at a public auction on Tuesday. The reported...
BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive Equipped Lenco
Dec 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive Equipped Lenco
Back at SEMA, Gear Vendors President and CEO Rick Johnson did the impossible. He made us crave a Lenco transmission even more than before! With the engineering and release of a Gear Vendors...
eBay Find: A Real Yenko ZL-1 That Still Has Never Been Run!
Dec 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Real Yenko ZL-1 That Still Has Never Been Run!
How about a super rare $50,000 aluminum big block Chevy for your project car? That price may not be accurate though. The starting bid on this amazing 1970s era Yenko ZL-1 engine is $50K so if there...
Video: Ridetech’s Bret Voelkel says “We Drive Our Junk!”
Dec 14, 2010Chad Reynolds1
We love the guys over at Ridetech, and the fact that everything they own gets beat on. We’ve always said that their products are Bret Tested which means you can’t possibly be...
Video: Mooneyes Christmas Party Drags and Cacklefest 2010
Dec 14, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Mooneyes Christmas Party Drags and Cacklefest 2010
We already showed you the 400 plus photos that we took at the Mooneyes Christmas Party and Drags, but now we are bringing you the video. We’ve got Factory Experimentals, Gassers, and Top Fuel...
ADRL Releases 2011 Schedule, Adds Two New Venues
Dec 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on ADRL Releases 2011 Schedule, Adds Two New Venues
The American Drag Racing League has released the schedule for its 2011 tour. The series will visit two places it has not seen before, Maple Grove Raceway in PA and Palm Beach International Raceway...
BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet
Dec 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Christmas Wish List Pick of the Day: A 2012 Mustang Cobra Jet
With less than two weeks before the fatty in the red suit squeezes down our chimney, we decided to list off some of the stuff we’re asking for this Christmas. We’ll drop one item on you...
Video Bonanza: Weird, Wild, and Cool Russian Off Road Vehicles
Dec 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Bonanza: Weird, Wild, and Cool Russian Off Road Vehicles
We have no idea what the Russian word for redneck is, but some of the stuff show in the videoswe dug up was certainly built by Russian rednecks. Yes, there is a military truck or two in there defying...
eBay Find: An Awesome 1962 Twin-Engine McCulloch Racing Kart
Dec 13, 2010Brian Lohnes4
Racing go-karts are nothing new. Karting has been a popular motorsport for more than 50 years now. While karts are an awesome starting point for youngsters looking to someday advance into the ranks...
Magnuson Products Bought by Private Equity Firm
Dec 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Magnuson Products Bought by Private Equity Firm
Magnuson Products, the California based supercharger design and manufacturing firm has been acquired by Pendergast Partners, and Banyan Mezzanine Funds, two private equity firms, according to a press...
Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Party 2010
Dec 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Party 2010
This weekend was the 2010 Mooneyes Christmas Party which is held every December at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. We have been going to this show for the past couple of years, but were hit with really...












