Shop Tour Gallery: We Check Out Overland Journal’s Arizona Shop
Apr 20, 2011Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos: Bryan McTaggart) A hard core BangShifter can spot Michigan manufacturer plates a mile away. The plate is a dead giveaway for a manufacturer’s mule vehicle, the one they test...
Caption this Photo: Don’t Worry Boys, It Won’t Bite
Apr 20, 2011Brian Lohnes7
During our evening with Caswell, we saw a ton of photos and heard a pile of awesome stories. One particular photo stuck out to us, especially after hearing how some of the pro teams and racers took a...
Lame Canadian University Suspends Formula SAE Team for Bikini Photo
Apr 20, 2011Brian Lohnes2
For the Formula SAE team at Canada’s Waterloo University, this is a real life version of “Wormer dropping the big one” as their team has been suspended because of a bikini photo...
Bitchin’ Historic Drag Racing Barn Find: The Dean Bontrager-Jay Wilbeck Special Devin
Apr 20, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Devin sports cars were born from the fertile mind of Bill Devin. Dubbed the, “Enzo of Okie Flats” by magazines back in the 1960s, his sports cars were designed to compete against all...
Video: Watch the Raybestos GTO-R build here at BangShift.com, and signup to Win It.
Apr 19, 2011Chad Reynolds2
Check it out! Following in the footsteps of their killer Hollywood Hot Rods built Giveaway 1932 Ford Roadster Pickup, which will be delivered to its new owner at the upcoming Indianapolis 500,...
We can’t believe it either, but we’re actually defending Donks, Bubbles, and Boxes!
Apr 19, 2011Chad Reynolds5
We will readily admit that of all the customized cars that exist on the planet earth, Donks, Bubbles, and Boxes are the worst. I know, I know, to each his own. In fact, we are usually of the mindset...
New BangShift Feature: Build Your Own On-Line Garage!
Apr 19, 2011Brian Lohnes2
So we recently performed a big overhaul to our forum section of the site, you know, the place where the hardest of the hard core BangShift supporters and fans hang out and talk all things automotive....
Product Spotlight: Ridetech’s New GM A-body Coil Over Package
Apr 19, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Product Spotlight: Ridetech’s New GM A-body Coil Over Package
In a move that nobody in the industry saw coming, Ridetech announced last year that they would be offering Coil Over shocks as part of their suspension packages, and they have done it in grand...
Hinson Motorsport’s Corvette Crashes at 230 during the Texas Mile
Apr 18, 2011Chad Reynolds7
Let’s get a couple things straight right off the bat. We dig the stuff that Hinson Motorsports does, and we love landspeed racing events like the Texas Mile. With that said, this video really...
BangShift Poll: Do You Love or Hate NHRA Four Wide Drag Racing?
Apr 18, 2011Brian Lohnes9
Last weekend the NHRA held the first of their two yearly “Four Wide Nationals” at the palatial zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. Some people really dig the idea of four wide...
BangShift Garage of the Week: Joe Grippo’s Awesome 1970 Mach 1 Mustang
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Garage of the Week: Joe Grippo’s Awesome 1970 Mach 1 Mustang
If you have been a BangShift reader for any stretch of time, you recognize the name Joe Grippo. Joe’s a drag race and general gearhead fiend who hits a ton of events every year, with his camera...
Event Gallery: Mud Drags Action From Texas
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: Mud Drags Action From Texas
Last weekend our intrepid Texas photo master, Charles Wickam snuck through a hole in the fence and photographed a pretty bitchin’ looking mud drag race event down near where he lives. Between...
Racing Junk Find: An Ultra Rare and Ultra Fast 1968 Plymouth GTX With Factory Hemi Power
Apr 18, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Racing Junk Find: An Ultra Rare and Ultra Fast 1968 Plymouth GTX With Factory Hemi Power
Just yesterday we took our first ride of the year in our father in law’s Plymouth GTX. That particular car sports a 440 and an automatic, unlike this machine we found for sale on Racing Junk....
Car Feature & Video Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Serpent SRT-71 Dodge Charger
Apr 15, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We featured several cars from the collection of Gary and Pam Beineke in 2009. Gary and Pam have made a name for themselves in the Mopar community by creating so-called, “what if?” cars....












