Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports Park
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports Park
Our Texas based photo correspondent Charles Wickam has been a busy dude. Recently he went and took a shop tour at the School of Automotive Machinists and he also attended the drags at Houston...
American Thunder Video: A 1964 Fairlane 500 Hauls Ass on the ‘Ring
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on American Thunder Video: A 1964 Fairlane 500 Hauls Ass on the ‘Ring
This is some of the greatest footage we’ve ever seen. This is video of a (modern) Holman Moody built 1964 Fairlane 500 being raced in Germany on the famed Nurburgring. It is in some sort of...
Resto of NASCAR 1965 Impala Proceeds at Amazing Pace
Aug 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Resto of NASCAR 1965 Impala Proceeds at Amazing Pace
We admire guys who take on a project and then really get after it. They have the car blown apart within a week and progress gets made on a day to day basis. That’s a skill set we haven’t...
The Top 11: Best Foreign Cars to Swap Domestic V8 Grunt Into
Aug 04, 2010Brian Lohnes1
The AC Ace would probably be little more than another entry on a list of obscure British cars if it hadn’t been for Carroll Shelby’s decision to buy them in bulk and stuff Ford motors...
Caption This Photo: Charles Sleeping on the Job Again
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption This Photo: Charles Sleeping on the Job Again
A few weeks back we showed you a photo of our photo contributor Charles Wickam sleeping on the wall at Bowling Green’s Beech Bend Raceway. What we failed to tell you was that there was another...
New Parts: FAST LSXr 102MM Intake Manifold For LS3 Engines
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on New Parts: FAST LSXr 102MM Intake Manifold For LS3 Engines
Got yourself a rectangle port LS3-style motor? Looking for a hot intake manifold to boost your power? FAST has just released the right thing for you. Their new LSXr 102mm intake manifold has proven...
Old School Carnage: Killer World-Wide Footage From the 1980’s
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Old School Carnage: Killer World-Wide Footage From the 1980’s
The 1980s were filled with lots of great racing. They were also filled with lots of great wrecking as this video shows. Taking footage from all over the world, you’ll see everything from NASCAR...
Barnstormin’: Thoughts During a Short Ride Home From the Land Speed Races in Loring, Maine
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: Thoughts During a Short Ride Home From the Land Speed Races in Loring, Maine
Sure the ride was eight hours, but in comparison to the vast majority of competitors at the 2010 LTA Meet at the former Loring Air Force Base, my trip home was weak sauce. Many are literally still...
RacingJunk Find: A Cool LSR 1927 Ford Rear-Engine Roadster
Aug 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on RacingJunk Find: A Cool LSR 1927 Ford Rear-Engine Roadster
After spending one of the better weekends of our gearhead life at Loring, Maine last weekend in the thick of the LSR action, we’re stuck on the idea of having a car to screw around with in the...
Video: More Mooneyes Summer 2010, With Cacklefest
Aug 02, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: More Mooneyes Summer 2010, With Cacklefest
We had a great time at the Mooneyes Summer 2010 show and brought you photos and video of the car show, cacklefest and drag racing action, but here is more! You’ll find cool customs, hot rods,...
Loring Timing Association 2010 Meet — Sunday
Aug 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Loring Timing Association 2010 Meet — Sunday
It’s all over. The 2010 Loring Timing Association’s 2010 LSR meet is in the books. New members of the 200mph club were announced, and the final passes were made. We’d love to give...
Taxi Cab Drama: Crown Vics out, Electrics or Hybrids in?
Aug 02, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Taxi Cab Drama: Crown Vics out, Electrics or Hybrids in?
Yellow Crown Victorias are as important to New York City culture as street corner hot dogs, thin crust pizza, and the Statue of Liberty. Good thing Ford doesn’t have anything to do with the...
Project Car Spotlight: One Dirty Malibu Wagon
Aug 02, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: One Dirty Malibu Wagon
It’s no secret that, here at BangShift.com, we like wagons and getting dirty. Which means it’s only natural for us to do a Project Car Spotlight on DirtyWhiteBoy’s cool Malibu wagon...
Event Coverage: The Loring Timing Association 2010 LSR Meet — Saturday
Aug 01, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The Loring Timing Association 2010 LSR Meet — Saturday
The 2010 Loring Timing Association meet is in full swing with records falling and big speed numbers hitting the airwaves. There has been some carnage as well with several racers lunching motors and...












