Event Gallery: The Goodguys Blue Suede Cruise 2010, Norwalk, Ohio
Sep 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The Goodguys Blue Suede Cruise 2010, Norwalk, Ohio
The Goodguys Blue Suede Cruise is one of the biggest and coolest car show/drag races held anywhere in the country. Combine the true awesomeness of Summit Motorsports Park with a humongous crowd of...
Event Gallery: The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Hot Rod Party 2010
Sep 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Hot Rod Party 2010
The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party, held at Rich Conklin Farm in Montville, New Jersey, is the unofficial kickoff to the massive Lead East car show and ’50s party in...
Be There: The Yellow Bullet Nationals Happening This Weekend
Sep 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Be There: The Yellow Bullet Nationals Happening This Weekend
The YellowBullet Nationals are set to begin today and run through this weekend at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland. The race will feature Pro Mods, Outlaw 10.5 action, Outlaw Drag Radial,...
Caption This Photo: Cherry Bomb Glasspack Undergoes Full Technical Inspection
Sep 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption This Photo: Cherry Bomb Glasspack Undergoes Full Technical Inspection
After blowing the muffler on Goliath sky-high we sent the photos to Matt Graves over at Cherry Bomb. Being a muffler maven we thought he’d get a kick out of the carnage. He did, and then...
Extreme Wreckage Video: Sleepy Woman Drifts Jeep Into Convenience Store
Sep 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Extreme Wreckage Video: Sleepy Woman Drifts Jeep Into Convenience Store
Cars crashing into buildings make for good video. So long as no one gets hurt and the only wounds are suffered by bags of Cheetos and Funyuns we’re good with reveling in the carnage. This video...
Project Car Spotlight: A Mean, Green, 428 Powered, 1967 Fairlane Sedan
Sep 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: A Mean, Green, 428 Powered, 1967 Fairlane Sedan
BangShift forum member Stage1Scott has been wrenching on his 1967 Ford Fairlane project for some time now, and the progress has been fun to watch. Scott sold a 455 powered Buick Skylark that he had...
Killer Car: Aussie Racer Pete Kapiris’s 1958 Chrysler Saratoga Top Doorslammer
Sep 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Car: Aussie Racer Pete Kapiris’s 1958 Chrysler Saratoga Top Doorslammer
Pete Kapiris is a name that you’ve probably heard if you are a follower of doorslammer drag racing. Kapiris has been a long-time standout in the Aussie Top Doorslammer class, which are very...
Racing Junk Find: The $8500 Oldsmobile Rear End
Sep 03, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Racing Junk Find: The $8500 Oldsmobile Rear End
Just because the economy is imitating a Valu-Jet swamp landing doesn’t mean that insane prices for rare muscle parts have gone down. We found a listing on RacingJunk.com for an Oldsmobile W27...
Swiss Gov’t Study Shows Diesel Cars to be More “Green” Than Battery Powered Ones
Sep 02, 2010Brian Lohnes1
The Swedish government recently completed a study that looked at the impact that Li-Ion batteries from electric cars have on the environment. The results of the study may not be a huge surprise to...
Get There: Lead East 2010 Happens This Weekend (W/Photo Gallery)
Sep 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Get There: Lead East 2010 Happens This Weekend (W/Photo Gallery)
Lead East, the rollicking car show created by Terry Cook, and known as the “World’s Largest 50s Party,” is kicking off as you read this in Parsippany, New Jersey. The show is...
Killer Drag Video: An Interview With Nitro-Shoe Mendy Fry Circa 1987!
Sep 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Drag Video: An Interview With Nitro-Shoe Mendy Fry Circa 1987!
Mendy Fry is one of the most sought after nostalgia nitro pilots in the world today. She’s in the Nostalgia Top Fuel 250mph club, has run down into the 5.80s in a nostalgia nitro flopper, and...
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Rebuild Part 4
Sep 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Rebuild Part 4
Jeff Bradley is back with the fourth installment of how to properly rebuild at 700-R4 transmission. This is literally a blow by blow, step by step account of how to replace every part in the...
Camaro Wrests Sales Lead Back From Mustang
Sep 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Camaro Wrests Sales Lead Back From Mustang
Like a pair of heavyweight prize fighters trading blows, the Camaro and Mustang continue to fight for sales and performance supremacy here in America. According to the dudes at Camaro5.com, 6,321...
It Came From the Forums: Photo Coverage of the 2010 Frog Follies Pre-’49 Car Show
Sep 01, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on It Came From the Forums: Photo Coverage of the 2010 Frog Follies Pre-’49 Car Show
Indiana-based BangShift member Drew recently attended the Frog Follies car show in Evansville, Indiana. This event is billed as the largest pre-49 car show on Earth and draws more than 4,000 cars!...












