Event Gallery: The Orange County Cruisin’ Association Labor Day Cruise 2010
Sep 07, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The Orange County Cruisin’ Association Labor Day Cruise 2010
The show and event galleries continue to stream in from our nationwide network of rogue agents. Earlier we took you to Lead East in New Jersey and now we’re headed to Orange County in sunny...
Event Gallery: Lead East 2010
Sep 07, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: Lead East 2010
Lead East continues to be one of the most fun, and full, car shows on the East Coast. Founded by Terry Cook to be a massive 1950s party, Lead East features not only cars, but events like a drive in...
Event Coverage: The Kemah, Texas, Kruise, September 2010
Sep 07, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The Kemah, Texas, Kruise, September 2010
BangShift.com’s unrelenting barrage of show coverage continues with this dispatch from Charles Wickam, our Texas, based photos contributor. He once again hit up the Kemah Kruise in Kemah,...
Event Coverage: The 2010 Symco Shakedown, With Fire!
Sep 07, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The 2010 Symco Shakedown, With Fire!
After seeing event coverage from both coasts, BangShift reader Shane Hansen sent us a load of 400 photos from the 2010 Symco Shakedown that happened back in August. The event is a traditional hot rod...
Updated Event Coverage: 2010 Goodguys Midwestern Nationals at Kansas Speedway
Sep 05, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Updated Event Coverage: 2010 Goodguys Midwestern Nationals at Kansas Speedway
The 2010 Good Guys Midwestern Nationals at Kansas Speedway is in full swing this weekend, and we’re going to be here all weekend snapping pictures. The Friday crowds were great, and we had...
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...












