Great Read: Ohio Man Reunited with Mopar Factory Racer He Bought New
Oct 20, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Read: Ohio Man Reunited with Mopar Factory Racer He Bought New
Man this is cool! Harmon Friend walked into a Dodge dealer in 1965, threw down $4,600, and drove off with a genuine factory killer. It was a Hemi-powered lightweight Coronet. Ma Mopar built just over...
Book Review: Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman by Matt Stone and Preston Lerner
Oct 20, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman by Matt Stone and Preston Lerner
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman by Matt Stone and Preston Lerner is the latest in a very strong line of releases from Motorbooks. This book chronicles Newman’s career as a hard running...
HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF THE 2009 CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION
Oct 19, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF THE 2009 CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION
BangShift.com’s live streaming video of the 18th California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Auto Club of Southern California and held at Auto Club Famoso Raceway is finally over after a very...
Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Sunday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, With ‘Chutes!
Oct 19, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Sunday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, With ‘Chutes!
The last day went out with a bang at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. It was an amazing weekend of nostalgia drag racing with a great car...
Photo Gallery: Even More Drag Action from Saturday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Even More Drag Action from Saturday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
On Saturday night after the Cackle Fest at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion, the BangShift.com crew was so wrecked from producing the live feed all day that we did not upload all of our photos. We...
Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Saturday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Saturday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Today was major Funny Car day at the 18th California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Auto Club of Southern California. They had 30 floppers in the show, plus a huge pack of Gassers, Altereds, Top...
Photo Gallery: Giant Cackle Fest at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Giant Cackle Fest at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
A couple years ago if you told us that people would fill the grandstands just to see a dragsters fire up and idle, we’d have called BS. We would have been way wrong. The Cackle Fest events,...
Photo Gallery: Saturday Car Show and Pits at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Saturday Car Show and Pits at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Saturday at the Hot Rod Reunion is the big day, with more show cars, more action in the pits, and more spectators than any other day. On Friday we covered most of the show cars, but there were so...
Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Drag Racing Action from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Nostalgia car shows are great and everything, but one of the best things about the California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Auto Club of Southern California, is that dudes are out there actually...
Photo Gallery: 200 Pics of the Car Show Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: 200 Pics of the Car Show Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
It’s not just that the California Hot Rod Reunion has awesome nostalgia drag racing. The event also has a huge car show held in The Grove, the area just behind the grandstands at Auto Club...
Photo Gallery: Historic Drag Cars from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Historic Drag Cars from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
BangShift.com will be on site all weekend long to bring you coverage of the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. We had live streaming video all...
Photo Gallery: Action in the Pits from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: Action in the Pits from Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
While Auto Club Famoso Raceway has lots of action on the quarter mile, it’s also famous for a great time in the pits, especially during events like the California Hot Rod Reunion. Perhaps...
Photo Gallery: The Swap Meet on Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Gallery: The Swap Meet on Friday at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion
If we had any money we would have been really dangerous at the swap meet held at the top end of the drag strip at the 2009 California Hot Rod Reunion. I got a set of old license plates last year, but...
Photo Tour: Inside the NHRA Motorsports Museum
Oct 15, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Photo Tour: Inside the NHRA Motorsports Museum
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum produces the California Hot Rod Reunion vintage drag race event that BangShift.com will be covering with live video the weekend of October 16-18, 2009, so the...












