The Escargot: Taking A Big, Yellow Truck And Making It A Dream Car Hauler-Slash-RV
Aug 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Between Chad’s obsession with strange and unique recreational vehicles and my desire for a “mobile command unit” that would function as a mobile hot spot, camera perch and bed on...
Mid-West Pro Mods Will Have A Sixteen-Car Pro Mod Shootout At The
Aug 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Keith Haney was a man full of interesting news during the Summer Speed Spectacular event at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis. He had plenty to say while he was there, for sure, but the...
Morning Symphony: The Badass Brat – Proof That Anything Can Be A Racecar!
Aug 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
We’ll start with a correction: officially, the car you are looking at is a Subaru Brumby. The difference between a Brumby and the Subaru BRAT? None, whatsoever, outside of the placement of the...
The Fiero Revival: Getting The Interior Gleaming After Years Of Being Grimy
Aug 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
It’s been a while since we last heard about Ronnie Finger’s 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 revival program. He had dredged the mid-engined wonder from it’s resting place, had managed to...
Unending Craziness: Bob Tasca’s Monstrous Body Destroying Explosion At Seattle
Aug 06, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Unending Craziness: Bob Tasca’s Monstrous Body Destroying Explosion At Seattle
The 2019 Magic Dry NHRA Northwest Nationals will go down as one of the most insane, off-the-wall events that the sport has ever seen. The way it ended was one thing. They way it played out through...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Part Of The Pre-Interstate Era Do You Miss The Most?
Aug 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart8
The original intent of getting away from I-24 on my way back from St. Louis was to find food. I hadn’t eaten much of anything all day Saturday and I had only grabbed something that was supposed...
The Salt Beds Of Salduro: Chapter Four: “Big Bill” Rishel, William Randolph Hearst, the Lincoln Highway and a place named Salduro
Aug 06, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on The Salt Beds Of Salduro: Chapter Four: “Big Bill” Rishel, William Randolph Hearst, the Lincoln Highway and a place named Salduro
(By Bret Kepner SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – Born in Pennsylvania, William D. “Big Bill” Rishel became one of the west’s top bicycle racers...
Project Raven: Back Into The Engine We Go – Why Did The Imperial Die?
Aug 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
For a few weeks, I’ve sat, grinding my teeth every time I looked at the Imperial. I couldn’t speak anything about it without dropping F-bombs left, right and center. I didn’t want...
Watch NHRA Top Fuel Harley Rider Beau Layne Suffer A Horrendous Wreck and Walk Away
Aug 06, 2019Brian Lohnes2
Beau Layne is one of the most seasoned, talented, and hardcore racers in the NHRA’s Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley-Davidson motorcycle class. His 2019 season is the best he has ever had with...
Watch John Force Race To His 150th Career NHRA National Event Win – The Greatest Career Of All Time
Aug 05, 2019Brian Lohnes11
There are moments in time that the sport of drag racing can deliver which transcend the sport. John Force collecting his 150th career victory on the same day that his young teammate Austin Prock...
RideTech’s New Coil Over System For C1500 Trucks Is Awesome – Transform Your GMT400 Rig At Home!
Aug 05, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on RideTech’s New Coil Over System For C1500 Trucks Is Awesome – Transform Your GMT400 Rig At Home!
RideTech’s hallmark has always been recognizing an emerging market and introducing great parts that can be installed by the home wrenching enthusiast to make their vehicles better. The GMT400...
Beautiful Monster: This Specially Built 1976 Porsche 935 Has A Factory Built 806hp Twin Turbo Engine
Aug 02, 2019Brian Lohnes2
Now this right here is a beast. Everything about this car is awesome to us. From the fact that it was built in Cologne back in the 1970s by the likes of DP Racing and Kremer Racing, the fact that it...
Ten Dollars Per Horsepower: Dodge Unveils Their “Power Dollars” Sales Campaign
Aug 02, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
In the face of the changing face of what the automobile should be and the nearing vision of vehicles as nothing more than electric pods that simply work as electronic taxis that do the work for you,...
Larger Than Life: Documentary Style Podcast About Big Willie Robinson – Where To Listen!
Aug 02, 2019Brian Lohnes8
Update: If you have not been listening to this podcast you are missing an incredible documentation of drag racing history. Yes, it is street racing history but do not forget about the track that...