Unhinged: Wasps, Mustangs, And The Honey-Do List
Jul 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Project Cars
(“Unhinged” is a new column on BangShift, where McTaggart puts all of his opinions out on the table for everyone to see.) The morning of the Fifth of July, I awoke to a sugar-induced...
BangShift “Would You Rather?”-Which One Could You Live With As A Daily Driver?
Jul 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Even though I stopped hitting the bottle a few years ago like it was my last night on Earth, I can say that I enjoyed the drinking games. I’ve played pretty much all of them…A-hole, King’s Cup,...
Watch A Ratty Old Dodge Truck Completely Spit A Rear Axle Out From Under Itself During A Burnout
Jul 07, 2014Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
A lot of us joke that our junk is always on the verge of falling to pieces, but the fact is that there are a lot of cars on the road that are literally on the verge of falling to pieces. This old...
Great Gearhead History Video: Men Bet Their Lives On It – Packard Merlin Engines
Jul 07, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
If you like history, specifically history related to one of the greatest engines ever designed and built, the Rolls Royce Merlin this 20-minute film is not to be missed. While the boys at Rolls Royce...
Rough Start: Find Your Inner Adventurer In This 1978 Jeep Cherokee
Jul 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Today’s Rough Start sent me to the state of Wyoming…which, due to population density, is another state that has only one Craigslist area. And because Wyoming has almost nobody in the state, they...
Death Defying Group B Rally Footage: Even The Co-Driver Thought They Were Cooked
Jul 07, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
If this video doesn’t make you cringe at minimum or wreck your undies at maximum you’re tougher than us. The footage comes from the early 1980s, the era of the Group B rally car, machines...
Dueling Nitrous Explosion Video: A Pair Of Pro Mods Both POP Their Scoops At Norwalk
Jul 07, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When Jim Laurita and Dan Stevenson headed down the strip during qualifying at the 2014 Summit Racing NHRA Nationals last weekend, neither expected to kill their hood scoops during the lap. Funny...
Blow it Up Sunday: Pro Mod Clutch Destruction Like None Other
Jul 06, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift News, CRASH & BURN
Pro Mod cars are evil. No really. Now they run as quick, or quicker, than Alcohol Funny Cars, which is basically what engine powers the blown and injected models. It’s insane that they run that...
The Places They Raced: An Abandoned Street Racing Haven
Jul 06, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
It is a straightaway to nowhere located off a bustling secondary road in Braintree, Massachsuetts. Ironically, it is now part of a nature reservation, but for several years in the 1960s and early...
Killer Historic Drag Video: Highlights From Arizona’s Beeline Dragway Circa The Early 1970s
Jul 06, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
With the recent announcement that Arizona’s Speedworld dragway would be closing down we couldn’t help but think about another dead Arizona strip that was once a hotbed of national level...
Screaming Video: Watch A 2.3L Turbo Ford Clip Nearly 10K On The Chassis Dyno In A Drag Car!
Jul 06, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Job Spetter Jr has been tuning full tilt turbo and EFI engines for a long time. His name is very well known around drag racing circles and he’s both driven and tuned others to lot and lots of...
Burndown Video Battle: Which Is Better? WJ vs Geoffrion or Garlits vs Carbone? You Decide.
Jul 06, 2014Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION
The other day we got a submission from my dad of a great YouTube video showing Warren Johnson and Scott Geoffrion in an epic burndown on the starting line at Houston during the 1994 Slick 50...
Train Derailment In Montana Dumps Three Boeing 737 Fuselages Into River
Jul 06, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CRASH & BURN
A train derailment is always a bad-news situation. But what happens when the derailment sends whole aircraft into a rushing river? One Montana Link Rail conductor will find out shortly, after a train...
Watch A NASCAR Crew Guy Change A Tire While The Rotor Literally Bursts Into Flames – Helmet Cam View
Jul 05, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Ever since the Wood Brothers figured out decades ago that a drilled and organized crew could help them win races, NASCAR pit crews have become more and more specialized and athletic. These days, pro...
