Lucky Ain’t The Word: CNG-powered Truck Explodes Next To Fuel Pumps In Iran
Dec 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
“Sometimes, it’s just not your day.” Take that as you may when you apply that statement to what this Iranian man went through while topping off his CNG-powered pickup. At first,...
What’s In The Future For Australia’s V8 Supercar Series Now That Ford Is Ending Official Involvement Next Year?
Dec 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
We’ve known for the better part of a year now that the Australian auto manufacturing front was about to undergo radical changes. Holden and Ford of Australia are closing shop, Ford has...
Watch Tomáš Enge’s Lamborghini Gallardo Go End-Over-End At Slovakia Ring
Dec 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Tomáš Enge was not having a good day at Slovakia Ring Circuit during the Blancpain GT race in August. From the start of the race he was trying to fight the pack of racers with his Reiter-built...
Random Car Review: The LaForza…It’s Part Ford, Part Italian, And More Practical Than A Pantera
Dec 07, 2014Bryan McTaggartCar Features, OTHER
It’s not everyday that I look at a picture of a car I find on the internet and sincerely have no clue as to what I’m looking at. I might have trouble with pre-1950 cars, but that’s...
Here’s The First Video Of Jet Hot’s Awesome Double Down Running And It Sounds GOOD!
Dec 06, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Our pal Brian Medford posted this video to his Facebook page. It seems that the scurvy jerk was hanging out with Bryan Fuller at his hot rod shop recently and while there the car was fired up to let...
FAIL: Watch A Rickety Truck On Massive Tires And Axles Fold Up Like A Blanket While Trying To Jump A Junker
Dec 06, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
This was certainly the most exciting thing that happened at the trailer park last week. In this video you’ll see an older Ford truck that has been propped up on massive Rockwell axles from a...
Watch Mike Knowles and Kevin Fiscus Experience About As Close A Call As You’ll Ever See In Pro Mod WITHOUT A Wreck
Dec 06, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The St. Louis NHRA races as a crazy one for Pro Mod. Peter Farber’s car smashed the wall, Rickie Smith went out early and extended the championship hopes of competitors like Von Smith and Troy...
Which One Of These Parts Store Accessories Would You Rather Have In Your Car?
Dec 06, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
Yesterday I was exchanging emails with two different friends, who made some smart ass remark about cars that were on Craigslist. The comments were about features that the vehicles we were...
This Artistic Video Highlighting Motorsports Crews Working In Different Environments Is Great – Unsung Racing Heroes
Dec 06, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
One of the things I always try to do when I am announcing a race or just hanging around racers is to acknowledge the work that the crew guys are putting in. This is true in any form of racing from...
The Hybrid You’d Actually Want: A Pulling Tractor With Twin 38.8L V-12 Turbodiesels and a 526 Hemi
Dec 06, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(By Jason Sands) – (Editor’s note: We have run some video of this massive and insanely powerful tractor in the past but this is a fresh chunk of video goodness that Jason found so...
Nostalgia Silly Season News: Ronnie Swearingen Signs On With Nelson Racing – Will Tune California Hustler In 2015
Dec 06, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Fresh off a championship effort and years of consistent success with Dan Horan Jr., noted crew chief Ronnie Swearingen has been announced as the guy turning the screws on the California Hustler...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “Meh”-worthy News Of The Week: Bond’s New Ride, Spyker Goes South And Ferrari’s Profane New Car
Dec 06, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Unhinged
Lots of good stuff this week, but plenty of detritus to wade through to find it. And as usual, at the end of the week it’s time to take a stick to the bottom of the boots. This little pile is...
A 4400 Mile 1971 Big Block Corvette, For Sale On Craigslist With An Interesting History.
Dec 06, 2014Chad ReynoldsCraigslist Find
Normally low mileage Corvettes are the kind of thing that you see sold at auction, or listed in one of those high end cars for sale magazines that we never buy but leaf through in the airport shops....
Chris Harris Breaks Down Ken Block’s “Hoonicorn” Mustang, Plus Footage Of Block Scaring The Hell Out Of Him
Dec 06, 2014Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
We know what Ken Block is all about, and we’ve all seen the tangible form of his insanity, the RTR “Hoonicorn” Mustang. Fine and fair, the thing is properly bad-ass. But what you...
