Gold Standard Video: Peugeot’s “Climb Dance”, With Ari Vatanen On Pikes Peak
Jan 23, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
It is five minutes of driving perfection, pure and simple. Finnish rally racing master Ari Vatanen manhandled a Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 GR rally car up Pikes Peak in in 1988 to set a new record, and...
Barnstormin’: When Hating Something Please Pick A Clear Direction
Jan 23, 2015Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
In recent days, the drag racing world has been freaking out about a few things and they all involve John Force. The first thing was the announcement that Force would be racing Chevrolet...
Blog War: A Return To Conventional Warfare With A Late-Model Diesel Ram Flatbed – Cummins, Manual Transmission And All
Jan 23, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Online Find
So we went way off of the deep end in the dually war…way off the deep end. That wasn’t the initial plan. To me, a good dually pickup represents my ideal of a truck: something that can...
Tech Tips: AFCO’s Drag Race Shock Tuning Guide Provides The Basic Road Map To Making Your Car Hook And Book
Jan 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drivetrain Tech, 1320 Tech Story, BangShift 1320
Adjustable shocks are a drag racer’s best friend but they are also a device that can get gets spun out pretty hard without a plan or some basic ideas on how to properly use them. See, anyone...
Jeff Gordon Will Stop Driving Full-Time In NASCAR After 2015
Jan 23, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
Jeff Gordon has announced that the 2015 NASCAR season will be his last as a full-time competitive driver. The Hendrick Motorsports driver, who started driving Cup in 1992, had been weighing leaving...
Urban Hillbilly’s 2014 Thrills and Spills Highlight Reel Is Completely Nuts – Non-Stop Crazy!
Jan 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
One of the best things that happened in drag racing for the 2014 season was the return of Sean “Right Place At The Right Time” Melton’s return to shooting all kinds of drag racing...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: The New Mitsubishi SUV, The New Big Caddy, And Your New Mustache Ride!
Jan 23, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, MOPAR, OTHER
Another week, another weak set of stories that came down the pipes in the vain hopes that someone would take the time to read them. Do they appeal to somebody? Maybe, but as far as we’re...
Blog War: This 1974 Dodge Power Wagon Custom 300 Dually Is The Knock Out Blow (Again)
Jan 23, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
Fridays are pretty fun around here. It is the end of the work week and it is also the day that I once again puncture Bryan McTaggart’s blog war balloon with a sweet find that makes his look...
Everybody’s A Comedian: Bid Now On This Genuine 1969 Camaro Gas Tank On Ebay!
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, FUNNY STUFF
The spoof ad. We’ve seen these on Craigslist before, where someone with comedy chops puts an absolute crap-can of a car up for sale with a killer writeup to go along with it. This particular...
Greek Truck Driver Lucky To Be Alive After Container Falls On His Truck [VIDEO]
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Online Find, XL Videos
The driver of the yellow-and-green semi tractor should consider himself extremely lucky after surviving this accident on January 15, 2015. While moving containers around the Perama Container Terminal...
Gratuitous Burnout: This 660HP 1969 Super Bee Is Just The Thing For Your Thursday
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, RACING & ACTION, Videos
We don’t know what is powering this 1969 Dodge Super Bee, and frankly, we really don’t care. Whatever lives underneath that hood has more than enough entertainment potential to satisfy...
A Man And His 1968 Camaro, And How The Car Is The Important Link In His Life Story
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggartCar Features, CHEVY
Each and every one of us behind the scenes, as well as most of you reading this, have a story that involves a car and how it changed some facet of your life. For some, it’s the one car that...
Blog War: This Ford C-750 Cab-Over Custom Is A Direct Shot – Better Duck, Lohnes!
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Online Find
Does it seem like this particular blog war is…well…not so much a war? It’s kind of hard to go to battle over Tonka trucks, because if you’re reading this site and you...
Rust In Peace: A Collection Of RHD American Cars Found Near Cape Town, South Africa
Jan 22, 2015Bryan McTaggartCAR FEATURES, Videos
Bryan Thompson is an automotive designer and Hemmings contributor who recently spent some time in South Africa. While tooling around shortly before having to catch a flight, he stumbled upon what...
