Sleeper Footage: A Trabant Versus A Nissan GT-R – Which Will Win, The Angry Vacuum Cleaner Or The Beer Can With Headlights?
Feb 22, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
In stock form a Trabant’s two-cycle engine would struggle to power one of the Nissan GT-R’s turbos, so just what exactly is going on here? A lesson in humility, my friends. Look at the...
Indy World of Wheels Photo Coverage – A Great Photo Tour Of The Gearhead Get Together In Indianapolis
Feb 22, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – The indoor car show season is roaring around the USA and we have photo dispatches from a bunch of our contributors that we’ll be sharing from recent events...
UPDATED: Kurt Busch Suspended Indefinitely From NASCAR – Has Lost First Appeal
Feb 21, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
It’s official: NASCAR has decided to suspend driver Kurt Busch after the Kent County, Delaware family court granted his ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll, a restraining order. The news comes...
The 8,000+ Club – A Compilation Of Awesome High RPM Dyno Pulls – Small Displacement Wailing! (Video)
Feb 21, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Here’s some cool dyno video from the guys at Savannah Race Engineering. These fellows run a well regarded engine shop that builds everything from Can Am big blocks to 98ci Cosworth four...
Watch This Mighty Oshkosh Truck Dig In And Lumber Through A Wall Of Snow Like A Mechanical Ox
Feb 21, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Oshkosh trucks are heavy duty pieces that have been serving in municipal, military, and other hardcore roles for decades. They aren’t built for style and they aren’t built for tricky...
This 1960s Ad For The Remco Mr Kelly’s Automatic Car Wash Is A Look Back At A Cool Toy
Feb 21, 2015Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Not to sound like an old man here, but toys like this were the things I LIVED for as a kid. Yes, I was about 20 years behind this one but even into the 1980s there was plenty of neat “hands...
Question Of The Day: What Car Should Get The Ute Treatment?
Feb 21, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
While digging through the visual nightmare that the “Automotive Hackery” thread in the forums has become, one beacon of light shone out to heal our scarred eyes: this late C4 Corvette...
More Photo Coverage From The 2015 Motorsports And Race Car Trade Show – Sprint Cars, Jet Cars, Stock Cars, Funny Cars
Feb 21, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Earlier this week we showed you some great photos from the 2015 Motorsports and Race Car Trade Show which celebrated its 30th year in 2015. Held outside of...
What Do You Do When Your Subaru Impreza Rally Car Slides Back-End-First Into A Pole? Continue On! [VIDEO]
Feb 21, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, Videos
You see that flash of orange and black in the swirling snow in the picture above? That’s Leo Urlichich driving, and Carl Williamson sitting beside him along for the ride during the 2012 Rally...
Raidillon Corner At Spa Is A Car-Eater. Don’t Believe Us? Check Out These Vids…
Feb 21, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
When it comes to Belgium’s Spa Francorchamps race course, most of the fame is on the corner known as “Eau Rouge”. This is misleading, because it’s a combination of two...
More Vintage 1980s Monster Truck Action From Montgomery, Alabama – These Trucks Were Too Cool!
Feb 21, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the second group of photos that Doug Gregory sent us from a monster truck event he attended in Montgomery, Alabama in 1989 and these are as good and maybe...
Australian Burnout: “UIDIOT”, A Chevrolet-Powered Ford Cortina, Lets Loose At Brashernats
Feb 21, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FORD
As most of us continue to freeze our bits off here in the Northern Hemisphere, in Australia they are still enjoying their summer. And of course, that means that we get more and more gratuitous...
Edelbrock Announces 60th Anniversary Small-Block Sweepstakes – Win A Supercharged Enforcer Chevy Small Block!
Feb 21, 2015Brian LohnesSponsor News
Sixty years ago Chevrolet introduced a lightweight, powerful, compact V8 engine that measured out to 265ci and it changed everything. From hot rodding to OEM vehicles, the small block Chevrolet left...
Snow And Ice Removal 101: One Russian, One Mopar And One Hellacious Sound System Combine To Do All Of The Work When The Beat Drops
Feb 21, 2015Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
It took a pretty long time, but someone finally found a use for that annoying “Turn Down For What?” song. The Russian owner of this Chrysler 300 Touring (read: Dodge Magnum with a...
