Inexperienced, Undereducated Truck Driver Destroys Indiana Bridge Built In 1880
Dec 28, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Truck News
(Photos and statement by Orange County Indiana Law Enforcement) – When engineers designed the iron bridge in Paoli they tried to account for lots of things. Unfortuantely they could not...
THE Original Goodguy Is Gone: Gary Meadors, Goodguys Founder, Has Passed.
Dec 27, 2015Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Gary Meadors, the Founder and Chairman of Goodguys Rod and Custom Association died suddenly today. When I got the news this afternoon I found myself...
Best of BangShift: This Incredible Boat Is Powered By A Supercharged Allison V1710 Aircraft Engine
Dec 27, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
No one does over the top excess like serious boaters and boat builders. Over the years we have posted about some boats here at BangShift but this thing is absolutely in a class by itself and likely...
Best Of BangShift 2015: What To Do With A 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara During The Winter From Hell
Dec 27, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Truck Feature
(Photos and snow to the face by Dave Nutting) – I’m by no means an overly intelligent guy but when the chance to nab the keys to a 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara presented...
Plant Tour: A Visit To FK Rod Ends And Fragola Performance Systems – Making Components In The USA The Right Way
Dec 27, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Spotlight, BangShift 1320
Sometimes even the best laid plans take a while to play out and because of Ma Nature’s open assault on the New England area this winter, it took way too long for me to make the couple hour...
Best Of BS 2015: Watch This Lame Looking Eagle Summit Hand A Mustang And A Supra Their Lunch At The Drag Strip
Dec 27, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When I first started announcing drag racing half a lifetime ago, I was the test and tune night guy. Frankly, there are days that I long for that job again because everyone completely underestimates...
Best of BS 2015: Bob Glidden’s Rollcage-Breaking Thunderbird Barrel Roll At Atlanta in 1986
Dec 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN
Crashing a Pro Stock car hard enough to blow the body off of the chassis would seem to be the point where a long hospital stay would be required, right? Especially when the crash involves the track...
Watch Two Russians Slug It Out As One Of Their Vehicles Makes A Run For It With No One Inside
Dec 27, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
It takes a pretty amazing level of dedication and anger management issues to get so pissed off at someone walking in front of your car that you scream at them, draw them to your vehicle and then...
Legendary Drag Racer Jim “Superman” Nicoll Has Died – Survived Horrendous 1970 US Nationals Top Fuel Wreck
Dec 26, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
(Photos credit: NHRA/NationalDragster.com) – One of the most colorful characters in drag racing’s brilliant past has died. Jim “Superman” Nicoll who was the 1970 Drag News...
Watch a Finnish Pulling Tractor Blow A Dyno’s Water Brake Apart During a Pull!
Dec 26, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Chalk this on up to the, “never seen that one before” file. This video shows some guys in Finland running their big honkin’ pulling tractor on a dyno. We assume that they’re...
Best Of BS 2015: Kenny Reece’s “3-to-1” 427-powered Supermodified
Dec 26, 2015Bryan McTaggartCar Features, OTHER
In the quest for racing supremacy, creative engineering becomes the tool of the imaginative and certain cars push (and sometimes, exceed) the boundaries of the established rules. You know several...
Best of BS 2015: “Miscalculation” Is A Fun Short Film That Shows OUSCI Competitors Overshooting The Stop Box At The Speed Stop Challenge
Dec 26, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
(By Scott Parker) – The speed stop portion of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational is a devilishly simple looking thing but it is very, very hard to win. The point of the exercise is to...
Christmas Boggers Baby! This 1972 Blazer Has One Ton Gear, A Big Block, And Boggers. Perfection.
Dec 26, 2015Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find
Dear Santa, I know it’s hard to carry this in your sleigh, so I know it might need to show up late. I’m okay with that. See I really really need a Blazer like this. It has one ton running...
Best Of BS 2015: We’d Ask For The Dashcam Footage From This Truck Vs. Giant Sawblade Accident, But All We’d Hear Is Screaming
Dec 26, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CRASH & BURN
It’s not photoshop. That is a big-ass saw blade jammed two feet deep into the nose of a JMC truck in China. Just when you thought Russia had the market cornered on strange automobile accidents,...
