Ebay Find: A 1974 AMC Javelin That Has Survived The Decades As A Clean Cruiser
Nov 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartAMC, eBay Find
Too often we tend to get hung up on high performance, top speed, ultimate handling, the pinnacle of perfection. We strive for the ultimate thing on four wheels. Is that a good thing? Unless you have...
Watch This Guy Get Beat Up By An Automatic Car Wash – The Brush Has It In For Him
Nov 16, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
For this week’s edition of “this guy’s day sucks way worse than yours” we take you to an unnamed automatic car wash and the security camera that captures a moment in time that...
Worsham, Beckman & Johnson Jr. Will Decide The NHRA Funny Car Championship
Nov 15, 2015Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications The NHRA Funny Car World Championship is down to the wire between Del Worsham, Jack Beckman and Tommy Johnson Jr. Sunday at the...
BangShift EXCLUSIVE: We Spoke To Big Chief And Got The Extent Of His Injuries
Nov 15, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
BangShift.com reached out to Justin “Big Chief” Shearer this morning and we got the extend of his injuries from the high speed crash that totaled his famed Crow 1972 Pontiac LeMans. In...
Destroyed: “Big Chief” Justin Shearer’s 1972 Pontiac LeMans, The Crow Mangled In High Speed Wreck
Nov 15, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
(Photographer unknown at this time) Details are sketchy at this time but photos have emerged showing the 1972 LeMans of Justin Shearer, known as “Big Chief” on television’s Street...
The Money-Is-No-Object Choice: A Rally-Prepared Fiberglass 1977 Ferrari 308 GTB
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
A fun story: When I first started attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona, I was warned early on about the “rich kids and the rich kid cars” reputation by the...
Rough Start: $500 Will Net You A Decent 1991 Jeep Cherokee…If You Can Exorcise A Demonic Car Alarm
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS
We like Jeep XJs around here. They are a good, simple and honest 4×4 SUV that wasn’t about bells and whistles. They are all about utility, function and durability. They won’t win...
Ebay Find: The 1968 Chevrolet Corvette That Don Yenko Raced At The 24 Hours Of Daytona!
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, CHEVY
Don Yenko and Chevrolets that could haul the mail just go hand-in-hand. You know cars like the Super Camaros (the actual “Yenko Camaros”), the Deuce Novas, and the Stinger Corvairs and...
Pennzoil’s Drifting Yellow Hellcat Challenger Is Back And Fully WFO In The Prequel To The “Airlift Drift” Ad
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Earlier this year Pennzoil returned to our radar in a big way with their “Airlift Drift” advertisement that involved a bright yellow Dodge Challenger Hellcat being driven sideways at...
Hooking Mega Trucks Up To The Pulling Sled In Pennsylvania! Can These Tall-Tired Behemoths Work A Truck Pull?
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
The concept of mega trucks seems interesting enough: lots of power, tires taller than I am (and I’m pretty damn tall), and drivers with a “hell with it, let’s see what...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, Genesis, Karma and Conformity In A Tortilla
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
You know what staves off the kind of hangover that SEMA can leave you with? Something greasy, filling and made from only the finest cobbled-together bits of news that the Internet is excellent at...
SEMA 2015: The Rollout After-Party And SEMA Ignited! From The Parade Out To Drifting And A Cacklefest, This Is Where The Show Lets Loose!
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartSHOWS & EVENTS, Videos
The end of the main show at SEMA on Friday afternoon has fluctuated between awesome (picture a monster truck Chevy and a Lexus LF-A sitting next to each other at the intersection of Paradise Road and...
Hang In The Hot Rod Garage With Tony As He Performs An Autopsy On His Demon’s Freshly-Siezed 340!
Nov 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, TECH, Videos
A little while ago, Hot Rod Garage’s Tony Angelo got a swift kick in the kiddies when the 340 in his Dodge Demon went full-stop during a cam break-in and all but locked up. Instead of bringing...
