Project Angry Grandpa: Will Coils And A Tuner Finally Shove Grandpa Into The 13-Second Range?
Jul 18, 2016Bryan McTaggartAngry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift Projects, Project Cars
If you’ll recall from the last time Angry Grandpa (our 2006 Chrysler 300C) was on the quarter-mile at Beech Bend Raceway Park, we had been fighting throughout all of ChallengerFest 7 trying to...
There can never be enough McLaren Can-Am videos, so here’s another great one from Australia
Jul 18, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
Bruce McLaren’s legacy is pretty well-cemented by now. The late New Zealand-born race driver and designer has his name now on an iconic road and race car (the F1) and his name has continued to...
Rough Start: Build Your Own Hero Car With This 1969 AMC Rebel SST
Jul 18, 2016Bryan McTaggartAMC, Craigslist Find
For today’s Rough Start, I want to put a visual into your mind. Picture every “badass in black” on-screen muscle car you’ve ever known. Think of the GTO from The Punisher, the...
Ride With Todd Paton As He Resets The Lancaster Dragway Speed Records In His Top Fueler
Jul 18, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Todd Paton’s name is no stranger to the electronic pages of BangShift. We have seen Todd through his work at Racepak, through the piloting of funny cars, and most notably though the driving he...
The ETL Overland 5.7 LMTV RV: Camp Out Wherever You Feel Like Parking For The Night!
Jul 18, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, Videos, XL Videos
I’ve made no bones about my love for the LMTV series of military vehicles…after all, for years, they were what I relied on while I was serving. They might look tall and awkward, but trust...
Nitro Anglia: Watch The Lil’ Bit 1948 Anglia Throw Fire And Then Shimmy Like Crazy
Jul 18, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When is a gasser not a gasser? That would be when it runs on nitromethane! Oklahoma’s Tod Barker has a 1948 Anglia that casual drag racing fans would look at and call a gasser. They...
Getting It Done In The SUV – This 1,500 Horsepower Jeep Is Still Testing!
Jul 18, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MOPAR, TRUCKS
Jeep Grand Cherokees aren’t aerodynamic. Not even close. You could literally shove the broadside of a barn out of the back of a cargo plane and let it plummet to earth, and that would stand a...
Watch Tim Savell’s Horrifying No Prep Wreck From Kennedale, Texas – Amazingly He’s OK
Jul 18, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Up until the other day, Tim Savell was having one hell of a year. His daughter had recently graduated from high school, he and the Bankston racing team are leading the NMCA pro mod points, and the...
Hope You Like Green: This 1969 Chevrolet Caprice 427 Checks All Of The Right Boxes!
Jul 18, 2016Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find
Simple math: Pretty much any Chevrolet product that originally came with a 427ci big-block V8 equals stupid money. Camaro, Corvette, Nova…pretty much doesn’t matter, you’re gonna...
Watch Jay Cox Suffer A Big Wreck At The PDRA North/South Shootout – He’s OK, Car Is Not
Jul 18, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
If you follow the world of door slammer drag racing you know that some of the most colorful personalities in the sport pilot those cars. Two of them are “Stevie Fast” Jackson and Jay Cox....
Sunday Eliminations Begin At IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals Edmonton!
Jul 17, 2016Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Big Bob Snyder – Words courtesy of IHRA Communications) With just two points races remaining in the 2016 IHRA Drag Racing season, Jason Rupert increased his points lead with...
EPIC Engine Failure Video: Blowing Up A GM 216 Straight Six For Fun. Throws Rods, Catches Fire!
Jul 17, 2016Chad ReynoldsCRASH & BURN
This video is so epically bad ass that we watched it multiple times, and so will you. It’s awesome. The little GM Straight Six was running at wide open for several minutes before the video...
eBay Find: One Of The Wildest Custom Chevrolet Pickups We’ve Ever Seen!
Jul 17, 2016Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find, TRUCKS
The word “custom” gets thrown around a lot in the automotive word, but make no mistake, there is no question that the term applies when used to describe this 1975 Chevrolet truck. No, we...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, It’s About Zombie Cars And Crappy Roads!
Jul 17, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The fun that was Rocky Mountain Race Week is over. The awards were handed out and the cars and drivers are heading back home. It’s been a lot of fun tracking the amount of shattered parts and...
