Question Of The Day: What Car Would You Consider To Be The Ultimate Classic?
Sep 04, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, Videos
The dreaded question: what is the best of the best? The “one”? We can’t make our minds up on our own personal favorite car, let alone to pick one automobile that would be the...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Roasted Twinkies And A Nuclear Hot Hatch!
Sep 04, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Has summer already gotten away from us? The temperatures are still nice and pleasant, but I could swear that I smelled burning leaves on the wind and…oh, no. No, no, no. There’s a leaf on...
NSRA Streetkhana! This Ain’t About Power Parking – Corner Burning, Cone Killing Action
Sep 03, 2016Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – NSRA brings back its own version of autocrossing to select events. I can’t recall the last time NSRA had autox at its events, but it has been at least...
How Not to Endurance Race: This Driver Somehow Avoids a Crazy First-Lap Crash in a 24-Hour Race
Sep 03, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
The annual 24-hour race at the Nurburgring might just be the most grueling and daunting motor race. The massive track winds through the Eiffel Mountains in Germany and when it gets dark around the...
Pink Floyd Drummer’s Daughter Races a Pink Vintage Austin Named Floyd
Sep 03, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is well-known for his automotive enthusiasm. The rock star owns an impressive collection of priceless cars and even race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times during his...
Tough Video: Watch Bucky Hess Suffer A Crash In The Amazing Kandy Kuda Super Stock Hemi Car
Sep 03, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The 2016 NHRA Chevrolet Performance US Nationals have already provided some amazing and fun to watch action in the form of wheelies, track records, and header flames for days, but there was one...
Watch Big Chief’s Press Conference And The First NHRA Pro Mod Competition Run For The Crow Mod
Sep 03, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It was a big day for the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod series on Friday at the 2016 NHRA Chevrolet Performance US Nationals. The category had the single gnarliest qualifying session in its history and...
Morning Symphony: An R33 Nissan Skyline Tearing Around A Mountain Pass
Sep 03, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Blame Gran Turismo for my fascination with this car. The Nissan Skyline is the ultimate “forbidden fruit” car from Japan for me, and it’s all due to that damn game. It was the car...
Cruising Through Fall In Style! This 1975 Pontiac Grand Ville Droptop Is The Perfect Way To Enjoy Autumn!
Sep 03, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, eBay Find
If you believed the naysayers back in 1975, cars like this Pontiac Grand Ville convertible were about to be relegated to the history books. It was too big, especially after the first Arab oil embargo...
Question Of The Day: What Kind Of School Bus Did You Ride As A Kid?
Sep 03, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Now that school is in session, Bowling Green is filled to the brim with school busses ferrying kids across town and cops monitoring school zones. Since I live far enough away from the city that...
Miata Karts? These MX-5 Owners Go For The Gold When It Comes To Modifying Mazda’s Little Roadster!
Sep 03, 2016Bryan McTaggartOTHER
(Photos: via Miata Karts of ‘Murica) Ever since it’s 1989 introduction, Mazda’s MX-5 Miata roadster has done nothing but earn praise for it’s handling characteristics. Call it...
This Seven-Year-Old Can Wheel A Turbocharged RZR Up A Slick Hillclimb Just Fine!
Sep 03, 2016Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
I watch the rock bouncers and hill climbers with admiration. To some, it might appear that the only reason these guys go out and hit some of the most wicked locations in the country is simply to...
Cruise Coverage: Filling The Streets Of Paris, Kentucky With Everything From Muscle To Fire Trucks!
Sep 02, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Little history. Kentucky was once part of the commonwealth of Virginia. One of the counties was ‘Bourbon’ county which encompassed nearly the...
This 1968 Mustang Is Pro Touring Cool, With A Nod Toward California Special Greatness
Sep 02, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Online Find, Apex Spotlight
According to the seller this car is a real J-code 1968 Mustang, but it doesn’t say whether it really came as a California Special or not. We like California Specials, and my favorite body style...
