Big Luxurious Bomber: This Twin-Turbocharged HSV Grange Is Beastly!
Sep 28, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The HSV Grange is a wicked-up Holden Caprice. Think of it like a Chrysler SRT-8, or a BMW M5: the power is part of the equation, at least equally with the luxury, in a large car. It’s not an...
Get a Close Look at This 200 MPH Volkswagen-Powered Lakester
Sep 28, 2016Eric Rood1320 Cars Without Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Most people don’t put “Volkswagen Jetta” and “200 mph” in the same pattern of thoughts, but Bonneville has a way of mashing together two unlikely things. We should say, of course, that Dan...
Big Cam Cummins And Enough Attitude For Everybody: This Hot Rodded Peterbilt Is Bitchin’!
Sep 28, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, Videos, XL Videos
Where do old semi tractors go when they die? If they are lucky, they get handed down through a series of owners before unceremoniously winding up at the back of a field somewhere as the old truck...
Chris Harris Loves the Viper ACR and You Should, Too
Sep 28, 2016Eric RoodApex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
“The man from America I met said, ‘You can’t slide that car,’” Chris Harris quips before tossing the bright blue Dodge Viper ACR sideways on the Top Gear test track. I’m about 99 percent...
The One Man Railroad – A Look Back At The Tiny, Long Running Illinois Midland Line
Sep 27, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Truck News
(By Greg Rourke) – Shortline railroads are a necessary part of moving goods across our great land. Before highways the big railroads built branches and sidings to virtually any business that...
Race Of Gentlemen East 2016 – History Once Again Rumbles To Life On The Jersey Shore
Sep 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Anthony Festa) – On June 4th and 5th, racing came back once again to the shores of Wildwood, NJ. Brought to you by the Oilers CC and Stultz & Green, The Race of...
Hot Rod Drag Week 2016 Photos: Images From A Fun and Fast Day At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park
Sep 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – It was great to look down from the announcing booth at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park and see pals Mike Brooks and Jose Ferrer shooting photos and enjoying...
Question Of The Day: Dodge Charger Ute…Would You Own One?
Sep 27, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Smyth Performance has one mission, it seems: take ordinary, everyday cars and convert them into utes. Not cars that could have been utes, like a Pontiac G8, for instance, but cars that were never...
Awesome Home Movie: How Pro Line Racing Engines Air Mailed A Short Block Between Rounds Last Weekend!
Sep 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
There are thrash stories and then there are THRASH stories and this one certainly falls under the latter. During last weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, the J&A Service Pro Mod...
This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Is Urging You To Leave Your Mark Wherever You Go…Tough Car!
Sep 27, 2016Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find
Hello. This is your conscience. You know, that annoying little guy in white, sitting on your shoulder, with the glowing ring above his head, keeping your hide out of jail, safe with the wife, and in...
Caption This: This 1975 Plymouth Road Runner Should’ve Stayed In The Southwest!
Sep 27, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, eBay Find, MOPAR
Every time I surf eBay, whether it be for work or self-torment to kill time looking for a car I don’t need, I look for one body style of car in particular: the 1975-1978 “Coronet”...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: The Demolished Pony, Test Mules Still Get Tickets, And More!
Sep 27, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Yeah, we’re a little bit late serving up your rehashed news leftovers, but if they held out this long, what’s another day, really? Just dash on some of the spicy, roast lightly, and...
Morning Symphony: This 1972 Steinmetz-Opel GT Group 4 Racer Tearing Up A Hillclimb Is Awesome!
Sep 27, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
You know what an Opel GT is, but take note of the name “Steinmetz”. Klaus Steinmetz, a former BMW team manager, was known for taking the 3/4 scale Stingray and boosting the power...
Do Want: Perhaps The Only Thing Potentially Cooler Than An Old Dually Is An Old Crew Cab – 1975 Ford F250
Sep 27, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
Old dually trucks, whether they are factory built or they are modified strike us as very cool but there’s another style of truck that hits us right between the eyes as well and that’s the...
