Classic YouTube: Ditching A B-24 Liberator In The James River, With A Crew Aboard!
Feb 27, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
More often than not, you don’t put the words “aircraft crash test” together. It’s an inevitability: if an aircraft crashes, it’s a bad day for all involved even on the...
Rough Start: Who Likes Their 1981 Chevrolet Malibu Chilled And Cheap?
Feb 27, 2018Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
“Spare vehicles”. If there was ever music to the ears of the budget-concious car shopper, it’s “spare vehicles”. When a vehicle is useful or desired, there’s...
The Original: Take A Closer Look At The 1938 Buick Y-Job, The First Concept Car
Feb 27, 2018Bryan McTaggartVideos
The amount of effort that goes into the planning and development of a new model of automobile is beyond scope for those who are not in the industry. Meetings, sketches, more sketches, design changes,...
Scott Palmer and The NHRA Top Fuel Cat Spot Team Had A Runner Up Celebration For The Ages On Sunday Night In Phoenix
Feb 27, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Scott Palmer is one of NHRA top fuel drag racing’s unlikely and awesome heroes. The guy has worked for the majority of his life to get where he is today in the sport and he’s honestly...
IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular Season Opener Delayed – Drag Strip Construction On-Going
Feb 26, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Well this is not the start that the planners of the IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular series had in mind. It has been announced that the first the of the year has been rescheduled from March 9-11 to...
Lights Out 9 Action Photo Coverage: Wrecks, Thrashes, Launches, Top End Shots, and More
Feb 26, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by Randy McCuddy) – The good news is that Andrew Johnson was OK after his 1955 Chevrolet hit the wall at Lights Out 9. The bad news is that the car was unable to return to racing but...
Watch The Horrendous John Force Jonnie Lindberg Crash From The NHRA Arizona Nationals
Feb 26, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos
The silence hung over the track like a lead curtain. You could have heard a pin drop for minutes as the NHRA Safety Safari tended to both John Force and Jonnie Lindberg after one of the scariest...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Potholes, Taxes, And Paradise!
Feb 26, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
You want weather? Got plenty of weather you can have! Between the flooding, the temperature changes, and let’s not forget the freaking tornadoes that walked around BangShift Mid-West this...
Awakening The Dead: Watch As Old Engines Are Brought Back To Life!
Feb 26, 2018Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
There is an immense joy to be had when an engine that hasn’t ran in forever kicks over and returns to life. It’s such a satisfactory accomplishment. You’ve done all of the checks to...
Going For Broken: Watch This Holden Blow Off The Supercharger At Over 10,000RPM!
Feb 26, 2018Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
A 327 Chevrolet can tolerate RPMs in the range of about 7,500 for only so long before a spinning a main bearing. That was the first lesson I ever learned about Engine Destruction 101. I didn’t...
Rough Start: 351 Cubic Inches In A 1991 Ford LTD Crown Victoria That Has Train Horns!
Feb 26, 2018Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Crown Vics come in two flavors: cop and old person. That’s the way it’s been since full-size cars fell out of favor to mid-sizers. While everyone was snapping up Fairmonts, Fox LTDs and...
Video: Courtney Force And Deric Kramer Shake Up Final Qualifying Order At NHRA Arizona Nationals
Feb 25, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight
Here you go, the final qualifying order after four sessions at the NHRA Arizona Nationals in Chandler. There are tons of heavy hitters aiming at the NHRA Titles for 2018 and records are already...
It’s Tiny But We’d Drive It! This Right Hand Drive 1979 Austin Mini 850 Is The Little Car Everyone Loves
Feb 25, 2018Chad ReynoldsApex Online Find, Apex Spotlight
There is something about a Mini that just speaks to people. I don’t know anyone that doesn’t think they are cool, even if they don’t particularly want to own one. I do want to own...
