Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Electric Truck, Hipster Toast and More!
Jan 12, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
New year, same old dish. As everything outside of BangShift Mid-West gets coated in a nice, shiny layer of ice, we went through some of the news snippets that didn’t quite past the muster on...
Behind The Ropes Part 7: The Final – Do The Guys Pull Off The Impossible?
Jan 11, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Well here we are. This is Behind The Ropes Part 7: The Final. When the weekend began this was a team that was literally making check out passes to make sure their car was not going to fall apart...
Video: The Story Of Stevie Fast Jackson As Told By Stevie Fast Jackson (Part 1)
Jan 11, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
If there is one man that dominated headlines across the sport of drag racing in 2017, it was Stevie Fast Jackson. While some people know his background and roots, many do not know where this guy came...
Oh, Great…Not You Too: Ford Is Being Sued For Diesel-Related Issues Now
Jan 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift XL, FORD, TRUCKS, XL Truck News
The lawyer firm of Hagens Berman has been a pretty busy place lately. Not only are they handling the lawsuits connected to the Volkswagen diesel case, they also went after General Motors for their...
This Concours Restored 1962 Chevrolet Impala Z-11 Is An Amazingly Nice Piece Of Drag Racing History
Jan 11, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
This is stunning. You are looking at one of three remaining examples of a 1962 Chevrolet Impala Z-11 on Earth and this may damn well be the nicest one. The car has been concours restored and along...
Rough Start: The Stretch Geo Metro Is A Real Thing And Could Be A Solution To Your Parts-Hauling Problem!
Jan 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
“The car was built to fill a need that no car on the market could. To haul big loads and still get over 40 MPG.” That is the plan that set David Cloud on the path to stretching out a...
NEW PRODUCT: Holley Introduces Revolutionary Mid-Mount LS Accessory Drive – No Brackets!
Jan 11, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 New Drag Race Products, Apex New Products, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, New Products, Sponsor News, XL New Truck Products
Leave it to Holley to keep the ball rolling on the ease of LS swaps. The company has introduced a new Mid-Mount LS accessory drive that is clean, compact, and actually uses no brackets. Seriously,...
Refueling While Tandem Drifting – This Is How You Keep A BMW Sideways For Over Eight Hours!
Jan 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Eight hours sideways without stopping…that’s the record that BMW wanted to claim with their new variation of the M5 sport sedan. That’s a lofty goal, when you look at the logistics...
Want To Start Your Very Own Racing Team? Eighteen Porsche GT3s Are For Sale!
Jan 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
The 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 defines “track weapon”. It’s not the monster Turbo…instead, it’s like the 911 Go-Kart: find a track and carve it to bits. If you are any kind of...
Cool Historic Video: Project Mercury Couch – Or How To Make A 49G Landing Pillow Soft
Jan 11, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We love old videos that show the early days of America’s space program. This particular one, made in 1960 shows some neat drop testing as part of what was known as Project Mercury Couch. The...
The Updated Emergency West Wheelstander Is For Sale – Plug In Motors And Hit The Strip!
Jan 11, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
One of the neatest exhibition machines to ever hit the drag strip has come up for sale. The updated Emergency West wheelstander is on the block and it’s coming almost totally complete. The new...
Behind The Ropes Part 6: Survive And Advance – A Great Weekend Takes A Turn For The Epic
Jan 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This is Behind The Ropes Part 6: Survive And Advance. By now if you have been watching the videos you know that I called the majority of the action at this race during eliminations in the alcohol...
Rough Start: This 1973 Plymouth Satellite Is The Mythical Affordable, Useable Muscle Car!
Jan 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
I’m going to make a couple of concessions to using the phrase “muscle car” when describing a 1973 Plymouth Satellite with a 318 and a column shift automatic: here, it’s not...
