Morning Symphony: The Rally Masters At Monza – Group A, Group B, and Group 4 On Track!
Feb 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Is it fair that we pay so much attention to the Group B era of rally racing? No, it’s not. Sure, Group B has the stories, the unhinged factor of both the cars and the races themselves, where...
Pinch Buggy: 1320Video Found The Stubbiest VW Beetle We’ve Ever Seen!
Feb 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
We’ve seen numerous shortened cars before. Just off of the top of my head, I can remember a shrunken Nova, a stubby Chrysler Fifth Avenue and a chopped early 1990s Chrysler minivan. In most...
Monday Shopper: This Sunbeam Tiger Will Get Your Pulse Moving Like None Other!
Feb 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartFORD, Monday Shopper
Are you a coffee drinker? Does it seem like your day doesn’t really start until you’re deep into your second cup of joe? Maybe you need an energy drink in the morning for that caffeinated...
Eight Minutes Of Epic: The Coolest Isle of Man TT Video We’ve Seen…Period.
Feb 25, 2019Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Isle of Man motorcycle trials are less a race and more a test of human skill and sheer balls. Since 1907 motorcycle races have been held on the tiny island and for decades, this Isle of Man event...
Unhinged: A Toast To The Chevrolet Volt And It’s Untimely Passing
Feb 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Unhinged
The Chevrolet Volt isn’t, on the surface, a BangShift-worthy car. At the best, it is a hybrid option that we don’t automatically and outright hate. In fact, in a strange way I actually...
The International Eagle Revival: The Reveal Of The Finished Truck!
Feb 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
$1,800 bought this 1986 International Eagle 9370, with a missing transmission, and plenty of work required before this Binder was ever going to see another mile turned on the odometer. Derelict and...
In-Car Video: Let’s Go Pro Mod Racing With Mean Dean Marinis In The Harry Pappas Owned Nitrous Vette
Feb 25, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
(Video Credit: TheRacingVids channel on YouTube) – Mean Dean Marinis is one of the coolest cats in the sport of drag racing. He has been one of the best x275 racers in the country for years...
Improving Weather For 35th Annual NHRA Arizona Nationals Eliminations!
Feb 24, 2019Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
(Photos by Sandra Alberti and Bob Snyder) – Weather is improving for eliminations for the 35th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. The 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag...
Land Shredder: This Twin-Turbo Diesel Land Cruiser Lets It Fly At Willowbank
Feb 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift XL, XL Videos
There’s a spot in the front bumper where you shovel in ice to cool everything down. They aren’t even trying to hide that…just grab a shovel, get some ice and pack that in there for...
Moved To A Higher Class: This 1958 Ford Custom 300 Has Stepped Up Nicely!
Feb 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, FORD, Racing Junk Find
Trying to understand Ford’s model layout in the later 1950s without a flow chart is a bit of a chore. Just like every other manufacturer of the day, you have to look directly at the full-size...
Glutton For Punishment: The Hoonigan Audi Project Continues, Rusty Bolts Notwithstanding!
Feb 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartTECH, Videos
It’s the noise that we all hate to hear: that sharp metallic snap that happily informs the idiot holding the wrench that the torque applied was far beyond what was needed and that now would be...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Can Kia Give You Goosebumps?
Feb 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Rain, rain, go away. I’m not singing a song at all…the ground at BangShift Mid-West is so waterlogged that mole tunnels are filling up with liquified earth and are bursting at the...
Would You Rather: California Craigslist Scores – Do You Go For Small Japanese Two-Door Or Gigantic American Wagon?
Feb 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, Craigslist Find, FORD, OTHER
Shopping for decent metal to work with is always best done in the American Southwest. The air is dry, the salt content is low, and the metal is nice and preserved. Add in a car culture that tends to...
Morning Symphony: The Genesis of Hot Rodding – World War II Warbirds, Low And Fast
Feb 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
I’m honored to have known two old-school pilots in my time, one Marine and one Army Air Corps/Air Force. In the same way that we can sit and listen to the greats of drag racing sit and tell the...
