Best of 2019: Mike Bilina’s 1956 Chevrolet Is All Go, All Show!
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Cars With Doors Feature, BangShift 1320, Car Features, CHEVY
When photographing on the dragstrip, we tend to look for a sure bet car. We want that action shot. We want the half-track burnout with Space Shuttle launch levels of tire smoke trailing behind. We...
Best of 2019: Strange Pro Stock Vehicle Selections – Life Beyond The Usual Suspects!
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Top 11, BangShift 1320
(Photos: Draglist.com, other sources) Sorry if you are a die-hard Camaro or Mustang type, but sometimes there’s a sensation of refreshment when you see a vehicle that isn’t normally seen....
Best of 2019: The Liwa Sand Dune Hillclimb In The UAE
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Gearheads can be found in every corner of the planet. Every last one. From Chevrolet Opalas racing in the jungles of South America to the brutal off-roaders of the remote Russian forests, if vehicles...
Best of 2019: Katech Made Nearly 1,500hp With Their Stock Bottom End LT5 Before They Called it Quits
Dec 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, ENGINES, Videos, XL Videos
A couple of weeks go we reported on the 1,000+hp LT5 that Katech had created with the stock fuel system and minimal amounts of bolt on parts. That particular engine still had the stock camshaft in...
Best of 2019: The “Vendetta di Nannini” Incident
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos
Passion is a strange thing. It will drive you to commit actions that are irrational, ill-advised, and just plain questionable. They’ll seem right at the time, and in the heart, they probably...
Best of 2019: Brazil’s Angriest Ford Maverick At The Strip
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FORD
The Ford Maverick and it’s twin, the Mercury Comet, did well enough in the United States market. They were decently sized, fit the small-car segment well without being too tiny, and with the...
Best of 2019: The Most Insane Run At Lights Out 10 Didn’t Show Times: How About One Hit For $150,000?
Dec 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Grudge racing is something that I have learned a lot about over the last few years while attending races like Lights Out and No Mercy. The culture, the people, the rules and regulations, all of that...
BangShift Top 11: McTaggart’s Highlights From 2019
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggartTop 11
Today is the day to reflect on the past year of activity. It’s been a freaking blur this year. Some sections came easily. Others kicked my ass like none other whatsoever. I’ve put down...
Best of 2019: The March To $50,000 – This Video Shows Alex Laughlin’s Dominating Lights Out 10 Performance End To End
Dec 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
It was the biggest weekend of Alex Laughlin’s drag racing career. It was the most profitable single day of his life. It was also a win that many in the radial vs the world universe did not...
Best of 2019: Watch This Crusher Bound Detroit Diesel V-16 Two Stroke Go Out With Its Boots On
Dec 30, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, ENGINES, FUNNY STUFF, Videos, XL Videos
Many of you are going to hate this video because it involves the destruction of an engine and a cool engine at that. Many of you will be disgusted by seeing a crusher bound Detroit Diesel V-16 two...
Best of 2019: A 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Time Warp!
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
I don’t care if this is everything that is wrong with a street machine wrapped up into one car, I want this thing like few other cars I’ve seen in a while, just on it’s freak-factor...
Best of 2019: A 1940 Ford Because If She Ain’t Happy…
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggartFORD, Project Cars
You know the rest of that saying. “If she ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” We know the sentiment well…it’s why on beautiful sunny days that we saw as perfect...
Best of 2019: SCCA Trans Am Racing At Road America In 1977!
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Trans Am racing from the late 1960s and early 1970s is often remembered as the scene where pony cars battled it out for supremacy on road courses. Cougar GTs, Javelins, Cuda AARs and Challenger T/As,...
