Top NASCAR Crew Chief Cole Pearn Resigns From Joe Gibbs Racing, Leaves Sport For Family Time
Dec 10, 2019Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
Back in early 2017 when Carl Edwards announced his sudden (and now seemingly permanent) retirement from NASCAR stock car racing, it slackened jaws around the sport. Well, it has happened again. Ace...
Classic YouTube: Loaning Dad The Car In This 1975 DieHard Advertisement
Dec 10, 2019Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, MOPAR, Videos
There is nothing more humiliating than having to walk up to your parents, hat in hand, to request use of the family car when your own beater isn’t running right. We’ve been there, it...
Under 850 Pounds: Meet The Light Car Company Rocket!
Dec 10, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
I’ve owned some pretty light vehicles. Currently, the Chevrolet Cruze is the smallest car in rotation at BangShift Mid-West at 3,100 pounds, but the Great Pumpkin Mustang is sitting near a curb...
Halls, Decked: A Collection Of Demolition Derby Impacts Sure To Rattle Your Teeth
Dec 10, 2019Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
Okay, let’s chalk up the last couple of weeks since Labor Day: You got stuck cooking what is inevitably a feast for thirty that only ten members of your family actually bothered to show up and...
Cheaper Than The Real Thing: Restoring A Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Toy
Dec 10, 2019Bryan McTaggartTECH, Videos
Back in 1992, while combing the Sears Christmas catalog for items I was going to request for the holiday season, I stumbled across 1:24 scale model vehicles for the first time. I remember it clearly:...
King Of The Heap Season 3, Round 1: Beat It With A Jack Handle Until It Cooperates Again!
Dec 10, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Gallery
Rolling into NCM Motorsports Park for the first round of the 2019/2020 King of the Heap season, we were immediately greeted with air that had a tinge of burnt oil, the smell of roasting brake pads,...
First Look: 2020 IndyCar Aero Screen – What Do You Think Of It?
Dec 09, 2019Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
It seems the age of modern open cockpit race cars will soon join NASCAR pit stops and car magazines on the rack at your local stores. Mike Hull of Chip Ganassi Racing released these two photos on his...
Bug Out ‘Stang: This 2009 Ford Mustang Has 11″ Of Suspension Travel, And Exocage, and An Evil Demeanor
Dec 09, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, MISC, Videos, XL Online Find, XL Videos
We have to thank BangShifter Chris Yocum for tipping us off to the existence of this creation the likes of which we have never seen before. Not a trar because it is all car, not a chassis swap of any...
Maximum VW: The Huge Bug Is A Masterpiece of Metal Working, Creativity, and Fun – 3,500 Custom Parts!
Dec 09, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
Yes, this is truly a car that lives up to the name! The Huge Bug is something we should have known about forever ago but we didn’t. My pal Alan Reinhart sent along a link of the car at a car...
Think We’re Kidding: Garrett To Begin Manufacture Of Electric Assist Turbochargers In 2021 (OE User Not Named Yet)
Dec 09, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, Apex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
No, it is not a coincidence that you are seeing this story about Garrett getting into the electric turbocharger game right near the story bout Cleetus McFarland horsing around with the currently...
No Joke: Cleetus Gets His Hands On Another Electric Turbo and Makes More Power
Dec 09, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX
We were all pretty surprised around here recently when Cleetus McFarland strapped a Torque Amp electric turbocharger to his weenie little Chevy Cobalt and shaved 1.5 seconds off the ET and picked up...
The Pit Stop Is Dead: 2019 Snowball Derby Will Give Preview Of Life After Traditional NASCAR Pit Stops
Dec 09, 2019Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
In racing, like in life people are the key. In business, people are the most expensive element of running everything from a fruit stand to a NASCAR team. Part of the contraction of the sport of...
Rare Footage: The Chase Scene From Gone In 60 Seconds 2, H.B. Halicki’s Unfinished Film
Dec 09, 2019Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Henry Blight “Toby” Halicki is legendary in Hollywood for his car chase scenes. If you’ve seen the original 1974 version of Gone In 60 Seconds or The Junkman, you know that the...
Classic YouTube: Early 1990s Super Stock Class Eliminations At Indy! All Sticks Shrieking Engines, Dry Hops, And Gear Jamming!
Dec 09, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
I didn’t go looking for old racing footage for nostalgia’s sake this time. Between 1990 and 1992, when this footage from the NHRA US Nationals at Indy was captured, I was a young kid who...
