Blown To A T: A Holden Gemini With A Screaming Six Rips It Up At Motorvation 33!
Jan 26, 2019Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Ah, the lowly GM T-car. In America this platform got exactly zero respect…Chevrolet Chevette? Pontiac T-1000? No, thank you…too small and too underpowered. Nevermind the rear-drive...
Rough Start: 1979 Mustang Street/Strip Machine (Engine Not Included)
Jan 26, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Craigslist Find, FORD
Whoops…looks like I broke two specific rules with this Rough Start find. The car is over $5,000 (ok, by a couple hundred at most) and it’s a non-runner. I’m still justifying this...
Blake Alexander Becomes Youngest Nitro Funny Car Team Owner In NHRA Drag Racing – 12 Race Season On Tap
Jan 25, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
At 30 years old, Blake Alexander is set to live our a lifelong dream during the 2019 NHRA drag racing season as he’ll be operating his own nitro funny car team. Alexander send a shockwave...
She Gone: Courtney Force Announces Retirement From NHRA Funny Car Category – Winningest Female Funny Car Driver Ever
Jan 25, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
The announcement came on social media first, fittingly. Courtney Force has retired from her job of racing nitro funny cars for John Force Racing. Courtney steps away form the seat (but not from the...
WRC Rallye Monte-Carlo 2019 Shakedown Testing: Blowing Out The Cobwebs!
Jan 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The holiday season is long past, and winter be damned, it’s time to get back into the swing of racing. Every form of motorsport is spooling up for the 2019 season and World Rally Championship...
World’s Angriest Cough Drop: This 500 Horsepower Toyota Starlet Is A Ripper!
Jan 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Oh good lord is this thing angry. It’s a Toyota Starlet, a tiny little car that under normal circumstances is best left to MPG-touting types and frugal commuters. This particular example, on...
Stacked Like Cordwood: Watch As A CN Train Derails North Of Saskatoon
Jan 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
When you calculate the total amount of weight being moved, the kinetic energy of a loaded freight train that is suddenly out of control becomes a frightening thing. When tons and tons of steel and...
Unhinged: How Far Would You Go To Track Down An Old Car?
Jan 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartFORD, Unhinged
I’m writing this on the fly because right now my head is spinning. I’ve spent the better part of the night chatting with Kevin from Junkyard Digs about cars, travel, and whatever else and...
Junkyard Gem: Wait Until You Hear The Engine In This Scrapped Crown Victoria Run!
Jan 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, FORD, Videos
I hate that whenever I have to go to the junkyard I’m on a time crunch and need to get in, get what I need and get out. I could spend hours on end pawing through the mangled, stripped, and...
Morning Symphony: The Supercruise At Motorvation 33
Jan 25, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
While we’re dealing with Arctic blasts and icy, snowy conditions here in the Northern Hemisphere, in the Southern Hemisphere it’s the middle of summer and the fun only ramps up from the...
This Is The Greatest Asphalt Pulling Video Ever – Screaming Engines, Mega Smoke, And Front Porch Bleachers!
Jan 24, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(By Jason Mazzotta) –Clearly it is a tractor pull, but from the smoke boiling off the tires and the screaming rpm’s of the engines you may not know the difference. This video is epic for so...
The Fiero Revival: The Fixing And The First Drive Of A Car That Hadn’t Moved In Twenty Years
Jan 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, TECH, Videos
The 1985 Pontiac Fiero 2M4 that Ronnie Finger dragged out of the woods of Texas for $100 is, in blunt terms, a brave project to take on. Twenty years does funny things to cars, and it basically means...
Morning Symphony: Sunday Drag Racing At Heathcote Raceway
Jan 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Missing the dragstrip? Don’t feel alone. With everything around BangShift Mid-West soaked to the bone in never-ending rain showers, the only way that we will race anything in a straight line is...
In Memoriam: The Packard Automotive Plant Bridge – Once A Symbol Of Greatness, Now A Sign Of The Times
Jan 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The Packard Automotive Plant means many things to gearheads, but let’s take something into consideration: since the 1990s, that building has basically been the symbol of the downfall of Detroit...
