Morning Symphony: Test And Tune Trepidation
Feb 25, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It’s five days until Beech Bend opens for business. Five days until the first test-and-tune. The first drag racing coverage I shoot in what will be another wild year of action, another round of...
Cleaning Up The Desert With BFGoodrich And The Mint 400 – And You Can Enter To Win A Free Set Of Tires!
Feb 25, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
I might not be a natural child thereof, but out of all the variations of Earth I’ve seen to date, the American Southwest is the one that feels the most like home. Huge skies, Joshua trees and...
The Monday Shift: Make A 9-Second Pass In A Lenco Equipped 1933 Willys
Feb 24, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This video features a quarter mile pass from inside a tiny 1933 Willys coupe. The car is apparently powered by a Ford big block engine and backed with a four speed Lenco transmission. It sounds...
Classic YouTube: Chuck “Malibu” Aaron Flying The Red Bull MBB Bo 105 Stunt Helicopter – No Heli Should Be Able To Do These Stunts!
Feb 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
What you will see here is so far out of the normal for a helicopter and helicopter pilot that it is almost beyond belief. The pilot is Chuck Aaron, call sign “Malibu”, and he is one of...
Throwing Good Towards Bad: Stuffing A Barra Six Into A 1976 Ford Granada
Feb 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
Oh, look…it’s the car I love to hate. If you’ve never seen me write about one of these before, I’ll make it plain: the 1970s Ford Granada, Mercury Monarch and Lincoln...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Keep A Tally On The Cost Of Your Project?
Feb 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, Videos
When I first started building the 1981 Dodge Mirada I scored for $650 in the fall of 2009, I decided to keep a running total of the money I spent on the car. I didn’t have any reason to…I...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Missing Porsches For Club Money
Feb 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Another week down, another week closer to warmer weather and more action. We can’t wait…in fact, we haven’t! Chad has been out at the ECTA Invitational at Spaceport America...
Watch This Pro Stock Semi Pulling Truck Called Bad Attitude Hike The Front Wheel At The Start And Never Put It Down – Torque At Work!
Feb 24, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
My favorite competitive beast of burden is a pro stock semi pulling truck. Why? They look all the world like over the road trucks and have immense power, cool names, and many of them have enough...
Here’s Every Round Of Pro275 Eliminations From Lights Out 11 At South Georgia Motorsports Park!
Feb 23, 2020Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight
Pro275, the newest class in 275 drag radial racing, is the king of the small tires. Taking everything from Radial vs The World, but on a smaller tire, this class promises to be one of the harder to...
Will Procharged Pro Mods Make Roots And Nitrous Combos Go The Way Of The Dinosaurs? Tim McAmis Thinks They Might. Watch This.
Feb 23, 2020Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos
When Procharged Pro Mod combinations were first approved in the Mid West Pro Mod series, everyone was wide eyed and paying attention as the first race featured a Proline Procharged combination that...
Mini Truck On Mags: 1973 Chevrolet LUV With Small-Block Swap
Feb 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
I can hear several of you making that noise right now, the one that informs the wallet that trouble is afoot, the one that informs the significant other that a surprise purchase might be happening...
The Challenger Revival, Part 11: Getting It’s Feet Back On The Ground
Feb 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Project Cars
Is there anything worse than a car that isn’t sitting on all four tires? I’d say yes. Then again, that’s coming from the guy who left his wife’s first car up on jackstands for...
The Mongrel Project Gets More Paint, Suspension, And More! This Sucker Is Getting Close To Making Noise And Smoke!!!
Feb 23, 2020Chad ReynoldsApex Project Cars, Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, CAR FEATURES, TECH, Videos
We love the Mongrel Project, a combination of a cool old British Ford and Mazda Miata that is somehow right in every way. The stance, the width, the flares, the fabrication, it all speaks to us and...
Mental Micro Machine: 550 Horsepower Mini Cooper, Because It’s A Great Idea
Feb 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartVideos
One car that I have yet to experience is a legitimate Mini. Not the BMW versions that are at least twice the size, but a real-deal Mini. The one that everybody adores. The one from The Italian Job....
