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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Off-Road Race Would You Most Want To Drive In?

I’ve been to Baja, have been a Paris Dakar fan for decades, think WRC drivers are awesome, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing rules, and know that most all of the drivers at any of these, or countless...

Video: What The Hell Is Breslau? Apparently It’s The Most Bad Ass Rally On Earth. And Some “Creative” American’s Are Trying It.

We’d never heard of Breslau either. But now that we know, all we want to do is go race in it like these lucky dudes. The rally starts in Poland, and ends in Germany, after driving through crazy...

Video: 20 Minutes Of Awesome… In Car Footage From Bathurst’s Bill E Bad Ass Track… In An Imp!

“What the hell is an Imp?”  That’s what I said, when BangShift Web Nerd Scott Payton sent me this video yesterday. It turns out a Hillman Imp is an 875cc aluminum four cylinder...

Sideways, With Rodney Prouty: But It Was Cheap! Oh Those Famous Last Words…

In the last installment of Sideways, with Rodney Prouty, Rodney brought us to the present with some inspiring words about a driving school that he had recently attended. In this installment of...

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Video: Crazy Saudi Bastards Try To Change A Tire On A Moving SUV. The Key Word Is Try!

The Saudis take car stunts to new levels, and we’ve all seen them driving down highways on two wheels with dudes changing seats, climbing onto running boards, and all kinds of antics. But this...

Things You Don’t See Every Day: We’re Not Sure What To Call It, But The Reverse Wheelies Look Way Too Fun

The title of the video calls this thing a wipkar, and we aren’t sure if it’s British or Redneck fabrication that created it. We say that, because the hunters of the south are very well...

Things You Don’t See Every Day: Video Of A Chevy Truck That Sticks The Landing, But The Russian Judge Still Boned Him

This has to be one of the most brutal truck jump landings since Travis Pastrana thought that backflipping a monster truck would be just like doing it on a motorcyle. Dumb ass. Anyway, despite...

Things You Don’t See Every Day: Video Of Greyhound MCI Bus Crash Testing. The Slow Mo Is Excellent

We dig crash test videos, but never have we seen one of a bus. And not a BangShift style short bus, we’re talking full size Greyhound bus here. There are several camera angles, and plenty of...

Things You Don’t See Every Day: Video Of A Ferrari Enzo Tearing It Up Rally Style

We didn’t know what to think of this when we saw it, but I can tell you there are a few funny pucker moments in this video. Including one time where the driver of the Enzo starts honking at the...

Sunday Daily Tune Up: “Monkey Business” by Skid Row (1991)

Skid Row’s first album, appropriately named “Skid Row”, featured hits like “18 and Life” and “Youth Gone Wild”. And although I loved that 1989 debut album,...

FREE LIVE Streaming Video: Radial Revolution Lights Out 4. Wheel’s Up Small Tire Racing!

There are two things you will find in abundance at South Georgia Motorsports Park anytime Duck and Jim put on an event… Bad Ass small tire drag cars, and egos. And this weekend is the put up or...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Engine Swap Would Be The Ultimate Sacrilege?

Last night on PowerShift LIVE, Brian and I discussed some crazy engine swaps and was was wrong and/or right about them. Swaps like the 426 Max Wedge Engine that was found in the Barn Find ’57...

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Returns To ESPN2 For 2013

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, aka NHRA Sportsman Drag Racing, will once again be televised on ESPN2 this year. Featuring NHRA Top Alcohol Dragsters and Funny Cars, along with highlights from...

Goliath’s Younger Brother! A 1972 Chevy C50 Pickup That Is Cool Truck Perfection

You are never going to believe this one! Jeff Angeleri, GM Design engineer extraordinaire, among other things, sent us a picture of his super cool 1972 C50 pickup which is the brother of Goliath,...

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