Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
BangShift Project Files: TheSilverBuick’s 1969 Pontiac Firebird
Randal Burns, better known as TheSilverBuick around here, is an engineer to the core. His 455-powered Buick Skylark is a Drag Week veteran that can easily be pressed into daily-driver duty with no...
Rally Video: Chris Harris Takes On An R-GT Prepared Porsche 911 In Wales
Porsche and rally racing actually have a long and successful past, with technological advancements culminating in the creation of the 959, one of the baddest Porsches ever made. If you need any more...
Historical Footage: Go For A Ride In A Ford GT40 Around LeMans In 1969
With the 2017 Ford GT stealing damn near everybody’s thunder at the Detroit Auto Show, we figured it would only be fitting to find some historical footage of the GT40 to explain why everyone...
And Now For Something Completely Different: A Shorty Caprice!
I’d love to get the entire story on why this 1977 Chevrolet Caprice ended up with a good third of the car missing out of the center section. I’m sure it’s a good story. Any car...
Former Tire Changer Is Suing Michael Waltrip Racing, Claims He Was Blacklisted
Brandon Hopkins, a former tire changer, is suing Michael Waltrip Racing for damages, citing breach of contract, defamation, intentional interference with a contract and violation of the N.C....
Check Out This In-Car Footage Of The DeltaWing Ripping Around Daytona!
Love or hate the DeltaWing, the dart-shaped car that has run LeMans, American LeMans, Petit Le Mans, and USCC, but there’s no doubt that it’s a capable beast. Created by a collaborative...
The “WTF?” Files: NASCAR Driver Kurt Busch Testifies That His Ex-Girlfriend Is A Trained Assassin
It’s been a bit since we had heard of any NASCAR-sourced weirdness, but the strange headlines are always sure to come around eventually. In this case, it’s Kurt Busch and the domestic...
NAIAS 2015: Cadillac CTS-V, Ram Rebel, And More Ford GT News
Day two of the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is still rife with new vehicles and other interesting bits. Here’s some of the more interesting pieces from Tuesday’s...
A Final Parting Shot For The Wagon War: 1969 Chevrolet Impala 396
I’m grinding my teeth saying that I concede to Brian…it certainly wasn’t for a lack of effort, and I will maintain that the Savoy he posted up was a race car that was chosen simply...
TI Automotive Will Sponsor Riley Motorsports’ Dodge Viper GT3-Rs In 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Season
It’s good news for the Riley Motorsports TUDOR teams, as their Dodge Viper GT3-Rs have a new sponsor for the 2015 season. As you will remember, FCA pulled sponsorship of the Vipers early last...
A British Airways Boeing 777 Set A New Speed Record Across The Atlantic – Just Barely Under The Speed Of Sound!
A British Airways Boeing 777-200 just set a speed record on the New York-London route by using the jet stream to bring the wide body jet to within 16 mph of the speed of sound. BA114 completed the...
Blog War: One Last Round…The Long-Roof War Has To End
He won’t stop. I don’t know how the hell he does it, but he just won’t stop. I don’t know if he’s paying me back for a Vegas adventure from a few years ago, or if this...
NAIAS 2015: The Other Two Fords In The Limelight, The Shelby GT350R And The New Raptor
Ford’s new GT is the shot across everybody’s bow, a 600+hp turbocharged six-cylinder supercar with LeMans intentions, and looks that will polarize even the most jaded. But that...
Craigslist Find: Is This The Bullitt Charger? For The Money, It Had Better Be
Bullitt‘s place as an iconic film is sealed. Steve McQueen, a green Ford Mustang chasing a black Dodge Charger, San Francisco, and all of those flying hubcaps as the cars race on. It’s...