Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Classic YouTube: This Tire-Frying Mack Is The Stuff Lohnes Dreams About At Night
If there is one guarantee we know about Lohnes, it’s that if the truck is fast, loud and can still be used for work on a daily basis, he will go weak in the knees. If that’s the case, I...
Random Car Review: The 1999 Roush/Bondurant Crown Victoria “Cobra Vics”
The Ford Crown Victora, in it’s Panther platform life, was never truly a performance car. Sure, everyone and their mother has that headlight design burned into memory, just in case they flew...
This 1974 Dodge Coronet Tears Up An Autocross Course With All Of The Body Roll You Would Expect!
Let me ask you a question: If I tell you to picture a mid-1970s Dodge Coronet sedan in your head, which cop car do you picture? Blues Brothers, Smokey and the Bandit, The Dukes Of Hazzard, it...
More Sand Drag Bike Action! Would You Take A Hayabusa Onto The Sand And Go Wide Open?
The Suzuki Hayabusa is above and beyond the “crotch rocket” slur. It is wickedly fast yet tame to ride. A competent rider could use it as daily transportation, yet it’s top speed...
Classic YouTube: Great Lakes Dragaway in 1977
It’s the oldest continually operating dragstrip in the country (did they stop racing at Pomona? – ed.) , giving drivers a place to run their hot rods and racing machines since 1955. Great...
Speedy Delivery: Turning A Chevrolet Van Into An Inappropriate Tire Slayer
I’m pretty sure that the statute of limitations is long since past, so let’s talk about one night in December over ten years ago, when I took a van owned by the military, with at least...
The Fiero Revival: Suffering Through The Joys Of Painting
There’s two different kinds of paintwork: rattle-canning something and properly spraying it. I’ve done enough rattlecan paint jobs to last a lifetime. Everything from the blackout...
Unhinged: That Unloved Car In The Corner Will Be Somebody’s Dream Car
I remember two things about the time my friend Hunter wanted me to come check out a derelict Chevrolet LUV pickup truck with him on a sunny afternoon: one involved riding down a grass hill and nearly...
Unveiled: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1 – A Limited-Edition Gap Between The GT And The Shelby
When Ford last mentioned the “Mach 1” nameplate, there was a genuine risk that the hallowed Mustang model would wind up as an electric crossover SUV. Fans went nuts, media folk had...
Classic YouTube: A Collection Of Some Of The Weirdest Motorsports Incidents Ever
I always get a bit irritated when a collection of “weird moments” in racing simply means that cars are crashing. Cars are racing…crashes aren’t weird unless one of the cars...
Project Phantom, Part 2: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Note: if you haven’t read the first installment of Joe Grippo’s Project Phantom, check it out by CLICKING HERE. (Words and photos by Joe Grippo) The last installment of Project Phantom...
Rough Start: If You Can’t See Why This 1984 Caddy Eldorado Rules, We Can’t Help You
If you haven’t seen the news yet, BangShift.com will be providing FREE live streaming video from Rocky Mountain Race Week 2020. That’s all week, every race. That’s badass....
