Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
The Ultimate Troll: Barbecuing On The Road For Some Interesting Social Interactions
Since you’re on the Internet, you probably know what a troll is. They are the bane of the Internet, someone who is hell-bent on making your time online aggravating as all hell. They willfully...
Updated ECTA Event Schedule! Come Party With Us In Arkansas For The Fourth of July!
We were looking forward to the ECTA Arkansas Mile event this year. We were excited to kick off the inaugural BangShift.com Street Car Shootout. And then…well, we all know what happened that...
BangShift Tune-Up: “When Worlds Collide” by Powerman 5000 (1999)
The first time I heard this song, it was like that refreshing slap to the face you never knew you needed. I can tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard it: Right at the end of...
BangShift Top 11: Unnecessary Automotive Nose Swaps
Whenever I got the itch to take the “back way” to Phoenix from Prescott, Arizona, I was ready for two of my favorite things about the trip. The first was the section of Highway 89 between...
Vulgar Display: Off-Roading Rowdiness In “Holy Horsepower Vol. 6” From MadRam11
Does anything beat some good old, down and dirty fun? Not if you are into off-roading, it doesn’t. Where else can you bring as little or as much horsepower as you want and show off to your...
Sleeper Videos: The Eastwood Motorsports Caprice Wagon On Asphalt And The Dragstrip
We’ve got more videos of Eastwood Motorsport’s 1989 Chevrolet Caprice wagon playing the role of Clark Griswold’s ultimate revenge for the Family Truckster. This battered and beaten...
Classic YouTube: Peter Brock Caning The Hell Out Of His Holden At Bathurst In 1991
Peter Brock might have had issues as a human. He might have been a bit out of his head at moments. But nobody, anywhere, can deny that the man could drive his ass off, and his record from his early...
The Challenger Revival, Part 15: Window Trim And Glass Installation
Pandemic or not, projects are still in need of work and work they shall get. It’s the best way to spend the time stuck at home, isn’t it? You were told that you didn’t need to go...
Morning Symphony: 1970 Trans-Am Soundtrack From The Track
The ponycars have a lasting legacy, but why? Mustang appealed to the up-and-coming Boomers who had the cash to spend, but that wouldn’t be enough. The bright colors and the spats and spoilers...
Before Shutdown Greatness: More Pre-Coronavirus Autorama Photos From Omaha
With Chad in Tulsa covering the Throwdown this weekend, I’ve had the full run of BangShift and putting this piece out, it feels weird…I’d actually have to go back into my history to...
Driving Movie Slapfight: Vanishing Point – Wide-Open On The Best Roads In The West
Brian…what were you thinking picking the Blue Max? You picked a one-trick pony in the shape of a Funny Car, that was supposed to be in the shape of a Plymouth Arrow. I know you’re...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Long Tall Sally” and “Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard
When I think of Little Richard, what immediately comes to mind is Donald and Daisy Duck dancing in some Disney-approved music video that would appear between regular cartoons. On the surface to a...
Too Close For Comfort: What It Looks Like When A MD-80 Takes Off Feet Above Your Head!
Princess Juliana International Airport in Saint Martin is renowned to planespotters for one of the most dramatic runway approaches in the world, requiring pilots to land within yards of Maho...
