Category Archive: BangShift Road Test, BangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Truck Feature, XL Truck News
BangShift (Off) Road Test: The 2017 Ram 2500 Power Wagon
(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tony Sestito) – Athletes come in all shapes and sizes. From the string bean marathon runners to the brutes that power lift twice their body weight, there’s a...
Huge Aftermarket News: MOMO and Weld Racing Join Forces – Weld To Maintain Kansas City Manufacturing
Some very significant news has broken this am in the high performance aftermarket. MOMO, the internationally known high performance wheel manufacturer and Weld Racing have joined in a partnership...
Cue The Flying Cars? Airbus Claims It Will Have Working Prototype By The End Of The Year
The idea of a “flying car” has been around for a long, long time. From the ill-fated flying Pinto to machines being developed by companies like Terrafugia, everyone has had their idea...
Unveiled: The Nikola One Hydrogen-Electric Semi Tractor
By the millions, semi trucks move the world over. They haul whatever needs to be hauled anywhere it needs to go, whether it’s a trailer full of cereal to a distribution center for shipment to...
The Man! Jochen Hahn Captures 2016 European Truck Racing Title and 100th Win
German truck-racing legend Jochen Hahn claimed his fourth European Truck Racing Championship title at the ETRC’s final round in France on October 29-30. In the opening race of the weekend on Le...
OMIX-ADA Releases Statement Regarding Product Searches and Seizures In Las Vegas
It was big news at the 2016 SEMA show when federal marshals came into the event and shut down the displays of eight companies accused of creating knock off parts. The company that was being copied,...
SEMA 2016: Here’s A Load Of Truck Specific Photos – Horsepower, Big Tires, and Fun
Trucks are a massive part of the SEMA 2016 experience. Their presence is humongous in the world of the size and scope of the SEMA 2016 world. When you think about the amount of money spent in the...
When Brothers Fight With Excavators And Front End Loaders Nobody Wins (The Crane Guys Win)
Since the dawn of time brothers have fought. Most times the guys get it worked out of their system as kids and as adults it isn’t much of an issue. The Emanuel brothers of New Hampshire do not...
Next Generation Ford Bronco To Be Built In Michigan – Not A Hoax, It Is Happening
(Image from Bronco6G.com) – After a couple of years of internet hoaxes, speculative renderings, and all out begging from Ford fans, it has been confirmed in the most interesting of ways that...
The One Man Railroad – A Look Back At The Tiny, Long Running Illinois Midland Line
(By Greg Rourke) – Shortline railroads are a necessary part of moving goods across our great land. Before highways the big railroads built branches and sidings to virtually any business that...
Indy And NASCAR Star Robby Gordon’s Dad Found Dead Under Horrible Circumstances
Update: Southern California news outlets are now reporting that Bob Gordon, and his wife Sharon, were both found dead yesterday in an apparent murder suicide. The Associated Press and USA Today...
SCORE Series Gives You Some Tips and Good Info On Picking Out a Driver’s Suit
SCORE International, the series that holds the Baja 1000 along with a series of similar shorter off-road races, has assembled a great series of primers on the various aspects of off-road racing that...
NTSB Investigating Southwest 737 Engine Failure – Wild Photos
You’ve likely heard about the Southwest flight last week that experienced a booming engine failure while at altitude and maybe you have seen some of the crazy photos of the dead player hanging...
Boogie Van Booze Cruise!!! Vantastic Limo Jive Turkey And A-Team Vans For Booze Cruises!
OMG! No F’ing way! These were the words coming out of my mouth when Scott Payton sent me the link to Vantastic-Limo.com and I was greeted by the Jive Turkey 1976 Dodge B200 custom van that...