Category Archive: BangShift XL, Videos, XL Videos
Snow Monster: The Dynamics Of A Kamaz Dakar Truck Flying In Frozen Russia
I don’t know how many words in Russian we all know between the three of us, but there is one we all know without question: KAMAZ. That stands for ten tons of Russian race truck that uses about...
Watch At The Hoonigan Team Welcome In The New Year Right: Eighteen Car Tire Fire!
The Hoonigan folks are car geeks to the core. Videos, jokes, and all of that mess are secondary to the machines. Everybody who hangs around the shop on a full-time basis has their car ready to go:...
Money No Object: The Convertible 1981 Jeep Wagoneer That You’ll Want This Summer
Is it too early to be talking about drop-tops? We just passed the Winter Solstice a couple of weeks ago and BangShift Mid-West is currently the land of frigid winds. It’s cold enough right now...
It Lives Again! Irwindale Speedway Gets A Reprieve From Becoming Yet Another Mall
Eff you, shopping mall, Irwindale will live on. The track, which was supposed to run it’s last ever event at the end of January before being leveled down and turned into yet another shrine to...
Best of BS 2017: The Old Fighter: This 1965 Pontiac GTO Might Be Scarred Up, But It’s Down For Another Fight
Every last car ever made has a story. Some are uneventful lives that spanned from birth on the assembly line until the day the uncaring fifth or sixth owner drove them to the local U-Pull-It yard to...
Best of BS 2017: Sgt. Rock: Get A Closer Look In, At And Around Stacey David’s Monster 1941 Dodge WC!
This 1941 Dodge WC needs no introduction to you, does it? Chances are pretty good that if the truck wasn’t in the photos, you would know exactly where I was at and who I was standing near. For...
Best of 2018: Former Level 5 Racing Owner Scott Tucker Sentenced For Illegal Payday Practices – $1.3 BILLION In Penalties!
Scott Tucker, the former owner of Level 5 Motorsports, had it all…a top-tier road racing outfit, American LeMans championship, a private jet, a garage of top-tier cars and enough money in the...
Best of BS 2017: SRT-8 Mirada: How A 2007 Dodge Charger SRT-8 Wound Up Underneath A 1980s Dodge!
(Photos: Facebook/SRT-8 Mirada) I can already hear you, reader: “Who in their right mind would build a Dodge Mirada?” Ok, besides me, who? What would make someone look at Dodge’s...
This Rally-Racing Plymouth Valiant Rules! Watch This Classic A-body Tear Through The Forests!
Just like the Ford Falcon and the Chevy II, the Valiant was only meant to be the compact car that buyers wanted, that Detroit really didn’t want to build. Just like the other two, the Valiant...
Best of BS 2017: BangShift Top 11: Strangest NASCAR Stock Cars Raced
Ever since I could identify what the cars were that flew around superspeedways on ESPN, I could tell you two things about NASCAR: The cars all look the same. The amount of manufacturers seems to be...
Best of BS 2017: The Superformance Drift Cobra: A Supercharged Coyote Equals All Anger, All The Time!
Prior to BangShift, the loudest and most brash section of my life was the military. Every day started pretty much the same way: I drug my tired (and probably hung over) ass out of bed, I somehow...
Best of BS 2017: We Wake Up The Big Block Chevy In A 1971 C10 With A Plethora Of Off The Shelf Parts
(By Kaleb Kelley) – As we’re building our 1971 C10 for the Win A Classic Sweepstakes, I had to figure out what to do to freshen up the old motor. First off, it’s a NAPA 454 Big Block...
RideTech Shares Their Hi-Speed 2017 Year In Review With Us
(Words by Steve Chryssos, Photos By Ridetech and Others) While RideTech is an engineering and manufacturing company, we always find ways to peg the fun meter with fast, colorful cars and great...
