Category Archive: BangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
Classic YouTube: Testing Nuclear Carrying Casks By Crash-Testing Trucks And Trains Into A Concrete Wall
There is one word that will send the fear of God into just about anybody who hears it: nuclear. Nuclear energy might provide electricity to millions around the world, but that’s not the first...
Gluttons For Punishment: Go For The Ride-Along With Alex Roy And Zach Bowman On Their 2015 Morgan Cross-Country Jaunt!
It’s tax season at BangShift Mid-West. That means that in-between writing stories, jamming on an engine that I’m praying to everything will fire and not kick the rods in the first...
Video: Valerie Thompson Crashes Motorcycle Streamliner At 343 MPH And Walks Away
Streamliners can be really scary. Valerie Thompson found that out when she crashed yesterday at Lake Gairdner in Australia during their Speed Week. She is okay. When streamliners crash, and they do,...
Ever Wonder How Centerforce Makes Their I Love Centerforce Candy? Watch This!
I’m a weirdo, but you already knew that. In this case, I’m a weirdo because I am apparently one of the only people in the automotive aftermarket that doesn’t like Centerforce Candy....
Classic YouTube: Has It Really Been Twenty Years Since The LS Went Into The F-Bodies?!
Well, now…time really does fly. To be honest, it’s only been nineteen years since I was nosing around Ferguson Pontiac in Colorado Springs, looking at a WS6 package Trans Am in Sunset...
Van Go: A Panel-Painted Custom Beauty Of A 1963 Ford Econoline Visits The Hoonigan Shop!
Confession time: I am not a fan of the forward-control, flat-faced vans of the 1960s. Not the Dodge A-series, not the first two generations of Chevrolet van, and certainly not the Ford...
It’ll Go Down The Track Eventually: This Twin-Turbo Chevy Truck Shakes Off Some Teething Issues Before Making It’s Passes!
The first time you bring a new vehicle to the track to get sorted, you probably should not line up against the tree with the “just f’ing send it!” mentality, especially if...
Big-Block Delete: Finnegan’s Ramp Truck Loses It’s 454 For A 12-Valve Cummins From An Air Force Tug Dodge!
It isn’t everyday that you can understand someone yanking the 454 out of a perfectly good square-body GM truck. Besides the immediate “but…big-block!” argument, there’s...
Mud-Romping! Check Out The Fun You Could Have Had At Mud Fest 2018 In Oregon!
I don’t mind technical rock crawling and I had a blast running down desert trails a couple of weeks ago, but when it comes to off-roading, my heart is still stuck on mudding. The great...
Dad, Meet My Mistress: Nothing Quite Like Scaring The Wits Out Of The Old Man, Is There?
It should probably be considered a blessing that my dad didn’t get to see the laundry list of stupid things that I’ve done with vehicles over my lifetime. He saw enough in just a couple...
The Last Gasps Of Winter At Goodwood’s 76th Members Meeting Didn’t Stop The Cars From Coming Out! Listen To The Legends Here!
With temperatures unseasonably cold over the United Kingdom and the threat of snow always just around the corner, it is impressive that Goodwood’s 76th Members Meeting event went down at all....
Blowing Off Steam: Why Cut A Volvo In Half? To Have Fun…Why Else?
Every now and then, I get to the point where I just need to blow off some steam. I’ve done it, you’ve done it, we’ve all done it. Stress relief is a healthy thing, and it never...
The Eye-Opening Experiences: Check Out This Collection Of Psycho Rides From Sydney Jamboree 2018!
If it was a perfect world, everybody would line up, make a good burnout, back up, stage, and go straight down the track as fast as they can at the strip. There would be no oildowns, no wall-to-wall...
The Cure For A Bad Day: Banger Racing At It’s Most Violent…European Cars Against A Cadillac Limo!
The only way you know what is good is to experience the bad. That’s something that was instilled in me years ago. If you only knew good, how would you know what “good” really was?...