Category Archive: BangShift News, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Watch a Polish Woman Fail Her Driving Test in Truly Spectacular Fashion
Jan 29, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch a Polish Woman Fail Her Driving Test in Truly Spectacular Fashion
Driving isn’t for everyone, as evidenced by this video clip from Poland. According to the description with the video, this is footage of a woman taking a driving test. The sad part is that the...
Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!
Jan 28, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!
Is it spring yet? No…crap. At least time is on the march, because right now I’m missing the smell of PJ1 and race fuel. The strip is calling our name, and while Lohnes will be out for the...
Venomous: Sal Patel’s Dodge Viper Is Still One Of The Most Evil Snakes At The Strip!
Jan 28, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Venomous: Sal Patel’s Dodge Viper Is Still One Of The Most Evil Snakes At The Strip!
It’s well known that the Dodge Viper’s entire reason for existing was because Bob Lutz wanted to have a contemporary version of the famed Shelby/AC Cobra, and when Dodge unveiled the...
Roadkill! No American Cars, They Must Be Prettied Up And They Have To Be Raced At An Event…No Sweat, Right?
Jan 28, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
TopGear may have perfected the budget-minded cheap car shootout, but it’s one thing for three Brits who are all about picking a car down to it’s core to score beater cars and try to make...
Who Says The Daily Beater Has To Be Dull? This VW Scirocco Is Pretty Neat!
Jan 26, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
“Just get a Camry…or a Corolla…or a Jetta. Something you can drive everyday, so you can play with that hot-rodded pile you have.” That was a line spoken to me by a squad...
Ever Wonder How An Australian Burnout Competition Is Judged? Let 1320Video Explain How It’s Scored Up!
Jan 26, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Ever Wonder How An Australian Burnout Competition Is Judged? Let 1320Video Explain How It’s Scored Up!
We’ve shown you Australian burnout contest footage for years, and for the most part, what you see is pretty predictable: engine going to the moon or beating up the rev limiter, tires...
Engine Masters! Is A Stroker Motor Worth The Cost Over A Standard-Sized Mill?
Jan 25, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
“No replacement for displacement”, that’s the battle cry, right? The more cubic inches you pack around, the better off you’ll be? Depends on the argument you’re wanting...
Massive Flop Or Misunderstood Massive Flop? Check Out The Story Of The Edsel Here!
Jan 25, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
The Edsel brand stands in history as one of the most spectacular and legendary failures in the automotive age. It’s not difficult to see why: it was overhyped, it was another chrome-laden land...
Not Every Holden Is A Burnout Car…Check Out This Beastly Kingswood Pulling Truck!
Jan 23, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
If there is such a thing as “burnout season” in Australia, it’s currently in full force right now. Video after video, we’ve seen some of the best come out swinging, turning...
Classic YouTube: Pan American’s First 747 Flight Occurred On This Day In 1970
Jan 22, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
It wasn’t the Concorde, but the Boeing 747 might as well have been when it was rolled out of the hangar in Everett, Washington in September 1968. Compared to the Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s...
Cleetus and AZN Learn First-Hand How The Police Deal With Hot Rodders In Australia!
Jan 18, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
We know that Farmtruck and AZN made it over to Australia for the fun and excitement that was Summernats 30, but guess who tagged along? That’s right, America personified, Cleetus McFarland...
It’s Got A Thousand Horsepower (AT THE WHEELS!) And A Thousand Reasons Why It’s Controversial – Jay Leno Checks Out The “Vicious” Mustang!
Jan 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
“It’s a 1965 Ford Mustang fastback…so far from stock, that it’s hilarious.” Well, Leno isn’t wrong on this one. It’s as much a Mustang as Ken Block’s...
Aussie Sleeper Heaven: Check Out These Ten Subtle Monsters!
Jan 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
We love sleepers. Absolutely love them. And we aren’t just talking about a 10-second Mustang that looks like it’s a 14-second Mustang, either…we love seeing some of the most beserk,...
Morning Symphony: Panteras Around Spa-Francorchamps
Jan 16, 2017Bryan McTaggart2
I don’t know when an American V8 was first shoved into a European sports car. While I suspect it happened before Carroll Shelby took a look at an AC Ace roadster and went,...