Category Archive: BangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
All Four Turnin’: Outlaw Open 4×4 Trucks Pulling At Millers Tavern
Aug 13, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on All Four Turnin’: Outlaw Open 4×4 Trucks Pulling At Millers Tavern
Nothing against the built tractors, the radical Outlaws or even the wheel-standing 2wd classes, but for me, this is the pulling class that I came to watch. This is where pulling...
Watch Pro275 Class Eliminations From The DuckX Magic 8 At Orlando – Pro275 Rules!
Aug 12, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Pro275 Class Eliminations From The DuckX Magic 8 At Orlando – Pro275 Rules!
It’s not too often that you get to watch a class of drag racing come into itself right before your very eyes but such has been my experience with the Pro275 category at the last two DuckX...
The Dragster Hunter: Check Out The Incredible Story Of A 1960s California Dragster That Somehow Ended Up In Tennessee
Aug 12, 2020Brian Lohnes3
Our pal Tommy Lee Byrd keeps on topping himself. Not only does this guy find the coolest and most interesting deals on all kinds of interesting parts but he is also history obsessed like we are and...
Beast On A Budget: Watch This 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated Big Block Get Built, Dynoed, and Bogged
Aug 12, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Beast On A Budget: Watch This 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated Big Block Get Built, Dynoed, and Bogged
Before you freak out and question our use of the word “budget” in the title, understand that in every case “budget” means something different. At 18 years old you were on a...
Historical Footage: Richard Petty’s Charger Vs. Bobby Allison’s AMC Matador At The 1975 Southern 500
Aug 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
When AMC redesigned the Matador line for 1974, they essentially made two different cars out of the same name: the sedan and wagon were basically face lifted versions of the car that replaced the...
If You Thought The Block Was Cool, This CNC Video Showing A Cylinder Head Being Made Is Amazing
Aug 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Last week we showed you a video of a CNC mill creating and engine block from a billet of aluminum. This week we move up a step both on the engine and in the complexity of work with the video below....
Like Nothing: Dropping A Fiat 126 On An Ax Blade The Size Of A Doghouse!
Aug 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
Do you have a temper in the shop? Come on now, be honest…after stripping out a bolt, after the wrench slipped and it now looks like you went ten rounds with Mike Tyson in his prime, after...
Free Snake: Gifting A 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra That Was Saved From The Junkyard
Aug 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart5
Antiquing? Um…normally that’s a very, very hard pass from me, thank you much. I know that there can be some cool things to be found on some shelf in some store on any given day. Among the...
Origin Story: How The Tokyo Drift Monte Carlo Came To Exist
Aug 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
It was easy to mock the cars of the Fast and Furious movies early on, wasn’t it? Little buzzbombs painted bright colors, with random-ass graphics, bad bodykits didn’t make a great...
Forest Gems: Digging Through An Overgrown Junkyard In New Jersey
Aug 10, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Forest Gems: Digging Through An Overgrown Junkyard In New Jersey
I’ve spent less than a weekend’s worth of time in the state of New Jersey. But after watching this video, there’s a lot that lines up with hunting in western Washington. Namely, the...
The Other Dodge Diesel: Get Close-Up With A Diesel-Powered 1978 Dodge D200!
Aug 09, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
Say “diesel Dodge” out loud, even at a whisper, and the fan boys come flowing out with yowls of Cummins this, roll coal that, and some absolutely ragged but absolutely brutal square-body...
Midget Of The Corn, Part 2: Putting The Engine In By Hand!
Aug 08, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Not so long ago (a couple of weeks, in fact) I said that Kevin from Junkyard Digs is the YouTuber that almost refuses to take the easy way out. Why he does that, I don’t know…it’s...
Classic YouTube: Ronnie Sox’s 1995 Crash At The IHRA Summernationals At U.S. 41 Dragway
Aug 07, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Ronnie Sox needs no introduction here. The Sox and Martin cars instantly bring in images of red, white and blue Plymouths fitted with a four-speed manual and the man from North Carolina who could run...
No Means No: The Day That Tom Sykes’s Kawasaki Called It Quits
Aug 07, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on No Means No: The Day That Tom Sykes’s Kawasaki Called It Quits
Ever have the kind of day that you regret waking up for? That was July 21st, 2013 for World Superbike rider Tom Sykes. The event was the eighth round of the World Superbike Championship, and was held...






