BangShift Top 11: McTaggart’s Highlights From 2019
Dec 31, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Today is the day to reflect on the past year of activity. It’s been a freaking blur this year. Some sections came easily. Others kicked my ass like none other whatsoever. I’ve put down...
Best of 2019: The March To $50,000 – This Video Shows Alex Laughlin’s Dominating Lights Out 10 Performance End To End
Dec 31, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Best of 2019: The March To $50,000 – This Video Shows Alex Laughlin’s Dominating Lights Out 10 Performance End To End
It was the biggest weekend of Alex Laughlin’s drag racing career. It was the most profitable single day of his life. It was also a win that many in the radial vs the world universe did not...
Best of 2019: Watch This Crusher Bound Detroit Diesel V-16 Two Stroke Go Out With Its Boots On
Dec 30, 2019Brian Lohnes6
Many of you are going to hate this video because it involves the destruction of an engine and a cool engine at that. Many of you will be disgusted by seeing a crusher bound Detroit Diesel V-16 two...
Best of 2019: A 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Time Warp!
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart42
I don’t care if this is everything that is wrong with a street machine wrapped up into one car, I want this thing like few other cars I’ve seen in a while, just on it’s freak-factor...
Best of 2019: A 1940 Ford Because If She Ain’t Happy…
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
You know the rest of that saying. “If she ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” We know the sentiment well…it’s why on beautiful sunny days that we saw as perfect...
Best of 2019: SCCA Trans Am Racing At Road America In 1977!
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
Trans Am racing from the late 1960s and early 1970s is often remembered as the scene where pony cars battled it out for supremacy on road courses. Cougar GTs, Javelins, Cuda AARs and Challenger T/As,...
Best of 2019: Watch Tommy Johnson Jr Drive An Exploding Funny Car To A Round Win Like A Boss
Dec 30, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Best of 2019: Watch Tommy Johnson Jr Drive An Exploding Funny Car To A Round Win Like A Boss
What makes a good funny car driver? Solid reaction time? Getting the parachutes out on time? Keeping the car in the groove? All important but we think that the single most important attribute a funny...
Best of 2019: The Hellcat-Swapped Miata Goes Full Aussie Style At Hoonigan’s Playpen!
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
The Mazda MX-5 Miata is going to go down in history as one of the high points in small cars. A Japanese love letter to British roadsters of the past, the Miata and it’s staying power are...
Best of 2019: Even A 1974 Oldsmobile Omega Looks Like A Riot To Wheel Around
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart7
So a subject has come up in the BangShift forums about whether or not a hot rod has ever been cheap. There’s always been those who can squeeze the last drop of blood from a stone to make their...
Best Of 2019: The Messerschmitt Me163 Komet – Strapping A Rocket To Your Ass In The Literal Sense
Dec 30, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
Nazi Germany wasn’t a fearsome enemy just because of the brutality of the regime, but because of the intelligence of the people behind the scenes. Rocketry, jet aviation…both owe heavily...
This Two-Door Tahoe Would Be An Epic Daily Driver, You Never Find Them This Clean
Dec 29, 2019Chad Reynolds13
Two-Door Tahoes are something you don’t see every day. I still think of them as a “Blazer” and wish that is what Chevrolet had called them, but regardless of the name they are cool...
Best of 2019: This 1971 Plymouth Satellite Wagon Blends Muscle Car And Family Car Beautifully
Dec 29, 2019Bryan McTaggart12
When I was working in the yard, we tore down and ultimately scrapped out a Chevy Kingswood station wagon simply because it had a big-block under the hood. Any say I would’ve had in the matter...
More Drag Week Bonus Photos: We Bring You More Cool Stuff From Cecil County
Dec 29, 2019Chad Reynolds3
(Photos by Joe Grippo) Drag Week has long been one of our favorite events, as we were on the first one and many since, and we love running photos from the event’s many stops. When Grippo decided to...
Best of 2019: Ever Heard Of The Corporate Concepts Lieutenant Truck?
Dec 29, 2019Bryan McTaggart11
While it might not appear to be an issue when you look at what prowls the Interstates of America, one issue that is a problem for many truck owners is length. While lately it seems that the problem...












