New York’s Lancaster Dragway Future In Limbo – Owner Vows To Sell Facility, Will Not Reopen For Racing Without New Ownership
Jan 23, 2019Brian Lohnes19
In what has become a sadly recurring tale for Lancaster Dragway located outside of Buffalo, New York, an owner’s outlook for the facility may see its gates closed forever. Owner Gordon Reger...
It Lives! Dylan McCool’s 1969 Dodge Charger Has It’s First Fire!
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
If there is one moment of trepidation for any novice builder, it’s the first fire of a new engine. It’s a 50/50 gamble…either everything will be okay or everything will go straight...
Ever Wanted To Know More About A Monster Truck? Take A Walk Around Son-Uva-Digger!
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Ever Wanted To Know More About A Monster Truck? Take A Walk Around Son-Uva-Digger!
For as long as I’ve been alive, there have been monster trucks. Whether they are crushing cars or are flying in a manner that no six-ton vehicle should ever be able to accomplish, the...
Believe In Beef: This 1971 Dodge D-300 Stakebed Is A Shop Truck Score
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Is there anything more purpose-driven than a good old stakebed truck? One engine, room for two, maybe three, and a big flat tray with the option to add in some walls if you so desire. I personally...
Hot Five: 1,203 Horsepower Out Of 2.7L Of A Turbocharged Volvo Inline-Five
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
I’m a little partial to Volvos. The first burnout I ever did was in a 1976 242D two-door, and after watching hours upon hours of rally footage, I’ve come to appreciate the capabilities of...
Drinking Habits: The Four-Cylinder Chevrolet Silverado Drinks More Than The V8 In Testing
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart19
When Chevrolet announced that the latest generation Silverado would appear with a 2.7L turbocharged four-cylinder engine, there was a lot of skepticism over whether or not the thought process behind...
The Cheap Racing LUV Made It To The Zip-Tie Drags! Here’s The Final Chapter In The Little Truck’s Mission!
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Cheap Racing LUV Made It To The Zip-Tie Drags! Here’s The Final Chapter In The Little Truck’s Mission!
After following the build of Broke Bastard Garage’s Chevrolet LUV, we’ve been waiting with baited breath to see how the truck handled the Zip-Tie Drags and the $3K Hooptie Challenge in...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Erwin Cannonball Baker
Jan 23, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Erwin Cannonball Baker
Since we just told you about the Motorcycle Cannonball event and Brian Darwas’s film that documents riders dashing (as a figurative term) across country on motorcycles made between 1900 and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are You A Messy Or Organized Shop Kind Of Person?
Jan 23, 2019Brian Lohnes11
I got the photo of the old man working in the severely cluttered shop in an email this morning and he looked so at peace just working away with all that stuff around that it got me thinking about my...
Breaking: VIDEO- LA Rams Star Ndamukong Ngwa Suh Purported To Be In High Speed Porsche Crash
Jan 22, 2019Brian Lohnes18
BangShift.com has acquired video that purports to show LA Rams star Ndamukong Suh crashing a Porsche at the company’s track in Carson, California. We have learned from sources close to the scene...
Half-Mile Racing In Puerto Rico At The PR500 – Can You Say Hellcat Pickup?
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Half-Mile Racing In Puerto Rico At The PR500 – Can You Say Hellcat Pickup?
Am I jealous that 1320Video packed up and went to Puerto Rico in the middle of winter? Yep. Can I blame them? No, not really. Half-mile racing going off this early in the year sounds pretty sweet to...
The Auction Mistake Corvette Lives Again! Dyno And Dragstrip Time!
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Auction Mistake Corvette Lives Again! Dyno And Dragstrip Time!
One C6 Corvette with a lifetime of hell already seen blows up a transplant engine after making some big-boy power at the strip. Surely, that same Corvette deserves a chance for redemption, right?...
Here’s A Surprise: Lincoln Sold Every Suicide-Door Continental That They Made, And They’re Making More!
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
A couple of years ago, it seemed that Lincoln was going to go that great junkyard in the sky. The Navigator wasn’t moving, and the myriad of “Mk-whatever” nameplates did not sell....
A Labor Of Love: The Story Of The Revival Of A 1985 Pontiac Fiero
Jan 22, 2019Bryan McTaggart8
I’m amazed to see how many people have jumped onto the car rescue bandwagon, especially on YouTube. Each video of somebody diving deep into an engine bay, scrubbing lichens off of body panels,...












