BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Ultimate Racing D*** Move?
Sep 11, 2018Bryan McTaggart8
Here’s something I actually expected to be doing: writing another piece on Moto2 rider Romano Fenati and his abhorrent sportsmanship actions during competition. Back in 2015, Fenati and Niklas...
To The Ski Lift In Style! Who Wants A Cadillac On A Snowcat Chassis?
Sep 11, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Sitting in my backyard, making sure that my lawn doesn’t suddenly blow away in the breeze, is the 1980 Cadillac limo that has a date with destiny during the winter months at NCM Motorsports...
Morning Symphony: This Jaguar’s Straight-Six Scream Is A Much-Needed Palate Cleanser!
Sep 11, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
For the better part of a week now, the only two soundtracks I’ve been hearing involves all sorts of rock music from satellite radio…no shock there…and the booming noises that...
Holley LS Fest 2018: Sorry, Mr. Weatherman, But You Were Wrong And We Had A Ball!
Sep 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Holley LS Fest 2018: Sorry, Mr. Weatherman, But You Were Wrong And We Had A Ball!
The forecast for the weekend of the Holley LS Fest was simple: doom and gloom, with a chance of flooding. If you trusted the weather reports as they came in, LS Fest was going to be a no-go the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The First Car Or Truck You Can Remember Seeing That Stopped You In Your Tracks?
Sep 10, 2018Brian Lohnes19
The reason this question came to my mind was because of the yellow Mustang posted above. Not one like it, not a copy, THAT car. I saw it at a cruise night recently and it transported me back to a...
This 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix Is The Cure For The Common GTO – A Big, Clean, Car!
Sep 10, 2018Brian Lohnes5
So truth be told, I’m kind of shopping these days. Not ready to buy yet, but I’m peeking seriously at stuff to find something to stick in the garage at the new house. I have divested...
50th Cobra Jet Reunion: The History, The Cars, The Horsepower, and The People Were At Norwalk
Sep 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – More photos of cool and historic Cobra Jet powered Fords from the massive 50th Cobra Jet Reunion a couple of weeks ago. Joe Grippo was in his glory both racing his...
AutoMeter Video: The Install of AutoMeter Extreme Environment Gauges In A Dirt Late Model Is Cool
Sep 10, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on AutoMeter Video: The Install of AutoMeter Extreme Environment Gauges In A Dirt Late Model Is Cool
We have been talking at you about the importance of proper instruments in your street and race car since, oh, the second day BangShift existed we think. This video which highlights the install of...
Watch Hot Rod Drag Week Here: 2018 Live Streaming Coverage Starting From Atlanta Today
Sep 10, 2018Brian Lohnes6
It is that time of the year again, time to tune in and watch some of the most interesting, weird, wild, and fast street legal cars in the world compete at four tracks in five days and pound pavement...
Thirteen Years After: Photos, Personal Memories, And Botched Coverage Of Drag Week 2005 – How That Event Led To BangShift Existing
Sep 10, 2018Brian Lohnes3
Some mistakes you can never escape and this is one of them. For whatever reason, while I was on the road covering Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005 for CompetitonPlus.com, I got hung up on the idea that...
Quaint Old Video: This Look Back At The 2006 Pump Gas Drags Seems Appropriate Today
Sep 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1
As you are reading this, Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2018 has kicked off and more than 400 of the most awesome and fast street cars from all over the world are at Atlanta Dragway. Before Drag Week...
Holley LS Fest 2018: The Chevy High Noon Shootout – Winner Take All!
Sep 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Holley LS Fest 2018: The Chevy High Noon Shootout – Winner Take All!
There is never a hurting for autocross action at LS Fest…the oval track at Beech Bend is usually open for business so long as it’s not time for drifting or the burnout contest. But leave...
Morning Symphony: The One And Only Porsche 961, The Factory Race 959!
Sep 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: The One And Only Porsche 961, The Factory Race 959!
In the late 1980s, two cars had truly earned their way onto posters, Trapper Keepers, and the imaginations of young and old: the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40. The Ferrari was, in the loosest terms...
This Amazingly Cool Video From Nick Ziter Gives You A Fistful Of Awesome From Bonneville Speed Week
Sep 09, 2018Chad Reynolds2
This video is Part 1 of Nick Ziter Photography’s GoPro Bonneville Speed Week Video. It captures the emotion, the soul, and some of the essence that is Bonneville Speed Week through really cool...












