Watch As The “Going Deep” Mega Truck Does A Backflip At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsport Complex!
Sep 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
I’ve figured out mega trucks…it’s taken me a while, but I’ve finally figured out their purpose: have you ever looked at a remote-controlled car and wondered what it would be...
Police Have Made Arrests In The Woodward Dream Cruise Car Thefts, Still Looking For The Cars
Sep 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Detroit Police have made a breakthrough on the car thefts that occurred shortly after this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise. Six people were arrested as a result of a chop shop raid in the...
STOLEN! Help Us Find Jason Tabscott’s 1975 Chevrolet Camaro And GMC Sierra!
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
We are just now getting word that Drag Week first-timer Jason Tabscott’s 1975 Chevrolet Camaro and his late-model GMC Sierra tow rig were stolen. Tabscott, whose high-revving Street Race...
Watch The Hot Rod Drag Week 2015 Heads Up Shootout LIVE Right Here!
Sep 19, 2015Brian Lohnes34
While the actual Hot Rod Drag Week 2015 competition has ended, there is one more day of action here at Gateway Motorsports Park and that is the second annual Drag Week Heads Up Shootout. This...
The Recall To End All Recalls? Volkswagen Found To Have Installed A Defeat Device In Diesel Cars Sold In U.S., Could Be The Biggest Fine Ever Issued!
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart24
Many outlets, including Jalopnik, the New York Times and Car and Driver are reporting that Volkswagen could be facing a recall of 482,000 vehicles and a potential fine that could hit $18 billion...
BangShift Project Files: Death, Resurrection And Life For A 1955 Chevy Nomad
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
There is nothing sadder than seeing the decrepit shell of a car that is rotting to the ground. You often wonder about it, what misfortuned led what once was someone’s brand new pride and joy to...
Laguna Seca Is Safe From ISC And The France Family, But Who Will Ultimately Manage The Track Still Up In The Air
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
For everyone who is a friend of the Laguna Seca race course, a vowed enemy of anything related to the France family of NASCAR fame, or both, we have good news: International Speedway Corporation...
Teach Them Well: This Robotics And Automation Professor’s 600+RWHP Camaro Is A Track Machine!
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Teach Them Well: This Robotics And Automation Professor’s 600+RWHP Camaro Is A Track Machine!
I should probably start this story out with an apology. I first encountered Brian Sparks’ Camaro early in the morning the day I took our project Chrysler to the NCM Motorsports Park back in...
BangShift Project Profile: A Chevy S10 Land Speed Truck…Powered By A Mercedes Turbo Diesel?!
Sep 18, 2015Brian Lohnes9
We’ve always been pretty hot on land speed racing here at BangShift and the big reason is that it provides one of the most amazing creative platforms for gear heads in the world today. There...
Apex Feature: Barney, The Home-Built, Big Purple Corner-Carving G-body!
Sep 18, 2015Dave Nutting2
(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) While you BangShift readers may not realize it, our feature on Lance Hamilton’s 1985 Chevy Monte Carlo SS has been a long time in the making for me. I’ve...
Cheap Car Blog War! I Challenge Lohnes To Find A Better Craigslist Deal For Under $1500 Than This 1996 Firebird!
Sep 18, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
As we’ve shown in our “Rough Start” series, a five thousand dollar budget is plenty to get a decent set of wheels and have it running and driving in short order. Anyone who has...
If You’re Planning For Drag Week 2016, How About Bringing Along This Blown Jaguar XJ-S?
Sep 18, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
As I type this, Brian and Freiberger are out on the road with the rolling circus of horsepower known as Hot Rod’s Drag Week. To say I’m a little bit jealous would be a severe...
After Watching This Clip Of “World Figure-8”, We Think We Have Found The Next NASCAR Race Type!
Sep 18, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Let’s be honest here: the only reason most people watch NASCAR anymore is for the crashes. That’s it. The racing…meh. The fights…yawn. But when a cookie-cutter racing machine...
Casey Woodside’s Fifth-Gen Camaro Is His First Car, His Race Car, And His Daily!
Sep 18, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Casey Woodside’s Fifth-Gen Camaro Is His First Car, His Race Car, And His Daily!
It’s a daily driver, it’s raced hard enough to place in the Optima Ultimate Street Car challenge and to hang with the serious builds during the LS Fest autocross and 3S Challenge, and if...