Unhinged: Thanks For The Letdown, Buick. Appreciate That.
Mar 20, 2016Bryan McTaggart14
Our jaws hit the floor. The Internet lit up. Facebook had it in the “trending topics” section almost immediately, and every auto journalist had to pick their jaws up off of the floor. The...
Copart Cadaver: A New Shelby GT350 And It’s Flat-Plane Crank V8 Will Be For Sale Soon!
Mar 20, 2016Bryan McTaggart6
High performance car plus low performance driver always means that inevitably, a badass car is going to find it’s way onto Copart.com, the online search hub for everything dead and crunched in...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Wile E. Coyote Tunnels And Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!
Mar 20, 2016Bryan McTaggart9
It’s a busy week and we love it! Plenty of live racing to watch and go see, the weather is finally useful, and we three are running around providing as much coverage as we can for you! We get...
This 1975 Bricklin SV-1 Is Eye-Searingly Green And As Clean As They Come!
Mar 20, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
When Malcom Bricklin was putting together the idea for the SV-1 (Safety Vehicle-1), he might have had safety in mind but in a strange way, he was building a kind of muscle car: he wanted the...
Watch NHRA Pro Mod Racer Dan Stevenson Suffer The Most Horrendous Pro Mod Fire We Have Ever Seen
Mar 19, 2016Brian Lohnes3
On Friday at the 2016 NHRA Gatornationals, NHRA pro mod racer Dan Stevenson suffered the most horrendous fire that the class has seen in its 15 year history with the National Hot Rod Association....
Ride ON A Humvee As It is Dropped Out Of A Plane – This Is A Neat View Of An Airdrop
Mar 19, 2016Brian Lohnes3
It has been a long while sine we showed you a cool video of a quartet of Humvee trucks being sucked out the back of a military transport plane with parachutes and heading off into the darkness. Today...
This Lap Around The Nurburgring In-Car With An Instructor Narrating Is Cool, Crazy, And Informative
Mar 19, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on This Lap Around The Nurburgring In-Car With An Instructor Narrating Is Cool, Crazy, And Informative
We first learned about this video from a friend who was in Germany on a wing and a prayer racing trip, this time in the deep end of the pool to compete in a qualifying race for the legendary 24 Hours...
This 1970 International Harvester Travelall TV Ad Makes Us Want To Buy One Right Now
Mar 19, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Like today’s truck ads, those made in the 1960s and 1970s were all about preaching toughness, strength, and the veritable indestructibility of the vehicle being promoted. In this case we are...
Lawnmower Racing In England Looks Like A Muddy Riot! Check This Out!
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Lawnmower Racing In England Looks Like A Muddy Riot! Check This Out!
A confession about BangShift Mid-West HQ: due to the flawed geographical layout, my lawn looks like a scaled-down version of the Everglades anytime any amount of moisture falls from the sky. It...
This Pro Street Ford Maverick Is Everything A Car Needs…It’s Black, Nasty And Stout!
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart5
I’m just a sucker for a fast black Ford. Can’t explain it any other way than that. It all started with a spray-bombed 1973 Mercury Comet GT and ever since then, I equate a flat-black Ford...
Integra Vs. A Twin-Turbo Audi R8: The Gringotegra Chalks Up Another Victim At TX2K16!
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
The green DC2 Acura Integra is the infamous “Gringotegra”, a ballistic little force-fed screamer that owner Myles uses to maintain his status as the fastest front-drive 1500′ and...
Question Of The Day: What Automotive Manufacturer Should Join NASCAR?
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart11
(Honda image: James H.) During an interview with SiriusXM NASCAR, Chairman Brian France let an interesting tidbit slip: other manufacturers, looking at the success that Toyota had with their Camry...
Classic YouTube: 1986 Chevrolet IROC Z28 Camaro Advertisement
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
How were automotive jingles still a thing in 1986? If there is one advertising trend we are glad has gone the way of the dodo, it’s singsongy lyrics to a pop music riff, and that’s what...
Rough Start: A Sense Of Deja Vu With A 1978 Pontiac LeMans, But Cheap Entry Into Racing Could Be Yours!
Mar 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
Didn’t I just find one of these? Yes, I did, and I had to do a double-take and compare the eBay ad from a couple of days ago versus the Craigslist ad that I just found this afternoon....












