Watch As Ritchie Keith And His Rock Bouncer Go For A Big Roll Down Showtime Hill!
Jul 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Standing vertically on the back tires, facing downhill, isn’t where anybody should want to be at a hill climb. Usually, that means that something didn’t quite go to plan. Staring at the...
Roads Untraveled Reviews A Five-Year-Old Challenger To See How It Is Upon First Impression
Jul 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
Have you wondered how the late-model muscle cars will fare after a few years of use and abuse, especially in the face of competition? I have, but it is difficult to get an unbiased opinion, or to...
Drag Action Photos: Wheels Up And Tire Smoking Action From Thornhill Dragway
Jul 20, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Action Photos: Wheels Up And Tire Smoking Action From Thornhill Dragway
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Here is the meat and potatoes of tracks across the country on a weekly basis – the bracket cars. To some that sounds boring, but these folks put on a...
Watch As The Last Airworthy Avro Vulcan Makes A Wild Turn After Takeoff – Making The Last Flights Count Before It Is Grounded!
Jul 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
At the end of 2015, Avro Vulcan XH558, the last airworthy Vulcan airframe, will be grounded. The delta-winged bomber, which made it’s debut in 1956, has long been a symbol of British airpower...
Meltdown Drags Coverage: Our Romp Through the Byron Pits And The Action On The Strip Continues
Jul 20, 2015Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – When we tell you that we’re just getting going with 2015 Meltdown Drags coverage, we are not kidding. Greg and Jason have pumped some 1,000+ photos...
Barnstormin’: A Confirmation Of The Adage That “Fast Is Cool” In Nearly Every Gearhead Language I Can Think Of
Jul 20, 2015Brian Lohnes5
I’ve always had the thought that anything that was fast immediately qualified it as being cool. I think I have tried to really live by that here at BangShift over the course of the nearly...
Question Of The Day: Is There A Place For A Performance Hybrid, And If So, Where?
Jul 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
If you are on this site, reading these words, then I don’t need to tell you why gas motors work for racing. Fuel plus air plus spark equals good time and has done so since the dawn of the...
This Big Red 427 Biscayne Is A Study In Restraint And Overkill All At The Same Time – We Want It Bad!
Jul 20, 2015Brian Lohnes12
We always think it is cool when someone builds a car that somehow manages to blend a couple of different themes perfectly together. This 1966 Chevy Biscayne is the latest example of that and the car...
Caption This: The SMART Off-Roader, The Official Vehicle Of The Tread Lightly! Program…
Jul 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
I’ve ridden in a SMART before. I fit…barely…with the driver, and it did move forwards, backwards, fast enough to not get run over in town traffic, and didn’t get blown into...
This Video Walk Through Of The Secret Ford GT Design Lab Is Pretty Awesome
Jul 20, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on This Video Walk Through Of The Secret Ford GT Design Lab Is Pretty Awesome
In terms of raw impact, we’re not sure that anything has matched Ford’s debut of the new GT at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. The thing literally stole the show away from virtually every...
Meltdown Drags 2015 Coverage: Here’s A Load Of Photos From The Pits – So Much Win
Jul 19, 2015Brian Lohnes3
(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – Greg and Jason Rourke have been at the 2015 Meltdown Drags this weekend and after yesterday’s action gallery from the strip we decided that today...
Some Of The Most Wicked Rock Buggies In The Nation Try Out “Bents And Dents” And The Infamous “Cable Hill” Climbs – Wide Open And Barely In Control!
Jul 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
The “rock bouncers” that play in the South are some of the wildest off-roaders out there. Fully caged and well overpowered, these machines are serious pieces of work and the drivers do...
This 429-powered Ford Torino GT Gets Revved To The Moon As The Tires Go Up In Smoke!
Jul 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
I’m having a form of cabin fever in July…this isn’t right, but it is happening. Why? Two reasons: the Angry Grandpa 300C does not do a burnout worth mentioning right now. Stupid...
Mr. Regular Buys What Used To Be A Regular Car – A 1960 Ford Falcon!
Jul 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Well, now, this is a bit of a surprise! Mr. Regular, the grunting and slightly concerning voice of Regular Car Reviews, has been traveling the country this year, and for one reason or another, while...












