Couple Give Their Favorite Cracker Barrel Waitress A New Car After Seeing Her Old One
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart7
Gary and Roxann Tackett had seen the car each and every time they came to the Cracker Barrel. A blue 2002 Hyundai Accent, one that had been put through hell (and about five deer impacts) from the...
Hyundai Bows Out Of U.S. Motorsports, Rhys Millen Racing Looking For New Automotive Partner
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Hyundai Bows Out Of U.S. Motorsports, Rhys Millen Racing Looking For New Automotive Partner
For the last six years, Rhys Millen Racing has been partnered up with Hyundai North America, running such events as Global RallyCross, Pikes Peak and Formula Drift. But recently Hyundai has stepped...
Random Car Review: Pontiac Firebird “Type K” Concepts
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart4
GM wasted no time getting to work on the second-generation F-car, with preliminary sketches and mockups taking place even as the first generation cars were going on sale. Both Camaro and Firebird...
Here’s Another One For The Awful Welding File — Would You Trust This Tank?
Dec 11, 2014Brian Lohnes15
A while back we showed you an ATV that was booger welded together so badly that even calling it booger welding is giving what we saw too much credit. That blog item spurred the collective memory of...
Question Of The Day: Is A Fullsize Transformer Cadillac One Step Too Far?
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart17
I’ve watched this video a couple of times now trying to figure out what, exactly, it is that I’m looking at. And other than the obvious answer, a very modified Cadillac Eldorado,...
Here’s What Happens When A Russian Truck Full Of Loose, High Pressure Gas Cylinders Crashes And Catches Fire – KABOOM
Dec 11, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Here’s What Happens When A Russian Truck Full Of Loose, High Pressure Gas Cylinders Crashes And Catches Fire – KABOOM
(Editor’s Note: This is one of the wildest videos that we showed you in 2014. If you missed it the first time, watch this disaster now. It’ll make you look at the next truck full of gas...
Christmas Caroling, BangShift-Style: Fun In The Snow With A Big-Block Buick To Bing Crosby’s “Winter Wonderland”!
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
When we were kids, snow was the best thing ever. It meant that school was possibly delayed or, if the odds favored us, closed. It meant that sledding and snowball fights were options, and it meant...
Big Rig Carnage! Ten Of The Biggest Wrecks From Truck Racing [VIDEO]
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Big Rig Carnage! Ten Of The Biggest Wrecks From Truck Racing [VIDEO]
Of course a car such as a Porsche or a Corvette makes going around a corner look easy…they are set up to do just that in their softest setting. But flinging a heavy truck, the kind you normally...
Rough Start: A 4.6 Thunderbird Begging For The Rude-And-Crude Treatment
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
Fresh off of my quick trip to Kansas this last weekend, I figured I’d troll through the Craigslist to see what is out there for sale. There are all sorts of cars and trucks for sale along I-70,...
Five Minutes Of Drag Wheelies, Wrecks, And Saves From All Over The Country Including Rare Footage Of A Thundering Injected Nitro Pro Mod
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1
More Urban Hillbilly Action Video perfection here in the form of Sean Melton’s latest YouTube release from his vaults. In this video we see everything from oil pan bashing wheelies at Orlando...
eBay Find: The Drysdale Dryvtech Motorcycle Had Hydraulic Propulsion, Braking, and Two Wheeled Hydraulic Steering
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes4
This is both the coolest and weirdest motorcycle/dirt bike we have ever seen. Constructed by the internationally known Aussie builder Ian Drysdale in 1990 it is an engineering experiment that pushes...
We Play Middleman Helping A Buddy Score This Cherry 1976 Datsun 280Z 2+2 – Is There Anything More Fun?
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes10
Recently, I got to help out BangShift web guy Scott Payton by being the middle man, bag man, pickup guy, final line of defense, or whatever you want to call it in a long distance automotive purchase...
Demo Day At The Simeone Museum – See Four Of The Most Legendary Cars Ever In Action: Daytona Coupe, GT40, Jag D-Type, Porsche 917 – EPIC!
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes6
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a lot like other high-end car repositories, meaning, you pay your admission...
Jaime Sarte, Innovative And Prolific 1970s Funny Car Chassis Builder Has Passed At Age 72 – Built Some Of The Quickest Cars Of His Era
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes6
(Lead photo credit: American Nitro FB page) – We were informed last night of the passing, at age 72 of Jaime Sarte who was an innovative, popular, and well known drag racing chassis builder in...












