Author Archive: Eric Rood
Classic F1 start: Watch Jean Alesi’s ridiculous holeshot at Silverstone in 1995
Starting a Formula 1 car from the grid has always been notoriously difficult and back in the mid 1990’s, it surely wasn’t easy. The clutch heat-soaks while sitting on the grid and may or...
Think you’ve seen crazy? Take a look at these British sidecar racers’ collective insanity
The old saying goes that “Racing is a team sport” and while that maxim is true on many levels, the driver is ultimately the person who decides the fate of the equipment in most motorsport. Of...
Classic video: Watch a racer retrieve his wayward wheel from the racetrack
Over the last six years or so, Jeroen Bleekemolen has established himself as one of the hardest-working race drivers in the world. On a given weekend, you can find the Dutch driver racing just about...
Truck racer Mike Ryan sues ChampTruck founder; series suspends operations – Legal Papers Here
Truck racer and stunt driver Mike Ryan recently filed a legal complaint against ChampTruck World Series founder and CEO John Condren in Los Angeles County court, prompting Condren to file his own...
Rally Poland crushes cars and spirits with heartbreaking end to fan favorite’s chances
After three years of domination by Frenchman Sebastien Ogier and Volkswagen, the 2016 World Rally Championship has taken some incredibly dramatic twists and turns. Heartbreaking last-minute failures...
You can now watch full truck race weekends from Europe for free
If you’re a fan of truck racing but have been lamenting for years how difficult it is to follow big rig series like the European Truck Racing Series, you might just have hit paydirt. The ETRC has...
Watch a classic Trans-Am race at Brainerd that includes star power, Merkurs, and a white-knuckle track
The modern Trans-Am Series makes its annual Independence Weekend pilgrimage to Minnesota’s Brainerd International Raceway this weekend and what better way could there be to celebrate that than with...
Enjoy 7 minutes of unabashed rally porn from this Belgian rally: Jumps, spills, and crazy turbo noises galore
The FIA’s European Rally Champoinship has inherited a number of rallies that were at one time part of the World Rally Championship. In addition to the the Olympic Rally in Greece, this includes the...
This jet engine on a test stand makes an (un)expected exit stage left
We’ve shown you near-catastrophes here with turbine engines before on BangShift, including some chaps who nearly let one get away from their makeshift test stand on a forklift pallet. However, not...
Watch a stuntman ghost-ride his whip at an Expert level in front of thousands at Goodwood
There are about 8,000,000 things I want to post from last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed across the pond in Sussex. The always-badass Beast of Turin was there, as were most of the...
Romain Dumas wins Pikes Peak hillclimb a week after winning Le Mans; watch his historic run here
Fresh off his share of a surprising and dramatic 24 Hours of Le Mans victory with Porsche, French driver Romain Dumas jumped from a Denver-bound jet almost directly into his highly modified Norma M20...
Wacky Dutch MotoGP round: Privateer rider wins, Marc Marquez ‘borrows’ photographer’s scooter
While NASCAR had the drama of a glorified shoving match and Tony Stewart securing what might be his last Sprint Cup victory, MotoGP was busy having its own drama on two wheels at the Assen TT Circuit...
Tony Stewart snaps streak with win after three years in classic NASCAR road course finish
Every NASCAR sees a bit of bumping and knocking around, but this weekend’s action from two different racetracks gave healthy dose of the trademark drama. With the Sprint Cup Series running its...
Looking for a new, completely insane street-legal drag car? How about this V8 Geo Metro on CraigsList?
Lotus founder and legendary designer Colin Chapman is famous for his “Simplify, then add lightness” quote and his preference for minimal weight in lieu of massive horsepower. But Chapman was...