Author Archive: Eric Rood
Would You Rather: Beat-On Vintage European Wagons Projects for A Grand
Sometimes when you’re poking around CraigsList ads for masochist-level nightmare projects, you stumble upon a perfect pairing of hellacious vehicles. While perusing the local Chicago ads for beater...
MotoGP paddock remembers Luis Salom after his fatal crash in Barcelona
Last Friday, Moto2 rider Luis Salom died following a crash in Free Practice for the Moto2 series weekend at Circuit de Catalunya near Barclona. The young Spanish rider was just 25 at the time of his...
Tony Quinn’s 850-horsepower Ford Focus is a proper Pikes Peak beast from Down Under
Every year, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb brings some of the biggest automotive freaks out of the woodwork with some fascinating and unique one-off machinery. Certainly, Nobuhiro “Monster”...
Video: Watch the Porsche 919 set the Le Mans lap record
In France this weekend, the World Endurance Championship is hosting the Official Test Day for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. As much of the 8.4-mile Le Mans circuit is made up of public roads, this is the...
Watch and rewatch the 100th Running of the Indy 500 for free
If you somehow missed the incredible Indianapolis 500—Spoiler here, in case you’ve somehow missed the race and the news about the winner—you can watch the full replay of it for free on the...
Important update: SuperKarts are still absolutely freakin’ insane.
We’ve shown you some crazy superkart racers before, namely the fools strapped to 250 cc of two-stroke rocketry hurtling around the Isle of Man on (closed) public roads. That’s actually...
Rally Azores might be the world’s most picturesque racing venue
The FIA’s European Rally Championship treks to the Azores this weekend for the Azores Airlines Rally. The Azores are a Portuguese-owned island chain in the Atlantic Ocean that is renowned as a...
Hail, Fog, and Last-Lap Lead Changes: The 2016 Nurburgring 24 Hours Was One Of the Most Epic Endurance Race Ever
The Nurburgring 24 Hours is renowned for the challenging weather that frequently befalls the event. Leh Keen’s “Rain Dance” is a classic piece of footage from a rainy night at the ‘Ring and...
The Indy 500 wasn’t the only berserk race last weekend; check out the photo finish of the Freedom 100
The 100th running of the Indy 500 got the big billing for the Memorial Day weekend, but the weekend started off with Carb Day and the mid-day Freedom 100 at the vaunted Brickyard. The 100-mile Indy...
Crashing rally car flings out in-car camera that then catches car in mid-air tumble
Wild rally crashes are nothing new and it’s easy to think that you’ve seen it all when it comes to guys smashing up their high-strung econoboxes in the forests. However, Martin Kder’s crashed...
So just what the heck happened at the end of the 2016 Indy 500? Full Analysis Here!
If you watched the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, you saw some incredible see-sawing at the front of the field all day, but the most insane part of the race was former Formula 1...
Take a helmet-cam ride in a bike-powered sports racer up a Spanish hill climb course
Bike-engined hill climb cars are a bit of a European specialty with a number of companies like Wolf, Norma, and Osella producing what are essentially miniature Le Mans prototypes. With featherweight...
Here’s your BangShift guide to a motorsports-stuffed Memorial Day weekend
The biggest weekend in motorsports has arrived and the truly dedicated and/or insane racing fan can, if he or she desires, spend almost the entire weekend watching racing. As with any weekend from...
Formula Vee race provides vintage momentum car melee, like Spec Miata with even fewer horsepower
Formula Vee might be the longest-running class of road racing in the U.S. and when the entire car is a kit built using parts from an old air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle, it’s hard to scamper away from...