Unveiled: The Abarth 124 Spider Rally – Finally, A Fiat That Is Worth Looking At!
In case you are a little confused as to what you’re looking at, let’s start from the top: It’s a Mazda Miata at it’s core, that Fiat trims out with some body differences and...
Take A Look Behind The Scenes Of Gymkhana Eight Through The Lens Of Larry Chen!
It is one thing to have a GoPro or a movie-quality camera focusing on the driving antics of Ken Block…it’s hard to miss the action when it’s being recorded. But taking still shots...
Ken Block’s Gymkhana Eight: A Rally Fiesta In The Middle East
For the eighth Gymkhana film, Ken Block had to do something dramatically different. We’ve seen his repertoire of stunts, we have seen him in Subarus and Fords, and we are all very well versed...
Watch Jonathan Rea Summon His Inner Dirt Track Racer To Win A SuperBike Race On The Last Corner
(By Eric Rood) – The Australians sure know how to build road courses. While Bathurst and Adelaide get all the glory internationally, Phillip Island Circuit might produce as good as those...
There’s An Ultra Rare (In The USA) Toyota 1GZ-FE V12 For Sale On Craigslist – Weird!
BangShifter Will Sanders sent us the link for this really interesting engine that he found for sale on Craigslist. The mill is a Toyota V12! While we like to think that we know lots of stuff, there...
Season From Bell: NASCAR Truck Competitor Chris Bell Suffers Another Big Wreck, This Time While Leading In Atlanta
(By Eric Rood) – Christopher Bell has had a rough start to his 2016 season. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver tumbled across the front straight in spectacular fashion at Daytona in...
Awesome Video: The Rock Island Grand Prix Shifter Kart Race Is Held On Public Streets! Ride Along
(By Eric Rood) – The grand days of the SCCA racing on temporary street circuits is long behind the world of road racing, but a few holdouts still host wheel-to-wheel racing on closed public...
Jaguar Land Rover Looking To Buy The Silverstone Circuit? Suddenly, We’re Very Interested In Jaguars…
The Silverstone Circuit in the U.K. just might be changing hands soon. Multiple outlets are reporting that the British Racing Drivers’ Club, the group that currently owns Silverstone, are...
BangShift Goes Racing! How To Pick A Cheap Race Car And Start Competing!
Welcome to Bangshift Goes Racing! This is a multi-part series that gives a look into choosing, building, and racing a car on the cheap. Here, you’ll see the misadventures of my friends and I as we...
The Mighty Car Mods Guys Hot Rod An Old Electric Car! Funny And BangShift Approved
I want to be the Mighty Car Mods guys. They rule. Of course they have some strange Australian lingo that takes some getting used to, but overall these guys have the right attitude. Their choice is...
Carfection Is On A Roadtrip, Checking Out French Racetracks! First One Up: Circuit de Charade!
“…it’s said that God sculped the scenery, but the Devil laid down the tarmac.” Sounds like my kind of road. Flat tracks are great if you are a kid learning to drive a...
Morning Symphony: The Sounds Of Audi Quattros Driven In Anger!
Audi’s four-wheel-drive coupes took motorsports by story when they debuted in 1980. Rally racing and road courses alike echoed to the sound of pissed-off five-cylinders and all sorts of fun...
Go For A Ride With Formula Drift Drivers Through The Lens Of GoPros – Where Inches Of Space Is A Luxury!
I love watching drifters do what they do best. To some, it’s engines beating up on the rev limiter while another set of tires vaporize into nothing and potential body damage with a flick of the...
Epic Troll Bernie Ecclestone Declares F1 ‘Worse Than It Has Ever Been’, Tells Reporters He Wouldn’t Pay To Watch
If there is one thing that Formula One honcho Bernie Ecclestone can never be accused of it is hiding his feelings. The guy says what he thinks and has built up a layer of armor around him thick...
