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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s the Strangest Thing You’ve Ever Done A Burnout In?

  With our motorhome burnout videos up on the site this morning, it seems only fitting that our BangShift Question of the Day be about doing burnouts in whacky or strange things. Not  that the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Image Driven Vehicle Type?

Lots of what tends to drive people to buy certain cars is the image that they project. Let’s face it, car companies don’t make ads about pickup trucks that feature cowboys, country...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best/Most Borderline Hack Impromptu Roadside Repair?

I had forgotten about this cell phone photos that I zapped while driving out to Bonneville in August. It was apparent from a distance that all was not well with the Hyundai we were coming up on. The...

BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First Automotive Crush?

Walking through a large cruise night this summer, I saw a 1969 Charger and stopped in my tracks like someone had just hit me with a Louisville Slugger. The copper 1969 Charger with the white vinyl...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Section Of The Gearhead World Is Doing The Best Job Of Getting Young Guys And Girls Involved?

(Photo courtesy of Tulsa Raceway Park) – So last weekend I was in Tulsa at a track both Chad and I seem to find ourselves at with frequency, the well known Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park. I...

Question of the Day: Who’s The Most Legendary Crew Chief In American Racing History?

For most “normal” people who are fans of racing, they concentrate their energies on the driver. It is the driver who gets the glory and the fame while the crew guys break their ass during...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Worst Car You Have Ever Owned

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY We’ve all had one. A shit box. A junker. A lemon. A car that you actually hated to even look at, let alone drive. Now is the time to spill...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Thrash You’ve Ever Been Involved With?

With Drag Week having just finished up some competitors have awesome stories of thrashing up until they had a couple days left to get their cars assembled and on the road to Bowling Green for opening...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Way To Sell An Old Car?

I was cruising down the road yesterday minding my own business when I spotted this cool old Buick Riviera for sale on the side of the road. The gigantic FOR SALE slathered across the windshield...

Question of the Day: What was the Coolest Factory Option of the Muscle Car Era?

Through the 1960s and early 1970s, it must have been cooler than heck to work at one of the big three Detroit manufacturers. Sales were hauling along, muscle cars were being pumped out sometimes with...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Given A Time Machine What Specific Race Or Type Of Racing Would You Go Back And Watch?

This question came to be through multiple conversations with racers both active and former who told me awesome stories that I wish I could have experienced first hand. From Garlits shaving his beard...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Daily Drive A Car With A Roll Cage In It?

Yesterday we asked whether or not Pro Mod style cars would ruin Hot Rod’s Drag Week, and got a ton of interesting comments, but I would say that most people think they are a bad idea. With that...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Will Pro Mod Style Cars Ruin Hot Rod Drag Week?

We’ve got a strong opinion on this one, as does just about everyone else who cares about Hot Rod Drag Week, but we’re going to let you guys answer first and then I’ll let you know...

Question of the Day: If You Were 16 Today and Given $5,000 to Buy A Car What Would It Be?

Let’s play a little “what if” game today. What if it was your 16th birthday on this very date and a well to do grand parent handed you $5,000 in cold hard cash for you to purchase a...