Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Question of the Day: Who is the Most Sympathetic Figure in Automotive History?
I keep seeing ads for an upcoming documentary on the Discovery Velocity channel that will analyze and study the horrifying 1955 LeMans crash that killed more than 80 people and sent shockwaves...
Question of the Day: What’s the #1 Thing On Your Automotive Bucket List?
A couple years back, I wrote a story in Hot Rod Magazine that was essentially the ultimate gearhead bucket list. A few of us threw ideas at the list and I glued the whole thing together for the...
Question of the Day: What is the Lamest Automotive Myth?
As car dudes and dudettes, we live and breathe this stuff. Sadly, we’re in the minority when it comes to the general population. The majority of people don’t have a freaking clue about...
The Answer to Yesterday’s Mystery Flathead Photos!
Yesterday we showed you several photos of a totally awesome inline flathead engine that combined both modern supercharging and EFI technology with architecture of what is essentially an old tractor...
Question of the Day: What’s the Best Car Song Ever?
One of the sad ways to tell that cars have largely fallen off of the cultural map these days is the fact that there are no car songs on popular radio anymore. That may be a good thing, because it...
Name This Motor – Could This Be The Coolest Flathead of Them All?
We’ve been rolling down Bitchin’ Flathead Ave for the last week or so in the BangShift blog-mobile. From the blown Ardun to the wicked blown Caddy flattie on John Beck’s dyno, the...
Question of the Day: What is the Most Annoying Thing That People Do At Car Shows?
Hanging out a car shows is a fun part of the hobby. 99% of people at the show are there for the same reason you are, which is to hang out, oogle cool cars, bench race wacky ideas, and enjoy the...
Question of the Day: What Brand or Model of Car Has the Most Rabidly Devoted (WEIRD) Owners?
This question came to me when I was driving and a Corvette pulled up along side of me. Inside the car was a man wearing a Corvette hat, Corvette jacket, and he had adorned the car with both a...
Question of the Day: What is the Worst Automotive Innovation Ever?
We live in an age where cars are packed with some incredible technology. From anti-lock brakes to active cruise control that will automatically slow your car with traffic, to cars that can literally...
Question of the Day: What is the Most Pointless Automotive Competition?
After that flaming burnout contest video, I got to thinking about all the different automotive type competitions out there. Outside of the normal racing type stuff, there are lots of pointless...
Question of the Day: What Model of Car Would You Erase From History Given the Chance?
Today’s question is a little on the vindictive side. Given the chance to squash any specific model in the history of the automobile, which would you choose? We’re guessing that the...
Question: Is Drag Racing’s Mass Media Exposure Due to Explosions and Wrecks Good or Bad?
In the past two weeks, the sport of drag racing has received more mass media attention because of a high profile explosion and a high profile wreck than it has in probably the last five years (or...
Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Class in Drag Racing?
One of the great appeals to the people out there who love drag racing is the diversity in equipment. On any given day at a strip you’ll see dragsters, altereds, door slammers, motorcycles, and...
