Wait…A What? This Four Door 1978 Cougar Is A Rare Find – Maybe Not A Good Find But Certainly A Rare Find
(By Greg Rourke) – When I (an almost 60 year old gearhead) think of the Mercury Cougar, I think of the first cousin to the Mustang. Dyno Don’s funny cars and Fast Eddie’s Pro...
Morning Symphony: 10,000 RPM Track Attack With A Group B Mazda RX-7
Mazda’s place in rally wasn’t well established in the early 1980s. It didn’t take long to realize that the company had effectively brought a knife to the kind of gunfight where an...
2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photos: More Awesome From The Fall Gathering To End All Fall Gatherings!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I’ve never made it a secret that my first and strongest attraction to cars is the pre-49 stuff. It’s what I grew up around and have always been drawn...
Down But Not Out, Round Two: Country Classic Cars In Illinois Gets Struck By A Tornado
(Photos: St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Last August, the scene in Staunton, Illinois was nightmare fuel for any gearhead: Country Classic Cars, a dealership that specializes in classic vehicles with a...
2018 Houston Autorama Photos: Some Of The Baddest Cars In The Lonestar State Right Here!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – There are a few things we know about Texas. They love drag racing, they can BBQ like nobody’s business, and hot damn can they build a hot rod or two! Our...
The Little Red Death Wagon: Just In Case You Wanted A Project Idea For The Winter!
Not counting the one time I tried to steal my aunt’s Mustang II when I was in kindergarten, I feel confident in saying that most of us got at least one of, if not our first driving lesson, at...
History In Motion: This 1922 Video Shows The Paris Fire Brigade In Action – Gutsy Frenchmen!
This is an interesting video for many reasons. The first being the fact that it was made about 100 years ago, the second that it shows mechanized fire fighting in that time period, and the third is...
Beater Battle: Mr. Gasket’s King Of The Heap 2018-19, Round One From NCM Motorsports Park
Winter boredom does not need to exist for gearheads who are within a reasonable drive from Bowling Green, Kentucky. The King of the Heap racing series, sponsored by Mr. Gasket, has kicked off for the...
Cool Drag Video: This 1981 Footage From A Track Rental At OCIR Is Awesome!
This is the type of drag racing video that you really have to kind of be a dork to fully enjoy, BUT, anyone that was live in 1981 will appreciate it as well. You are going to watch some shockingly...
More Gearhead History: Another Batch of Vintage Drag Race and High-Po Parts Ads
As we continue to delve deeper into the cavernous BangShift historical archive of old school drag mags and papers the hits just keep on coming. These ads with their hand drawn graphics, simple...
Boat Carnage Compilation: This Collection Of Racing Boat Crashes Is Completely Bonkers
Well, if you have ever contemplated boat racing this video may cure you of that desire. This collection of racing boat crashes is completely bonkers. Right off the bat you will see one that’ll...
Monday Shopper: This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Brougham Is The Right Car For The Right Ford Enthusiast
In the many cars that came through the yard when I was a kid, only a few really jumped out at me as being “good”. One of them was a gold 1972 Ford Gran Torino, the one with the formal...
Historic Video: Watch The Public Debut And First Run Of Art Arfons’ Cyclops In 1961
Some racers are defined by their creations, some are defined by their success, others are defined by their ability to come up with new ideas and employ them in ways that others haven’t been...
