Every Kid’s Dream: School Bus Figure-Eight Racing From Washington State
For six years, the majority of my year was occupied by a twice-a-day ride in a Gillig school bus that dated to at least the early 1970s, if not as old as the late 1950s. All but the two spare buses...
Rough Start: A Rowdy Olds Omega In Rhode Island! Is It Worth The Chance?
How do you hunt for a project car in a state that’s 48 miles long by 37 miles wide? How many potential candidates could there possibly be in the state of Rhode Island that would cut the mustard...
Gravelrama 48: Our Coverage Of Ohio’s Off-Road Jamboree Begins Now With The Show Field!
For the last couple of years I’ve known that there is a strong off-road presence near BangShift Mid-West. If you were to draw a circle that at it’s furthest, would represent a six-hour...
Historic Video: Watch Steve Evans And Dave McClelland Call The Finals At The 1978 NHRA US Nationals
Apologies to anyone who has been thinking that the summer has been speeding by. See, I have been looking forward to late August and early September like nobody’s business. Why? Three of my...
Watch The Most Overly Dramatic Tire Safety Video Featuring Junky 1960s Tires We’ve Ever Seen
We have to hand it to Jam Handy and General Tire and Rubber for their excellent work on this 1960s tire safety video (read: advertisement). The general theme of the film is that you’re pretty...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Is Your Biggest Automotive/Gearhead Pet Peeve?
If you watch The Family Guy, you’ll remember the episode when Peter gets a segment on the local news called, “You know what really grinds my gears?” On it, he would tell everyone...
FAST Gen 5 LT1 Spark Plug Wire Sets Are A Snap On Upgrade For Your Late Model Powered Hot Rod
If there is one thing that history has taught us its that upgrading your hot rod whether it is an old school powered car or a more modern one, is a holistic enterprise. You can get away with doing a...
Watch Dick Smothers Race At The 1968 US Nationals And Then Get Interviewed By A Strapping Young Steve Evans
Here’s a gem of a video that I literally fell over completely by accident while trolling YouTube for cool US Nationals stuff that I am going to beat everyone over the head with the in weeks...
Classic YouTube: The Impossible Motorcycle Hill Climb From Muhlbach-sur-Munster In France
Muhlbach-sur-Munster is a picturesque location in eastern France, near the border with Germany. It’s known for being the birthplace of Johann Carolus, the man responsible for the earliest known...
Turning The Soil: Fast Mud Racing At The Michigan Mud Jam
Four-wheel drive never looked so violent as it does when mud racing is the game. I grew up with trail trucks…little big of rocks, little bit of mud, and maybe a Buick to park on at the end of...
Caddyshacked: Lining Up Against This Hayabusa-Powered Golf Cart Is A Mistake!
I’m not asking any of you to raise your hand, because I’m pretty sure that I know the answer. How many of you have done some…entertaining things with a golf cart? Drag racing with...
After Action Review: The Power Driven Diesel Folks Go Through What Happened With The Engine They Killed!
Back at the beginning of August we got to see what happens when a Cummins engine in a drag truck suffers a catastrophic engine failure courtesy of the guys at Power Driven Diesel. Their engine went...
McTaggart’s Heart Will Go Pitter Patter Over This AMAZING 1981 Dodge Mirada
There are at least two things that make this 1981 Dodge Mirada “Rare” as the ad claims, but we’ll go into those in a few. Until then, lets talk about how amazingly straight this...
