2015 NSRA Street Rod Nationals: Full, Fat, Flat, And Fondly Fendered Hot Rods
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Time for rods with fenders. Let me stop and tell you folks that haven’t been to this event a little about how difficult it is to determine what to take...
Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: Flat Dirt Drags Images from the Pits And Action On The Track
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d never been to the flat drag portion of Gravelrama and we were really looking forward to it. 100 yards to the finish. Its odd watching a drag...
eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!
It is not often that we run stories about old tires here at BangShift but this is a set of rubber that is unique, interesting, and is unused even though they were manufactured 51 years ago and...
We Take A Look Back At The Subaru That Got The Performance Ball Rolling, The Impreza 22B, With MotorWeek
Until I turned on Gran Turismo for the first time, Subarus were dinky little sedans and wagons that made a farting noise wherever they went. Sure, the SVX was around, but that was a freak of nature....
Top 11: Picks From The Mecum Chicago Auction – Can We Predict A Decent Deal In The Catalog?
11. 1968 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible It’s the size of Rhode Island, comfortable as a barcalounger, drinks like an angry Scotsman, and looks like New England old money. This...
Scrapple, Your Weekly Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, We Have The Trumpghini, Karma And A Dancing Musk!
Temperatures are finally starting to cool off, leaves are starting to show the first tinges of color, the harvest is coming in, the geese are heading out, and every last broken bone is starting to...
Ten Cars, One Quarter Mile: Motor Trend’s World’s Greatest Drag Race 5!
In what has turned into tradition for the guys over at Motor Trend, the field of new cars battling it out for the title in their annual Best Driver’s Car series are hauled off to an airport...
This Is Not The Correct Way To Load Your Big Rig On The Trailer – Near Disaster Caught On Tape
We’ve all had issues loading a car onto the trailer at one time or another, right? I once drove a car onto and nearly straight off the front of an open trailer after the owner told me that the...
Death Wish? We Have The Craziest Looking Thing We Have Ever Seen – V8 Snowmobile
We know a bunch of guys from Wisconsin and those guys are some of the hardest core hot rodder, partiers, and lovers of life that we have ever run into. Why? Because for lots of the year Wisconsin is...
eBay Find: 1942 Autocar U-7144-T Rig – This Thing Comes With The Killer Trailer Too
When we talk about old Army trucks normally visions of Power Wagons and other iconic stuff like that will pop into our heads. Today we’re stepping up the brawn program by showing you an awesome...
NSRA Nationals Coverage: Trucks, Trucks, And MORE TRUCKS In Louisville!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Whether its just used for cruising or hauling, all these trucks carry smiles where ever they go. We snapped photos of everything from huge car haulers...
Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: Action Photos From The Big Eliminator Hill!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The event that most people look forward to at Gravelrama 2015 has a cool name – the Big Eliminator Hill. It’s a massive pile of un-compacted pea...
This Turbo-Four Eagle Talon Is A Monster That Can Hold It’s Own Against Turbo V8s
I had all sorts of Mitsubishi-related jokes lined up. “Danger to Manifold”. “Dude, I almost had you!” “See crank walk. Walk, crank, walk.” Fine…we all saw...
