This Restomodded Mazda RX-3 Is A Fun Little Screamer! Good Looks And That Rotary Noise…
Aug 25, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
Mazda’s RX-3 is like the early Toyota Celica: they look like a miniaturized Japanese take on an American muscle car. Powered by the 12A 1.2L Wankel rotary engine, they were the most popular...
This Suburban Blurs The Line Between Mudding And Swimming – Was That A Fish That Just Brushed Your Leg?
Aug 25, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Suburban Blurs The Line Between Mudding And Swimming – Was That A Fish That Just Brushed Your Leg?
Where does one draw the line between mudding and a sunken truck? Is it when the bumper dips below the water line? Maybe it is when tire motion is only noticeable by ripples along the surface of the...
Drunken Idiot Steals Excavator, Wreaks Havoc, Gets Busted – Don’t Be Stupid, Stupid!
Aug 25, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Drunken Idiot Steals Excavator, Wreaks Havoc, Gets Busted – Don’t Be Stupid, Stupid!
(PHOTO CREDIT: OSWEGO POLICE) – Those crazy drunks. Enough skill to get a piece of big yellow iron cranked up in the dark and head out on a public road, but not enough sense to know that...
IndyCar Racer Justin Wilson Dies As Result Of On-Track Head Injury – Profound Loss To Racing Community
Aug 24, 2015Brian Lohnes3
(Photo credit: TeenCancerAmerica.org) – The outcome that the racing world was hoping to avoid has arrived, It is being announced that this hour by multiple sources and insiders that Justin...
IndyCar Driver Justin Wilson In A Coma After A Major Crash At Pocono
Aug 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
IndyCar driver Justin Wilson is in a coma after a massive accident at yesterday’s Pocono, when he was struck in the head by the nosecone of Sage Karam’s wrecked Indy car at speed, which...
Zero The Hero: Toyota Mirai FCV Is Run Through Rally Deutschland’s Stages As A Zero Car – Has The Prius-Bashing Has Taken A Toll?
Aug 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
Toyota’s Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has been rather curious. Elon Musk, Tesla Motors’ mogul, has referred to fuel cell technology as “bullshit”, even though the issues...
Unhinged: “Pro Commuter”…Does The Daily Beater/MPG Ride Have To Suck?
Aug 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart19
Don’t ask me how or why I coined the term Pro Commuter when I wrote about an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera GT. I was honestly flailing words around so that I could finish a post and move on with my...
Top 11: BangShift’s Picks From Mecum Dallas 2015 – Our Choices From A Musclecar-Heavy Lineup!
Aug 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Normally, mulling through any auction house’s listings page is like reading Hemmings…sure, the cars are nice, possibly rare, but they are certainly out of your price range and are way too...
“Would You Rather?”, The Sun-Bleached Edition: Take Your Pick Of Two Desert-Parched Big Coupes!
Aug 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
Welcome to another round of “Would You Rather?” Today, we decided to take the high road and instead of forcing you to pick between bad and evil, we found a couple of cars that could...
Matt Hagan Runs 3.879!? Kills Beckman’s Record Run At 329.58 MPH!!!
Aug 23, 2015Chad Reynolds4
Matt Hagan runs 3.879! Sure 1000 Feet Drag Racing slows them down! Apparently Matt Hagan and Jack Beckman didn’t get the memo, and neither did the rest of the Schumacher Racing stable! Matt...
Seen The Photos Of The 1969 Firebird Crushed By The Fire Truck? They’re Making The Rounds (again)
Aug 23, 2015Brian Lohnes6
If you have been on the internet over the last couple days, chances are you have seen one of or all of the photos below. They depict a 1969 Firebird that has been completely destroyed by an out of...
Dyno Video: An Offy Gets Spun to 9,000 RPM — Is the Offy The Greatest American Racing Engine Ever?
Aug 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1
The only good that ever came from Peugeot in America was the inspiration for what came to be known as the Offenhauser racing engine. The original layout of the engine was conceived by American...
Watch A Bird Strike Knock The Front Window Out Of A Small Plane On Landing Approach – Pilot Handles It Like Boss
Aug 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1
I am not afraid of flying but I am afraid of flying in small planes. Look, I know this is an illogical fear and something that I should just get over and handle but I can’t. I don’t know...
Watching This Lola T298 Spewing Fire As It Laps Monza Is Gearhead Nirvana
Aug 23, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Watching This Lola T298 Spewing Fire As It Laps Monza Is Gearhead Nirvana
Lola is one of those auto manufacturer names that you know, but yet you don’t quite know. Most of that is due to the fact that Lola Cars tended to be overshadowed by the fanfare of the race...












