OUCH – This Audi Vs. Bentley Accident At The Blancpain Sprint Series Misano Race Is Cringeworthy!
That misty shot of dirt, debris, and scattering body panels is the result of the coming together of an Audi R8 and a Bentley during the Blancpain Sprint Series race at Misano. Coming out of a corner,...
This Hellcat Challenger Whips Up On The Unsuspecting At A VMAX200 Event In Europe!
Ranting, raving, and fawning over the Hellcats should be over…they are out and about, and hunting. Quarter mile times are known, top speeds are known. Done and done. What’s left?...
Tough Truck Racing! Check Out The High-Flying, Axle-Breaking Fun At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park!
If it’s destined for the junkyard but runs, you might as well have some fun with the vehicle before it dies, right? That’s the theory behind some of the best low-buck racing you can find:...
Land Speed Coverage: Action Photos From The 2015 ECTA September Meet – Final Runs Of 2015
(Photos by David Whealon) – The final event of the 2015 ECTA season was a barn burner for sure. The place was jammed packed with more motorcycles and hot rods than anyone could remember, the...
Shakedown At The Summit 2015 Photo Bomb: More On Track Action From The Wild Norwalk Weekend
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – The negative Nancys of the world that think they know the sport of drag racing and don’t will be the first to tell you that there are no young people involved...
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...
