Definitive Signs Of A Diesel Powered Future? Gasoline Consumption Plummets And Diesel Soars In England
(Image credit: Bloomberg.com) – It is no secret that European carmakers have been investing heavily in diesel engine technology for a significant amount of time. Sales of diesel powered cars...
Small Missouri Airport Has Drag Racing Problem And Apparently Little Security – Rodders Using Airport As Private Strip
Hannibal Regional Airport in Missouri is a small place with a 4,400ft runway and apparently not much security. People have literally been driving in and using the runway as a private drag strip and...
Victory Motorcycles Will Be Bringing An Electric Bike To Race At The Isle Of Man TT This Year!
Victory Motorcycles’ racing division will be bringing an electric motorcycle to the 2015 Isle Of Man Tourist Trophy race on June 10th. Marking the first time the brand will take place in any...
This 1953 Chevy Wrecker Is A Runner, A Driver, And An Old School Worker You Can Own
Hey, a wrecker on BangShift? We never do stuff like this! Ok, we probably do stuff like this too much but can you blame us? This 1953 Chevy tow truck is really cool and it is something you can hop...
Question Of The Day: What Was The First Car You Drove With A Manual Transmission?
For the older readers of BangShift, understand that this question generally is meant for the younger crowd, and for a reason: the manual transmission has been on the endangered list since the late...
Would You Rather, The Fallen From Grace Edition: Do You Take The Chop-Back Olds 442 Or The Shrunken Mercury Cougar?
The Mercury Cougar and the Oldsmobile 442 both have strong lineages. Both cars were meant to be the upscale variation of their platform, the one with the luxuries and amenities that would appeal to...
And Now For Something Completely Random: An Amphibious Subaru Impreza!
Land, water, air. We have vehicles for all three elements, but when it comes to making a vehicle work for two of those elements at the same time, the results can be pretty mixed. Can it be done? Of...
This Awesome Old 1960s Gasser Is Perfectly Preserved In Race Form And Has An Engine You’ll NEVER Guess
History tends to favor the really fast stuff in drag racing and we suppose that it is only human nature. The cars the wowed crowds with crazy performances and feats of strength are the ones that...
Video: Watch British Royalty Racing Formula One In A Renault 98t Powered Lotus Circa 1986
Johnny Dumfries, who is quite literally British Royalty, may not be the most famous Scotsman ever to sit behind the wheel of a Formula One car but he is still a bad ass in our book after watching...
Rapid Fire: A Former Sand Dragger Go 8s At The Strip And Sniff 200 On The Salt With a Poncho ‘Banger!
Roger Manson’s Rapid Fire is so BangShift approved we can hardly stand it. This car started life as a sand dragger, was bought by Roger who then put it on the drag strip, got it to go 8.70s...
Ill Handling Beast Video: A Crazy Lister Corvette On the Road Course
First things first, Lister Corvettes are not really Corvettes at all. The name came from the late 1950’s when the Lister chassis started making their way to US shores from Europe and racers...
BangShift Tune-Up: Ford Versus Pontiac And An Airplane Boneyard In Rev Theory’s “Hell Yeah”
Rev Theory’s “Hell Yeah” isn’t a technical song. It isn’t a particularly original layout, it doesn’t have stand-out lyrics. It is just an all-around basic rock...
It’s A Glow-In-The-Dark Aston Martin DBS For The Gumball 3000 Rally, Because “Why Not”
The Gumball 3000 Rally is pretty much a rich person’s race that tours 3,000 miles in whatever direction race organizer Maximillion Cooper decides he is going to head off in that year. It takes...
Nightmare Scenario: Rogue Metal Ballast Smashes Into NASCAR Xfinity Car During Practice
(Lead photo: twitter/@JasonToy) If there is one sincerely scary thought, it is of a random metal object with weight flying towards a speeding race car, aimed squarely at the driver. No good can come...
