BangShift Reader Brawl: What Is The Boldest Move A Racing Sanctioning Body Needs To Make And Who Needs To Make It?
As you know, we thoroughly love racing here at BangShift. We love it because we’re involved in it at a couple of levels, because we’re fans of the people who are racing and wrenching on...
This Blown, Ground Pounding 1973 Gremlin Has A Hairy 401 And An Awesome Past – Tough Stuff!
Hot rodders have had a good formula for about the last 80 years and that is to grab a cheap car that may be largely unloved and turn it into something that they can scorch the Earth with. They did it...
The Most Valuable Collection Of 10 Ferraris The World Has Ever Known Will Be Auctioned In A Few Weeks – This Is Amazing
When one of the greatest Ferrari collections in the world decides that it is time to sell, auction houses from all over the globe try to get in on the action. This time it was Bonhams auctions that...
This Hilarious Ad For The Brickyard 400 Proves That Indianapolis Motor Speedway Has A Sense Of Humor
When you combine elements of an old school drag strip screamer ad, horrendously cheap special effects, and a tongue planted firmly in a cheek, you get the hilarious ad below which was made by...
Project Raven: It’s The Little Things That Will Kill You
Summertime brings storms to the Midwest, the kind of storms that dump inches of water at a moment’s notice. Ever since I got the Imperial running, I had functioning wipers. In Arizona, they...
Rough Start: Does This GTA Spark Your Interest, Or Should You Run?
Hunting down a car in Maryland, a state I only think about when I picture it’s Rorschach-test state flag, is daunting for the Rough Start budget. Wading through the typical LeSabres and Luminas...
Watch A Ferrari F40 and F50 Get Thrashed On A Beautiful Road Course: Pure Auditory Perfection
July 21, 1987 is the date that Ferrari unleashed the last car built under il Commendatore himself, Enzo Ferrari: the F40. An exercise in improving the already unholy 288GTO, a Ferrari meant for...
The Zingers inspired a generation of car geeks, and we talked to the guy who built them
There was a time when custom car culture was as mainstream as professional sports. Back in the 1960s, custom car shows were huge events that hundreds of thousands of people saw over the course...
You Missed A Turn! Van Crashes Into An Apartment Building
The Abbotsford, British Columbia RCMP had an interesting call in the early morning hours of July 18th. A Ford Windstar had missed a turn at an intersection and plowed straight through two apartments...
eBay Find: 1974 AMC Matador X – So Weird It Is Cool Or So Weird That It Can’t Be Cool? You Tell Us!
The AMC Matador was never exactly a styling tour de force, although in the context of its era the car was pretty bold. Hell, magazines declared the very car you are looking at below the best styled...
Take A Ride In The Mustang EcoBoost On A Hot Lap-This Thing Sounds Serious
The Mustang EcoBoost is an intriguing beast, because it marks the first time since the storied SVO Mustang of the 1980s that Ford is honestly giving a performance four-cylinder a shot in their iconic...
BangShift Road Test: The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – Duramax Diesel Power Under The Hood
One of the things I always pay attention to when cruising a road test car or truck is how much impact it is having on its immediate surroundings. Is anyone paying attention to it? Anyone gawking or...
Pro Mod And Doorslammer Action From Roxboro Motorsports Park – Superchargers And Killer Paint Everywhere
(Words and Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – There are few things that make us smile wider than learning of the sale of a drag strip and how it was revitalized under new ownership. Such seems to be...
Diesel Power Challenge 2014: The Infamous Trailer Towing Obstacle Course
If there is one event at the Diesel Power Challenge that puts the driver front and center it is this one, the trailer towing obstacle course. Rather than an all out speed competition, this is more of...
