Chinese Electric Car Explodes and Burns to Ground Killing All Occupants After Accident – Car Maker Wants to Import to USA
BYD is a large Chinese automaker, a company that wants to begin importing their electric cars to the United States, and the company that manufactured an electric taxi that was struck from behind,...
Cool Video: Highlights and Action From the Hotchkis Autocross at the 2012 Moparty at the Strip
We got tipped off to a cool video taken at the 2012 Mopars at the Strip event in Las Vegas. This year, the event was opened up to all muscle cars and people responded in droves. From ground pounding...
eBay Find: An Ultra Rare 1964 Mercury Park Lane Marauder With Factory 427 R-Code Power and a 4-Speed
Last week we found a rare Pontiac for sale on eBay and this week it is one for the Ford crowd. This totally bitchin Mercury is supposedly just one of 54 built with “R” code 427 engines...
The Dirty Gearhead Phrase That Isn’t: Balls to the Wall
It is a phrase that lots of gearheads use frequently and probably few know the origin of. When you’re yapping with buddies and tell them that you’re going to run your car, “balls...
Cruise Gallery: The Pearland, Texas Cruise May 2012
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – A beautiful late Spring evening drew out a great crop of cars in Pearland, Texas recently and Charles Wickam was there with his trusty camera at the ready. There...
Stay Tuned to BangShift Today for Breaking NHRA News at NOON Eastern!
Just a quick note to remind you that we’ll be blogging live from the NHRA press conference in Boston today. The presser is set to begin at noon eastern standard time and the expected result is...
American Powertrain Announces New X-Factor Cross Member for 1964-1967 GM A-Bodies
Cross members are certainly unappreciated parts, until you need one that fits your specific project. If you are swapping the trans, adding larger or dual exhaust, changing engines, etc, chances are,...
The Top 11 Greatest Ever Names of Race Car Drivers
Don’t be confused. This is not a list of nicknames, it’s a list of real names. As per usual, we’ve probably made some glaring omissions here so feel free to insult us and tell us...
10-Year Old English Boy Steals Parents Car – Crashes Car Two Miles Later – 10 Year Olds Suck at Driving
Here’s a little newsflash for you. 10 year old kids suck at driving. This fact was further reinforced by the actions of a little guy in England recently when he got into an argument with his...
Watch the World’s Quickest and Fastest AMC Powered Drag Car Rip Off a 6 Second Lap – Twin Turbo Power!
While shooting texts back and forth over the weekend with my pal Jon Wall, he tipped me off to what has to be the coolest Top Dragster machine in the country, Alan O’Brien’s twin turbo,...
Watch an Off Road Racing Truck Jump and Land Directly on Top of Another Truck During a Race!
Jeremy McGrath cut his teeth in the tough and crazy world of motorcross in the 1980s and 1990s. He moved to off road racing trucks several years ago and has proven himself to be just as gnarly a...
Barnstormin’: Stuck in a World of Mere Mortals
I wonder if Art Arfons did his own laundry. I’m sure Evel Knievel didn’t. That’s what I was thinking the other night while switching the lights and darks down in my basement....
Project Buford T Justice Update: The Trans Thrash is ON!
If you remember, we put Project Buford T Justice on the dyno a couple weeks ago and fragged the trans and driveshaft in violent fashion. Since then, we recalled a transmission that has been living in...
Rumor Mill: NHRA to Announce 2013 National Event at New England Dragway on Wednesday at Boston Press Conference
This Wednesday at high noon, the NHRA will host a press conference in Boston. While there has been no official word from either the NHRA or the only sanctioned NHRA track within two hours of the...
