Asphalt Track Goes Back to Dirt
Real stock car racing was born on the dirt tracks of the Southern US. As it turns out, dirt track racing is still as popular as it ever was, with local heroes banging fenders and hanging the tail out...
Diesel Swaps Ain’t Cheap: City to Spend $52K Per Vehicle
Imagine if you got a call from the repair shop and they told you the motor in your vehicle was junk and they needed to swap it out. You’d cringe, take a deep breath, and ask how much that...
GM Wind Tunnel Available for Rent, Max Chevy Goes Inside
Our pal Darr Hawthorne dropped us a line to let us know that the lucky guys over a MaxChevy.com got a guided tour of GM’s Wind Tunnel at the Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. The awesome news in...
Great Rant: British Writer Says, “Stuff the Planet, I’m Buying a New Car”
When a column beings with the line, “One of the delights of getting old is the realization that you don’t need to pretend you care about jack shit any more,” you know that...
Too Cool! Vintage Gremlin Stock Car on eBay
This is totally BangShift.com approved! A guy in New Jersey is selling his vintage Gremlin modified stock car. We’ve seen Pinto bodies and such, but never a Gremmie bodied model like this one....
Aussies Love Tony Stewart: Smoke to Race Sprint Cars Down Under
Tony Stewart is big stuff here in the USA, but apparently his stock is high all over the globe. Stewart will be racing sprint cars in Australia on December 26th at Parramatta City Raceway. This will...
NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series Drag race Schedule Announced
Earlier this month, our friends at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and the NHRA announced the Hot Rod Heritage Series race and show schedule for 2010. The official release and schedule is...
Don’t Cry for Milwaukee: New Life for North Wilkesboro Speedway
While we were crying about the seemingly imminent demise of the legendary Milwaukee Mile, we failed to realize that there is actually some good news shaping up on the race track front. That news, as...
Did The Real NASCAR Die with Dale Earnhardt?
The New York Times has been looking back at the “Decade in Sports” as we come close to entering the year 2010. A recent story in the series was devoted to looking at NASCAR and what has...
Just Because: China Daily Reporter Wants Monster Trucks in Beijing’s
Remember the famous “Bird’s Nest” stadium that the world was fawning over during the Beijing Olympics? Well the place is sitting dormant these days without a whole lot happening. We...
WTF 2: Government Giving Thousands in Tax Credits On Gussied Up Golf Carts
The government has a bunch of wacky credits available to people who buy plug-in electric vehicles. These credits were granted in the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, and we presume they...
WTF: Ford Festiva Dump Truck
We have to thank(?)BangShift.com forum member SpeedService for the tip on this one. Long story short, someone in Brazil, Indiana, took a Ford Festiva, which is one of the weeniest little cars ever to...
What This is All About: Idaho Men Band Together To Build Hot Rod for a Dying Friend
If you can make it through this whole story without having your heart strings tugged, you’re tougher than we are. This story totally sums up what the gearhead life is all about. Carrigan Brown...
GM Names Chris Liddell New CFO
GM has named 51-year-old Chris Liddell, the former CFO of Microsoft, to the same position at GM. Liddell may be the bravest man in America, taking on what has to be one of the most daunting jobs in...
