Video: Swingin’ 1961 Chevrolet Commercial
This is a mind-blowing, nearly 2-minute commercial from back when GM was in a good mood. The piece from 1961 looks more like the opener for a Doris Day comedy than it does a car commercial, but it...
The Parting Shift: Getting it Done With a Five-Gear
Here’s a new weekly feature that we’ll use to lower the curtain on a week’s were here on the blog. Each week we’re going to fearure a video of someone really rowing a...
Who The Hell Owns Richard Petty Motorsports?
It seems that every other week we’re hearing news about Richard Petty’s NASCAR team and none of it ever seems to be good. There was the rumor of Dodge leaving them high and dry, a rumored...
Carnage Video: Nasty Mazda Rotary Tumbles in the Lights
You may think that import cars are weak sauce, but the guys in Puerto Rico figured out the Mazda rotary engines long ago and they have some insane action there on the country’s four drag...
Exhaust Violation May Lead to Capture of Murder Suspect
Can a pair of oddly placed exhaust stacks on a truck that has no business having exhaust stacks lead to the capture of an Illinois murder suspect? Authorities hope so. The truck was spotted in...
Paxton Blow-Through-Carb Superchargers for Small-Block Mopars
This really isn’t that new, but it’s just so bitchin’ that we wanted to remind you that Paxton makes blow-thru-carburetor systems for small-block Mopars. Boost is good, and it can...
Coming Monday: The Day of Destruction
We’ve been dropping videos of carnage on you over the last week, placing them here and there in the blog. We’ve had flying Corvettes, spinning big rigs, and even someone driving through a...
History Channel Announces New Shows; One Sounds Like A Glorious Trainwreck
The History Channel is on a reality show kick. We’re admittedly hooked on Ice Road Truckers. It sounds like lots of others are too as the channel’s web site has announced that THC will be...
Epic Hoon Fail Bonus: Teens Crash Car Through House, Pin Elderly Woman
If you thought our report on the kid who got busted doing burnouts hours after getting his license was bad, then you are really in for it when you hear the story of another hooning Aussie teen who...
Epic Hoon Fail: Australian Kid Busted By Cops Less Than 7 Hours after Getting License
An Australian teenager (not the driver shown) tasted both victory and defeat recently after he earned his license in the morning and had his car impounded before dark. The kid was caught doing...
eBay Bonus Pick: The Baddest Jeep Forward Control Truck in the World
We have to thank BangShift.com forum member (and college chum!) Paul Lafayette for the tip on this bonus eBay Pick of the Week. We believe this to be the most off-road-capable Jeep Forward Control...
Carnage Video: Incredible Flying Corvette Launches into the Catch Fence
Here’s a fairly new video on Streetfire of a fairly old crash. It depicts a 1989 Corvette Challege race, where driver Stu Hayner ran over a wheel and tire that fell off of another car, and got...
$200 to $300 Rebate on Dart Blocks!
The deals are coming, for sure. To fight the coming of the imported, cheap engine blocks, our friends at Dart have announced that they are applying a $200 universal discount on all Little M Sportsman...
Toyota Considers Ditching F1
Toyota may build a good running family transportation module, but the company pretty much sucks when it comes to racing. Formula One has been Toyota’s most high-profile racing failure....
