Can Racing Go Green?
We ran across an interesting editorial at Just-Auto.com that looks at how racing is starting to adopt some “green” tendencies and how the increased demand and awareness of hybrids and...
Opinion: JC France Drug Arrest Shouldn’t Be Mocked
The recent arrest of JC France, grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., has made for big conversation all across the Internet. As could be expected, most of the comments have not been all that...
Video of the Joyride Fail Du Jour: Kid Drives Daddy’s Porsche Off a Cliff
We caught wind of this wild story through our pals over at the CarDomain blog and we had to share it here. Yesterday it was the 15 year old kid getting his parent’s Blazer stuck in a mud hole....
Advice: Don’t Get Drunk and Steal an Ambulance
We’re on a joy ride kick with our blog items lately. So sue us. Some of these incidents are just too good to skip over. Take this one for example: A college kid in Kansas heads out for a night...
Site of the Week: TradeMe.co.nz, like CraigsList for New Zealand
We’ve got to thank BangShift.com forum member Hairy for the tip to this pretty cool New Zealand based website. Think of it like CraigsList for Kiwis. We honed into the specialty vehicle section...
The New York Times Covers the Antique Automobile Club of America Fall Hershey Meet
The Antique Automobile Club of America’s Eastern Division National Fall Meet, held in Hershey, Pennsylvania, since 1975, was last weekend, and the New York Times, of all media outlets, was...
Epic Joyride Fail: Kid Gets Stuck in Mud and Rescue Teams Are Involved
We’ll admit to once taking our dad’s four wheel drive truck out for a spin in the mud when he was on vacation with our mom years back, but we had a license. Oh yeah, and the fire...
Guy Joyrides Locomotive, Gets Probation
A 22-year old Florida man was given three years of probation after stealing a locomotive and taking it on a seven-mile joy ride. The guy is described as being a train enthusiast and he’s...
BangShift.com Is Now on Facebook. Come Be a Fan!
As much as we never in a jillion years would have expected us to be saying these words, yes, we are now on Facebook. It turns out that it’s not just for junior-high girls, because there are a...
Video: Lunatic in Vermont Backflips a Monster Truck
The Vermonster 4×4 Festival up in Vermont is full of all kinds of neat stuff. There’s tuff truck racing, mud bogs, and the big payoff: monster truck action. Of course, the normal stuff for...
Auction Commentary in a College Newspaper: Not too Shabby
We were pretty surprised when we ran across a college newspaper commentary about the auction results from the RM “Icons of Speed and Style” auction that went down in Los Angeles a couple...
No BS, a Race Car Powered by Manure!
A British engineering firm called Oaktec is a planning on running a Honda Insight rally car, (yes, we just said Honda Insight rally car) on “cow slurry” in the near future. “Cow...
Hayward, California, Tightens Up Street Racing Ordinance
It just got really expensive to get caught at a street race in Hayward, California. A loophole has been closed in an ordinance passed in May, so police now have the ability to levy large fines to...
Book Review: Legendary Race Cars by Basem Wasef
Legendary Race Cars by Basem Wasef is an interesting read that profiles 25 significant race cars. Wasef covers all the bases; Everything from the Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster to the old Auto Union...
