The Concepts Of 1989: Check Out The Ford Splash and the Pontiac Stinger – What Was Their Influence?
It’s super cool to look back at concept cars from decades past. It gives us a window, typically, into the styling direction of a particular brand or even lets us see some stuff that the...
Totally Mental: Guy Runs 8s In Australia While Column Shifting, In A Stock Seat, With No Bar, and Stock Belts
This is one of those interesting situations where we LOVE the car. Like absolutely worship the car but it does something to us when we see a dude running 8s (granted, in Australia) with a stock seat,...
Classic YouTube: Daigo Saito Earning His Legendary Drifter Reputation!
By nature, racing and other automotive sports are all about showing off, and few disciplines are more associated with that kind of behavior than drifting. Unlike racing, which has performance and...
Halloween Hellride: T-Bird’s Final Ride From “The Crow”
1994’s “The Crow” might have the most connections to Halloween right after “Christine”. Take your pick: the dark storyline, the death of Eric Draven and his girlfriend...
Riding The Washington State Ferries During A Windstorm Wasn’t A Good Idea…
For the most part, riding the Washington State Ferry service is a pleasant affair. You drive onto one end of the ferry, let the workers chock your car, then you head up into the passenger cabin for a...
How It Went Down In ’83: Watch The 1983 NHRA World Finals From Orange County International Raceway
We’re zip tripping right back to 1983 to watch some action from the NHRA World Finals from Orange County International Raceway. This weekend the NHRA will close at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in...
The Dirty Cougar: Unexpected Rhinoplasty And A Warning For Winter Weather
The moment the clock struck 5 p.m. yesterday, was the moment that I fully intended to shut my phone off so that my wife and I could enjoy a night out for our anniversary together without any sort of...
This Yugo Has Two 500ci Cadillac Engines In It, RideTech Suspension Components, And Is The Neatest Freakshow EVER (Video)
In terms of the craziest things we have ever seen, this Yugo which was built by Jim McKamey sits atop the pile of awesome things that actually run and drive. We’ve seen plenty of werido cars...
The Math Is Right: This 1982 Thunderbird May Be Ugly But It Sure Is Cheap And Interesting – A Frugal Ford Hot Rod
So I am not sure if this is a sign that I am the ultimate cheapskate or if it’s a sign that I can set aside my petty opinions an see a cool car hiding in front of me, sometimes but I am kind of...
Always Improve, Always Innovate: Check Out This Awesome Video Of Ridetech At Road Atlanta!
If there is one thing we know about Ridetech as the longest standing sponsor of BangShift it is that the company literally has never stopped improving itself, its products, or how it reaches its...
Hardcore Hot Hatch: The VW Golf GTI Clubsport Puts The FUN In Functional….Just Not On This Side Of The Ocean
(By Tom Lohnes) – Are you in the market for a sub-300 horsepower, track-focused front-wheel-drive hatchback you can’t get here? Me neither but if you’re European and you are, the new VW...
Don’t Be Chicken! Check Out Even More Killer Action And Pit Photos From No Mercy 11 At SGMP!
(Photos by Wes Allison) – If there is one thing that you can never call a DXP Productions drag race, it’s predictable. Whether with the action on the track with the best small tire...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Schumacher Speaks, Smith Dishes On His Championship Hopes, and Pedregon Joins Lohnes To Guess The Champs!
Tony Schumacher, Matt Smith, and Tony Pedregon join Brian Lohnes on this pre-Dodge NHRA Finals episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast. The conversation ranges from who we think can win championships,...
