Best of BangShift 2010: Hugh Scott Bathed in Fire at Houston!
Dec 31, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Alabama-based Pro Extreme racer Hugh Scott suffered a horrifying crash during the final round of qualifying at the ADRL’s UTI Texas Drags in Houston, Texas. The car apparently got fuel under...
Best of BangShift 2010 : A Pile of Potential Projects For Less Than $2500
Dec 31, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We hear people complaining all the time about how expensive and inaccessible the car hobby is. While it isn’t as cheap as dedicating your life to playing World of Warcraft, there are literally...
Best of BangShift 2010: A 1991 Mustang That Looks Like Hell and Runs Like Stink
Dec 31, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Sleepers rule. True sleepers rule even harder and this Mustang that belongs to BangShift.com forum member Affordillac is proof positive of that. Other than the big fat drag radials on the rear...
Best of BangShift 2010: Two Cars Smashing the Guardrail at the 2010 March Meet
Dec 31, 2010Chad ReynoldsDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
In our photos of the 2010 March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, we happened to catch two photo sequences of cars hanging a hard right into the pit side guardrail. We don’t have details on the...
Best of BangShift 2010: Up Close and Personal With Carl Tasca’s 2010 Mustang Cobra Jet
Dec 31, 2010Brian Lohnes1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature
When we heard that 2010 Cobra Jet #27 (of 50) was at Tube Chassis Designz for the installation of a parachute, we dropped everything and headed over to check out the car. The 2010 edition of the...
Best of BangShift 2010: Insane Icelandic Hillclimb Action
Dec 31, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Icelandic hillclimb racers must hate gravity. There’s just no other way to explain why they attempt to race their tube chassis Jeeps and trucks up near vertical cliff faces, often with...
Best of BangShift 2010: Jason Calderon Climbs the Ladder in a Beautiful Chevy II
Dec 31, 2010Brian LohnesDRAG RACES, Event Coverage
One of the great benefits of drag racing in New England is the fall weather. Cool air and moderate temperatures create situations where motors can be set on kill and the track hooks like it is coated...
Video Bonanza: Hurst Drag Racing Film Collection – The Best Set of Old Drag Racing Movies We’ve Ever Seen
Dec 30, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We think we’ve found the end of the internet in terms of vintage drag racing videos. This nearly hour long compendium of videos was produced by the Hurst Company and it chronicles the US...
Video: The Mystery of the Psycho Pulling Truck Has Been Solved, Sadly
Dec 30, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Long about a year ago, we ran an item on the blog about George Stinnett’s legendary Psycho pulling truck. The old Ford Econoline truck became famous for dragging the sled with the front...
PHR’s Johnny Hunkins Releases Rock and Roll Album…and it Actually Rocks!
Dec 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Most musclecar guys are familiar with the name Johnny Hunkins, the editor of Popular Hot Rodding magazine. Each month PHR endeavors to bring us a steady stream of industry and product news,...
Epic Drag Video Bonanza: The 1980 Popular Hot Rodding Championships
Dec 29, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
This is the longest and most complete set of videos we have ever found on YouTube with respect to a single drag race. It’ll blow your afternoon up and you will thank us for it. Run at US 131...
NEWS: George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip is Up For Sale
Dec 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
In news that really hit us out of nowhere, George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip in Paragould, Arkansas is for sale. The historic track has been in operation since 1961, when the late George Ray...
Project Car Spotlight: A Clean 1967 Camaro Goes From Mild to Wild With Blown LS Power
Dec 29, 2010Brian LohnesCHEVY, Project Cars
BangShift member c6matt may have set the speed standard for documenting the build of his killer 1967 Camaro. Within the span of a few hours after joining up he had the whole life story of his Camaro...
Book Review: Chevy Powered Drag Racing by Lou Hart
Dec 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Lou Hart is on a hot streak. We were enthralled with his Pro Stock history book, which we reviewed last week, and here we find ourselves heaping praise on another title, his ode to Chevy power....
