Videos: The Motorcycle Engined Mini-Slingshot Hits The Dyno And A Clandestine Testing Location In England!
Aug 16, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Postman Pat guys have their new tiny slingshot dragster pretty well sorted out and are making final prep to get the car onto a drag strip asap. These two videos below show the car running at a...
Insane: This Is The Craziest Drag Racing Promotion We Have Ever Seen – A Pro Drag Race In Cuba With A Million Dollar Purse
Aug 16, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
There have been some wild drag racing promotions over the years and very few of them have ended up being what the promoter planned or intended. There was the infamous “AutoFest 2000” held...
eBay Find: Mickey Thompson’s Famous “Big Red” 1972 Chevy C20 Baja Truck! Big Block Power And Big History!
Aug 16, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
We’ve found several old Mickey Thompson race cars and trucks on eBay over the years but this one may be the coolest yet. The truck you’ll see below is Mickey’s famed “Big...
Wreckage: This Is The Worst Mud Bog Racing Crash We Have Ever Seen – Driver Walks Away!
Aug 15, 2013Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We’ve got to thank the guys from Lucas Oil on this one as they were the folks that pit the footage of this amazingly violent wreck up on YouTube. The video shows a racer with the ironic last...
Gallery: The 57th Annual Sycamore, Illinois Threshing Bee – Huge Engines, Cool Tractors, BangShifty Stuff Galore!
Aug 15, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – This year was the 57th annual Threshing Bee put on by the Northern Illinois Steam Power Club. It’s held on the Taylor Marshall Farm north of Sycamore,...
BangShift Question of the Day: Are You a Driver or a Crew Chief?
Aug 15, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
The racing world is full of interesting characters on both sides of the coin. From the publicity loving drivers to the crew chiefs who’d prefer that they dealt with dynos and data only. There...
Video: An Incredible Look At Art Arfons Quest For The LSR Record In The 1960s – Ultra Rare Interviews, Period Footage, Must See!
Aug 15, 2013Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
With Bonneville Speed Week nearing its end tomorrow, I’m still living on a salt high from our time at the event. As such I wanted to share one of the coolest Bonneville and land speed racing...
Wild Video: A History Of Insane Rally Crashes At WRC Finland From The 1980s To Today!
Aug 14, 2013Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
I’ve begun wading through all the emails and notes we received on the tip line over the last week since Chad and I have been AWOL in Bonneville and there’s some real gold in this mine!...
Freaky or Fun? An Edsel Speedster From Bonneville Speed Week 2013
Aug 14, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
If this car doesn’t support the notion of, “you never know what the hell you’re going to see at Bonneville” than nothing really does. While certainly not a racing vehicle,...
The Underdogs: Can They Knock Out The Speed Demon? Or Will They Be It’s Next Victim?
Aug 14, 2013Chad ReynoldsLAND SPEED RACES
We’ve already discussed the Battle Royale that was/is expected between the Poteet and Main Speed Demon and the Team Vesco Turbinator. What we haven’t told you is that there are two...
The SCOOP: The Info On EVERY Car Running For A Record Today And The Newest Minted SCTA Record Holders -Click Here!
Aug 14, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
Alrighty! By the time most of you have read this, record runs will have been made at Bonneville on Wednesday. If anything insane happened, trust us, we’d have told you about it already! As the...
Bonneville Speed Week 2013 – Tuesday Morning Sunrise Impound And Qualifier Convoy Gallery
Aug 13, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, LAND SPEED RACES
This morning was my last at SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2013. As I write this, I am riding with a buddy back to the LA area to catch a plane home in the morning. I made sure to get one last sunrise...
This Is Bonneville: Another Awesome “Half A Motor” – This Time It Is A Windsor Ford!
Aug 13, 2013Brian LohnesCar Features, OTHER
Yesterday we showed you a bitchin’ “half a hemi” that was making a Bonneville lakester fly down the salt with aplomb. We reveled in the fact that the team was using a full V8 hemi...
Bonneville Speed Week 2013: A New Collection Of Race Car, Truck, and Killer Hot Rod Photos!
Aug 13, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, LAND SPEED RACES
The interesting thing about SCTA Bonneville Speed Week is that cars come and go during the entire length of the event. Since tech opened late last week, race cars have been showing up from all...
