2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: JR Todd Replaces Massey In Traxxas Top Fuel Shootout
Aug 31, 2015Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Jeff Burghardt NHRA officials announced today that Seattle winner J.R. Todd has been inserted into the Traxxas Nitro Shootout Top Fuel field in place of...
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Larry Dixon Has Four Decades of Indy Performance
Aug 31, 2015Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320
Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt, Darr Hawthorne and NHRA Media Three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Larry Dixon’s fascination with the Chevrolet...
Take A Look At This Video Of 10 Bitchin CARS That Roll Coal Like The Big Boys!
Aug 31, 2015Chad ReynoldsXL Spotlight, XL Videos
That’s right, rolling coal isn’t just for the dudes in trucks, and you’ll love watching these cars show the big boys how it’s done. A couple of these suckers sound like big...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! You Think Your Car Is Fast On The Autocross? Watch This!
Aug 31, 2015Chad ReynoldsApex Spotlight, Apex Video
The American Autocross Series at Crows Landing is awesome. And this little Cheetah is one of the reasons why. If you think your car is quick around an autocross, take a ride in this little bastard...
Watch The Quickest And Fastest Side By Side NMCA Pro Mod Pass In History – Razor Tight And Crazy Quick
Aug 31, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The final of Pro Mod at the NMCA World Street Finals played out exactly as it “should” have. The two quickest qualified cars waded their way through the field and met for the last blast...
This Volvo Is One Nasty, Violent Being…And Is So Bad We Can’t Say It’s Nickname!
Aug 31, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
You brought a brand-new Lamborghini Aventador to an airstrip race. You have every right to be cocky…the new Lambo might still have the lingering aura of gold-chained around it, but with a...
Rough Start: This 1965 Corvair Monza Is Too Sweet For Words! And It’s Under Budget!
Aug 31, 2015Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
I’ve never paid much attention to Corvairs until a few years ago. I couldn’t tell you why, but they never did appeal to me. But something changed once I figured out the difference between...
Check Out This Aerial Footage Of A Huge Roll At Rally Zlin…The Roll Cage Works!
Aug 31, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, Videos
The amount of engineering that goes into roll cages for racing vehicle is staggering, and it all boils down to the idea that no matter what happens, the human or humans that are inside of the...
Burnout Mondays: The “Trophy LTD” Crown Victoria Prerunner Hazes Them Off
Aug 31, 2015Bryan McTaggartFORD, RACING & ACTION, Videos
John Baker’s 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria prerunner is the kind of wrong that is oh, so right in our eyes. The GM-powered Ford was converted into full desert-runner form after Baker had pretty...
Watch Frank Mewshaw’s Crazed Double Wheelstand From The NMCA World Street Finals – Human Highlight Reel
Aug 30, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Of all the classes that have provided thrills this weekend at the 2015 NMCA World Street Finals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, it has been the Mickey Thompson Radial Wars category...
If You Actually Create A “Free Candy” Van, Expect To Wind Up On The Evening News!
Aug 30, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, FORD
I won’t lie: within my group of friends, a mix of gearheads, military folk and like-minded delinquents, the “free candy” van has been a staple of jokes for years. You know exactly...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, More New Car Rumors, In The Hits And Misses Departments!
Aug 30, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, FORD, MOPAR, OTHER
The kitchen was flooded with news about cars, new and forthcoming! It’s taken us a minute to sort out what was good and what was okay, and we took the rest, along with some seaweed (it’s...
This Aussie Falcon Isn’t Just Frying The Tires…It’s A Drifter, Taking On The Imports!
Aug 30, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, FORD
Drift cars are a motley mix of late model muscle cars, Nissans, RX-7s and anything else light, powerful, and normally rear-driven, but it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Sam...
