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Top Gas Dragster And All-Time Hot Rodding Great George Bolthoff Passes – Engine Building Career Spanned Continents

(Photo credit – WeDidItForLove.com) – The common conception among people when thinking about 1960s drag racing is that it was a sport filled with young guys that were greasy handed...

John Force Racing And PEAK Announce Major Sponsorship Expansion

Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by JFR Media John Force Racing and PEAK announced a major expansion of their sponsorship agreement today to include full-season primary sponsorship of John Force’s...

Big Finish For 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series! – Friday Report

Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt   With post card perfect weather and a light Friday spectator crowd at historic Auto Club Pomona Raceway, the first round of funny car qualifying for the Auto...

Mega Carnage: Watch This Boosted Toyota Inliner Blow Up And Then See The Destruction!

So over in the Middle East they run these crazy dune trucks where guys run up these huge dunes agains the clock to see who can scale them fastest. Horsepower is obviously the order of the day and...

Chryslers At Carlisle 2015: Wagons, Wings, and Muscle Galore

(Photos by Ryan Severance) – Yesterday we were showing you all kinds of cool “Forward Look” designed Chryslers from the late 1950s. Today we’re cranking the knob on the time...

SEMA 2015: Moroso Had The Full Breadth And Depth Of Their Products On Display

When we swung by the Moroso booth at the 2015 SEMA show, their reps were fully engaged talking turkey with dealers, distributors, and people who had questions. One of the things that few people...

PDRA Brian Olson World Finals Action Photos: More Great Images From VMP

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The PDRA named their world finals this year after Brian Olson. Brian was a good friend of mine and a man who I had spent LOTS of time with over the years announcing...

Dyno Thrash Video: Watch The 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet Engine Package Get Hammered On The Pump

When Ford rolled out the 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet at SEMA, everyone loved the way it looked and immediately began asking the pertinent questions like, “how quick is it?” Of course Ford...

Show Rod For Sale! The Crazy 1970s Wine Barrel Rod Could Be Yours – It Needs To Come Home

Of all the weirdo theme/show rods we have seen come across various auction blocks over the last few years, we’re going to say that this one, the Wine Barrel Rod is absolutely the coolest. The...

El Camino Sleeper! This Factory Stock Appearing ’84 Is Tougher Than You Think – Not An LS

G-body El Caminos are cool. Right now in many parts of the country they can be bought for pretty short money as they do not have the nostalgic appeal that older ones do. That is good if you are a...

Here’s a Turbo Diesel VW You Don’t Have To Apologize For – A 1968 Diesel Swapped Baja Bug!

With all the bru-ha-ha that’s been kicked up by the dirty, cheating, environment hating, mean, ugly, bad smelling, spiteful, sneaky, shifty eyed, shady, engineers at VW who cheated...

The Car Bros Hit SEMA and SEMA Hits Back – This Is Hilarious

I’ll admit right off the bat that I am a Car Bros fan boy. Every time these guys launch a video I latch on like a 14 year old girl at a boy band concert. I think the guys are witty and funny...

Hot Rumor: NMCA Set To Announce Class Described As “Pro Stock Class Everyone Wants”

There ain’t much that would make us tap the keys this late on a Friday night but BangShift.com has learned through multiple trusted sources that the NMCA will be announcing a new class next...

Breaking: 25 Camaros Of All Types And Vintages Are Going Up For Sale TOMORROW!

We know that this is the last possible second when it comes to news like this, but if you are a Camaro fan and are anywhere near Athens, Georgia, you might want to know about this: we are getting...