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Watch Wayne Bailey’s Incredible Top Fuel Save From The 1995 US Nationals – Stuck Throttle!

We love sharing these classic NHRA US Nationals moments with you out there in readerland because we’re super excited for the big race to start next week and we’ll be sharing the same view...

RideTech Builds A Chevelle And It Is Going To Be Awesome

You know when RideTech builds a car it is going to be killer and when said car is for Bret Voelkel’s wife Sharon the special sauce is really going to be in effect. This car is going to live up...

BangShift Candidate Endorsement: Scott Palmer Needs Your Votes To Race In The Traxxas Shootout At Indy!

So here’s the deal, we like all three of the guys up for the 8th spot in the Traxxas Top Fuel shootout at the US Nationals. Terry McMillan, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Scott Palmer are the three...

Eight In A Row Make It Go! This Dragster Has Been A Lakester And Uses A Buick Fireball 8 For Power

Eight in a row make it go! While it is not common to see Buick straight eight powered dragsters at the strip these days, the engines are practically sprouting out of the ground at the Bonneville Salt...

eBay Find: This 1965 AMC Rambler Is A Long Way From Ramblin’ Again, and That Power Plant!

(By Greg Rourke) – I love me some AMC’s. Something about my oddball personality attracts me to the underdog marque. They always did the most with what little they had to work with up in...

Is This The Weirdest Drag Racing Crash You’ve Ever Seen? It Is Definitely Top 5 For Us!

Now, this is weird! Thanks to BangShifter Steve Valdez we got tipped off to this video that shows a pair of Aussie Top Doorslammer competitors rip roaring down a drag strip. Like many door slammer...

Event Photo Coverage: 2017 Hardcore Happening Burnouts!

(Photos by Anthony Festa – VISIT HIS PHOTOGRAPHY SITE HERE) – The 2017 Hardcore Happening was its usual awesome show and we’re happy to report that Anthony Festa was there with his...

Turn-Key Rocket: This Drag-Prepared 2002 Saturn SC2 Is Built To Run Tens!

Ok, yesterday’s foray into the world of Saturn automobiles was pushing an envelope, one the size of a freaking Post Office. I knew that. But I honestly like early Saturns, before they became...

Four Wide: The Strip At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Joins zMax Dragway As Second Four Lane Drag Strip In World

It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. When The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as built about 20 years ago, it was intended to be a four lane drag strip. Anyone who has ever visited the...

Woodward Dream Cruise Weekend 2017: Beauties And The Beasts

A strange thing happens once I cross the Ohio River into Cincinatti: the rust epidemic goes from a cautionary tale to CDC-levels of bad in an instant. I shouldn’t be able to see through the bed...

This Massive 1954 Chevy 4400 Woody Truck Is Claimed To Be One Of Two Ever Built!

The ad calls this truck the “king of all woodies” and judging on size alone, it would be tough to refute that claim. A massive 1954 Chevy 4400 woody truck, with seating for 16 people, an...

Fuel Altered Video: Wild, Nitro Fueled Action At The US131 Northern Nationals – Take A Trip Into The Sand Trap!

(Video Credit: Drag Strip Riot YouTube Channel) – This is a video that is teaming with win. So much win that some may actually leak off the screen and onto your keyboard. If that happens we...

Unhinged: A Memorial To A Fallen Racer From The Other Family Left Behind

When there is a death in a community, you can see the impact radiate throughout everyone associated with the deceased, from the family on outwards. But it isn’t just the family that suffers....

Woodward Dream Cruise Weekend 2017: The First Photos From The Dream Cruise On Saturday!

For the last few days’ worth of pictures, we’ve been showing you the cars that were out and about before the actual Woodward Dream Cruise, which was held on Saturday, August 19th, 2017....