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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

LIVE DRAG RACING: The Yellowbullet Nationals Are On! Sunday’s Finals Are Right Here LIVE!

The Yellowbullet Nationals are one of the most talked about and revered races of the year. It’s an event where 10.5, Radial, and Pro Mods all go down the track along with No Time, Ultra Street,...

LIVE Drag Racing From The Money Tree Triple $20,000 Bracket Race Weekend

If you like Top Bulb drag racing, and big money brackets in general, then this is the weekend for you as we’ve got the final day of the Money Tree Triple $20K race from Farmington Dragway in...

Riding With Alex Taylor: The RoadKill Nights Edition

Alex Taylor’s new web series Riding With Alex Taylor is fun to watch. We know Alex pretty well and can tell you that she’s fun and goofy and very very capable of working on and tuning her...

Music City Muscle Episode 1: Why Would You Make Sure The Gas Tank Was Sealed?

Our friends James Otto and Brian Finch are two guys that know and love hot rods, and especially when they are done right. This 1966 Chevy II is not done right. When Michael Hobby, leader singer of A...

Cutting Holes In Stuff Sometimes Sucks! Here’s How To Make It Way Easier

Drilling holes seems like such an easy thing to do until you get yourself into a weird spot, or need something to be ultra precise for that clean fit. And because so many holes that we drill in...

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Salinas, Todd, Gray, And Krawiec On The Top Spots At The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals So Far!

The Big Go, NHRA’s most prestigious and coveted event is underway in Indianapolis and all eyes are on qualifying for the NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. A win here is career making,...

Daniels Makes History By Winning The NHRA Dodge HEMI Challenge For The Third Year In A Row!

August 31, 2018, Brownsburg, Indiana – Jimmy Daniels wrote his name in the NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge record books, defeating No. 1 qualifier Gary Wolkwitz in the final round to become the first...

BANGshift Question Of The Day: Would You Consider Joining A Motorsports Country Club?

Motorsports Country Clubs are not new, in fact they have been around for some time now, but there seem to be more of them popping up lately and those that already exist seem to be stepping up their...

Roadtrippin’: The One That Slipped Through Your Fingers

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) There are many stories we gearheads tell while bench racing and sipping cold ones. Our first cars are always amongst the stories we tell. These often lead to...

Photos From The Salt At Bonneville Speed Week 2018

We’re getting excited for the Bonneville World Finals that are going to happen at the beginning of October, and we haven’t even finished posting all our photos from Bonneville Speed Week...

McTaggart’s Heart Will Go Pitter Patter Over This AMAZING 1981 Dodge Mirada

There are at least two things that make this 1981 Dodge Mirada “Rare” as the ad claims, but we’ll go into those in a few. Until then, lets talk about how amazingly straight this...

Speed Week 2018 At Bonneville Is Over But Our Photos Just Keep Coming

We’re not done yet! We’ve still got a handful of galleries left from out adventures at Bonneville’s Speed Week 2018, and we’re going to keep sharing them with you. Hot rods,...

This Mud Drags Truck We Found On RacingJunk Gives Me Lumber. 700 Plus Cubic Inches And 3 Kits For The Win!

Seriously? Like who in their right mind thinks that running this thing, even just 200 feet, with 700 plus cubic inches of Gene Fulton Big Block, on 3 stage of nitrous, is a smart idea? The answer is...

Roadside – Lost Weekends with Peaches & Buttercup aka The Story Of The Summer Of C10

Want to see what Peaches & Buttercup have been up to? The duo take on a classic, well known C-10 down to bare metal and rebuild it into a timeless custom, with a few adventures along the way....