Vicious Dyno Action: Watch A PDRA Pro Boost Engine Get Pulled Over 8,000 RPM – Hellacious!
The PDRA Pro Boost category is not the place for cowards or sissies and this video proves that because we get to see a blown alcohol burning hemi get ripped at Rage Fuel Systems on their inertia...
These 1960s Race Car Classified Ads From The Back Of National Dragster Will Make You Smile AND Cry – Awesome Stuff
I have a pretty decent collection of old drag racing books, magazines, and newspapers. It gets bolstered every now and again by my friend Mike Williams who provides me with “treasures”...
Modern Street Hemi Shootout At Milan Dragway 2017: Where The Elephants Play, Part Two
It was painfully obvious halfway through the test and tune session that there was no escaping the inevitable: the rain was going to hit and it wasn’t going to be a quick deal. Even before the...
Awesome LSR Video: Don Vesco 1975 Quest For 300mph With Ken Squier and Dave Despain – So Cool!
We love old land speed racing videos because they are normally really good. This 1975 profile of Don Vesco and his Silver Bird streamlined motorcycle is even better than that because both Ken Squier...
Bonneville Speed Week 2017 Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Crusty Bikes, and High Speed Racing Machines
We’re rolling on with our non-stop barrage of photos from Bonneville Speed Week 2017! This time it is a collection of my photos from early in the event and you’ll see hot rods, ancient...
Historic Drag Video: Drag Racing – Sport of the People
By now, you should have read our great interview with Jon Lundberg, the truly great drag racing announcer from the golden era of the sport. Lundberg was called the “Voice of Drag Racing”...
Modern Street Hemi Shootout At Milan Dragway 2017: Where The Elephants Play, Part One
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Conner Avenue, Telegraph Road…the road to a Mopar homecoming all meets up in the Detroit Metro area. Which makes the Modern Street Hemi Shootout series’...
Project Angry Grandpa: The Second Round Of Work At BFNY Performance And Milan
When we last left our in-house project Chrysler action-wise, I had finished up running at ChallengerFest 8 and was pretty content with the performance of the big gold brick. It wasn’t running...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Strangest Thing You’ve Ever Seen Run The Quarter Mile?
For the most part, I’m not exactly surprised with what I see at a dragstrip. There’s cars that I’d love to drive, cars I’d love to own, pit vehicles, food stands, fuel, track...
Bonneville Push Car Perfection? This 1963 New Yorker Station Wagon Rules and It Has A Cross Ram, 426ci Max Wedge Engine!
We know what you are thinking. “Why would you ever put a wagon this nice and awesome on the Bonneville Salt Flats?!” Yes, the thing would get salt on it but frankly it ain’t the end...
More Salt! We’ve Got Photos Galore Left To Share – From Small Blocks to Target 550, You’ll Enjoy These
(Photos by the author) – You didn’t think we were simply going to share one measly gallery from the salt today, did you? HA! Oh ye of little faith. Nope, here’s a second blast of...
This Is Bonneville: Rebuilding An Amazing Motorcycle In The Bed Of A Truck Sitting In Front Of A Motel 6 Hotel Room
(Photos by Bret Kepner) – It was a couple of years ago that we introduced the BangShift reader universe to Alp and Jalika. To me more specific we’re talking about Alp Sungurtekin and...
This Video Of An Intake Elbow Being Welded Will Either Inspire Or…Well You Know.
TIG welding is fun, but definitely more difficult than MIG welding for example. Putting together perfect welds takes time, patience, and practice. The latter clearly something that the guy in this...
