NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Action Photos: The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Alky Classes Ran Two Wide At zMax Here’s Action Photos
May 14, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Action Photos: The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Alky Classes Ran Two Wide At zMax Here’s Action Photos
(Photos by David Whealon) – Top alcohol funny car and top alcohol dragster are among our favorite classes in the world of drag racing. Why? These are immensely powerful and fast cars that are...
Know Your Tech Guru: Aeromotive’s Brett Clow Personifies The Company’s Hands on Approach
May 13, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Know Your Tech Guru: Aeromotive’s Brett Clow Personifies The Company’s Hands on Approach
The thing we really love about the high performance aftermarket is that the companies that produce the things racers and hot rodders use are not filled with drone-like worker bees. They are filled...
35 Years Later It’s Still Huge – Ride With Chuck Etchells For The First Funny Car 4
May 13, 2018Brian Lohnes2
The late Chuck Etchells notched his name into the stone tablet of funny car history back in 1993 when he became the first driver to punch his way into the four second zone in a nitro funny car. On a...
Have A 2010-2015 Camaro SS With An L99 Engine? COMP Has Released A CARB Legal Swap Cam That’ll Pick You Up 30-50hp
May 13, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Have A 2010-2015 Camaro SS With An L99 Engine? COMP Has Released A CARB Legal Swap Cam That’ll Pick You Up 30-50hp
COMP Cams never stops innovating and they never stop coming up with solutions for modern hot rodders. Here’s a prime example. The company has released a performance camshaft designed to be used...
The 48th Antique Nationals At Fontana’s Auto Club Dragway!
May 12, 2018Darr Hawthorne3
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – The Antique Nationals is arguably the original nostalgia-racing event, long before large, multi-day reunions and cacklefests. Today, the single day 48th...
Jeff Arend Dominates NHRA Heritage Series Nitro Funny Cars at Firebird’s Ignitor!
May 11, 2018Darr HawthorneComments Off on Jeff Arend Dominates NHRA Heritage Series Nitro Funny Cars at Firebird’s Ignitor!
(Photos by Annette Barton, Kim Fuller & Robert Grice) – With consistent 5.70’s during eliminations, four-time NHRA Mello Yello event winner Jeff Arend dominated NHRA Heritage Series nitro...
Cowboy Up! NHRA Pro Stock Veteran Mark Pawuk Joins Don Schumacher Racing As Driver Of Second Factory Stock Effort
May 11, 2018Brian Lohnes8
One of the neatest moments for me at the recently passed NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina was hanging out with Mark “The Coyboy” Pawuk who was a longtime...
It’s Time For The Throwdown In T-Town LIVE From Tulsa Raceway Park: Watch Starting Friday!
May 11, 2018Chad Reynolds3
It is that time again. Time for one of the coolest drag races of the year, live right here on BANGshift.com. It’s the spring Throwdown in T-Town and we’ll be live for all the action...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With NHRA Super Stock Racer Jim Voth In His 4-Speed 1986 Monte Carlo
May 11, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With NHRA Super Stock Racer Jim Voth In His 4-Speed 1986 Monte Carlo
This week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift takes us front and center to Tulsa Raceway Park and an NHRA Division 5 event that had loads of awesome super stock racers on the grounds. One of...
25 Years Ago Jim Epler Ripped The Heartland Park Topeka Quarter Mile At 300mph For The First Time In A Funny Car (Video)
May 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1
Next weekend I’ll be a yellin’ and a screamin’ at Heartland Park Topeka one of the finest drag strips in the country. This is a place that came back from literal death a couple of...
Anytime, Baby: This Holden Commodore Ute Will Run Anything…Just Not Into A Car Wash.
May 10, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
There’s always some discussion on what makes a real-deal sleeper. We can admit that pretty much anything older that the 1980s doesn’t count because someone has been tweaking on it if...
NHRA Heritage Series Racers Roast At Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park!
May 09, 2018Darr HawthorneComments Off on NHRA Heritage Series Racers Roast At Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park!
(Photos by Bob Snyder – Words by NHRA-Steven Justice) – The third race this year for Groups 1 and 2 of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series was held at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park May 5...
NHRA Photo Action Coverage: Pro Stock Bikes and Cars From zMax At The 4-Wide Nationals
May 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Photo Action Coverage: Pro Stock Bikes and Cars From zMax At The 4-Wide Nationals
(Photos by David Whealon) – While the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing tour is cooling its jets after a three in a row stretch recently, we’re going to keep pounding your eyeballs with...
Yikes! Watch 10-Minutes Of Drag Racing Craziness From Brazil – These Guys Know How To Party!
May 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Yikes! Watch 10-Minutes Of Drag Racing Craziness From Brazil – These Guys Know How To Party!
The sport of drag racing is as big worldwide as it has ever been. We have been poking around and paying attention to tracks all across the country, most of which are open now, and there is on doubt...