Teal Terror: This Ford Ranger Is Packed With Enough Spray To Scare A Pro!
Behold, an early 1990s Ford Ranger. A little useful cube of a truck that, aside from a visual freshening to bring it in line with it’s Explorer SUV sibling, was pretty much the same small truck...
Morning Symphony: 1,700 Horsepower In One Violent Holden Torana
Blame it on my blood pressure medications, but I’ve felt way too calm for someone who lives and breathes around drag strips lately. I’ve watched Pro Mods visibly shake the stands, an...
The “WTF?” Files: This Five-Speed 1990 Ford Crown Victoria Convertible Is Ready To Party!
A four-door convertible with roll hoop, harnesses, a five-speed swap that’s prepped for abuse, a hopped up V8 and more. I’ll be honest, readers…the seller says “sleeper drag...
Mental Ward Playtime: No Prep Mayhem Action Footage Right Here!
The line between loving and hating no-prep racing is giant and clear as day. Either you love the idea of forcing car and driver to take the racing surface, all of it, into a bigger consideration than...
Unhinged: An SRT Jeep And Enough Leash To Hang Myself With
It’s no secret that I’d take just about any and every SRT-labeled product that FCA currently sells if I could swing the costs. Pick your poison, you can’t go wrong. Two door coupe,...
Coming In Hot: Keith Haney Set To Make NHRA Pro Mod Debut This Weekend With Summit Racing Equipment Backing
This is going to be fun. Keith Haney, the 2017 Midwest Pro mod Series champion, drag radial racer, and yin to Stevie Fast’s yang will be suiting up for NHRA pro mod competition for the first...
Piston Tech Video: MAHLE Motorsports Takes You Through Proper Piston Pre-assembly Clearance Measurements
There’s more than a couple things that seem like universal laws in the world. As carpenters like to say, “measure twice and cut once.” Engine builders would tell you that their...
Color Me Green: Alon Vella’s 1971 Ford Capri At Street Machine’s Drag Challenge Weekend
Saying that you’ve got the fastest street-legal naturally aspirated small-block anything in Australia that can still wear plates and drive on the street is a statement, indeed. The anti-hot...
’65 Hot Rod Magazine Drags – Watch Home Movies From The Day!
Fortunately for some of us, growing up in Southern California meant many of us also grew up around hot rods, racing and performance. As drag racing evolved at a number of Los Angeles area strips, a...
Sportsman Action Photo Coverage From NHRA Charlotte: From Factory Stock To Comp Eliminator, It Is Here
(Photos by David Whealon) – It was big fun watching the sportsman class eliminations at the 2018 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina. Virtually the entire slate of...
Jim Fissel Got More Than He Bargained For On This Ride In His Anglia!
We never like seeing someone crash at the track. And normally if we described a run that included flipping over, climbing the wall, and tearing up the front end, we are pretty sure you’d think...
Fantastic 1970s Drag Video: Connecticut Dragway Action Featuring the Best Period EJ Potter Footage We’ve Ever Seen
In the realm of vintage drag racing videos, this couple minute clip from Connecticut Dragway’s heyday ranks up there with the best of them. Featuring a ton of great race cars, some cool pit...
This Modified Hayabusa Motorcycle Uses A Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket To Power The Rear Tire – Not Thrust Driven, Wheel Driven Rocket Power!
The name Francois Gissy is no stranger to the pages of BangShift as we showed you all kinds of cool video from the record setting ride he took atop a hydrogen peroxide rocket propelled bicycle last...
Rain Nips NHDRO at the Stripe in Ohio – Despite Late Inning Wetness NHDRO Liguori Drag Racing May Bike Fest A Success
(By Tim Hailey) – A massive oildown delayed the finish of NHDRO’s Liguori Drag Racing May Bike Fest right into a line of advancing thunderstorms that washed out the last few pairs of...
