Watch Stevie Fast Jackson Win The $50,000 Radial vs The World Prize At Lights Out 9 – His Path To Victory
Feb 21, 2018Brian Lohnes2
It was Stevie Fast Jackson, driving the famed Shadow 2.0 Camaro who drove to the $50,000 grand prize at Lights Out 9 last weekend. That’s the short story. The longer story is shown below and it...
Crazy Barn Find: The 1969 Car Craft Dodge Dart Swinger Giveaway Car! Fully Documented, Fully Intact!
Feb 21, 2018Brian Lohnes12
Now this is insane. Who would have thunk that a car given away almost 50 years ago with the exposed purpose of being thrashed on would actually survive and survive in perfect intact condition?! Such...
Aeromotive Introduces the Phantom Returnless EFI Fuel Pump – EFI Conversions Just Got Easier And More Reliable
Feb 21, 2018Brian Lohnes2
This is awesome news! When we get to type stuff like, “Aeromotive introduces the Phantom returnless EFI Fuel Pump,” it makes us smile because we know this is a product that BangShift...
Drag Racing Legend Bob Bartel Passes – Opened Cordova, Founded World Series of Drag Racing, Huge influence On Sport’s Direction
Feb 21, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Racing Legend Bob Bartel Passes – Opened Cordova, Founded World Series of Drag Racing, Huge influence On Sport’s Direction
(Bret Kepner) – Robert J. “Bob” Bartel will forever be known by some as the man who built Quad City Drag Strip in the tiny hamlet of Cordova, Illinois. To others, he was the creator of...
Hot Rod Haulers! Place Your Bets Between The 1UZ-Powered Flatbed And the 1JZ-Powered Van!
Feb 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
A Mazda flatbed truck and a Mitsubishi L300 van. I’ll take “Vehicles You’d Never See On A Dragstrip” for a thousand, Alex. Small, compact utility vehicles from Japan...
IHRA Announces Summit Sportsman Spectacular Race Schedule – Big Bucks, Double Race Weekends, More
Feb 20, 2018Brian Lohnes1
While the IHRA may be out of the professional drag racing business, they are very much still in the sportsman drag racing business and the release of the finalized Summit Sportsman Spectacular...
Five Minutes Of Mayhem: Here’s a Lights Out 9 Footage Reel That’s Non-Stop Action, Carnage, and Craziness
Feb 20, 2018Brian Lohnes2
Nope, no one flew. I mean, the cars flew in the figurative sense at Lights Out 9 but not in the literal sense as they have in years past. That being said, it isn’t to discount the fact that...
Update: Major Progress Being Made At Santa Pod – Entire Surface Being Replaced With Concrete – Many Tracks Upgrading
Feb 20, 2018Brian Lohnes6
There’s a simple theory of economics that depends on the crane business. See, when people are building or renting cranes it means that there’s investment being made. That could be in high...
Radial Tires To The Front: Lights Out 9 Photo Coverage From The Staging Lanes And The Pits
Feb 20, 2018Brian Lohnes3
(Photos by the Author) – It is the most arduous, weird, wild, awesome, and out of control drag race that I attend every year. There are so many people and so many cars wedged into South...
Seven Seconds And Ready For War: John Faraone’s Valiant Charger Is Up To It’s Normal Tricks At Perth Motorplex!
Feb 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
One of Australia’s more well-known imports to the States is John Faraone’s 1975 Valiant Charger R/T. You can’t miss the silver missile…just off of the top of my head I only...
Watch Lights Out 9 LIVE Right Here – MotorManiaTv Broadcast Continues At 10am Today!
Feb 17, 2018Brian Lohnes11
It’s baaaaaack! That’s right, this is the spot that you’ll be watching from to see the most insane, fast, wild, and weird drag race of them all. Lights Out 9 kicks off tonight at...
Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018 Registration Starts Today! Join The Coolest Drag Racing Road Trip On Earth!
Feb 17, 2018Chad Reynolds3
We’ve done Drag Week, Rocky Mountain Race Week, Power Tour, and a jillion other road trips so many times we can’t count how many times we’ve been across this wonderful land behind...
Cash Days In Dallas Was A Tire Frying Cop Dodging Spectacle That Featured Lots Of Heavy Hitters And Some Street Outlaws
Feb 17, 2018Chad Reynolds1
If you haven’t been to a Cash Days event, or aren’t familiar, then this video is a must watch. All the drama of your typical Cash Days race, plus the added drama of trying to stay a step...
BangShift Project Files: A 1968 Chevrolet Camaro That’s Destined For Drag Week
Feb 16, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Halfway through February, and we’re already starting to see the crop of Drag Week 2018 hopefuls getting their rears in gear and getting their projects sorted so that they can make the call when...










