We Love The “Hate Tank” Road Runner! Long, Low, Black, And Keeping The Underhood A Secret!
Dan Belcher’s 1969 Plymouth Road Runner is one of the meanest mothers we’ve seen in small tire and no-prep racing. The Plymouth looks absolutely monstrous next to a field of Camaros,...
Blow Over Video: Watch Mike Burns Take A Wild And Violent Ride At Lebanon Valley Drahway
One of the strangest things to see in drag racing is a blow-over. From the stands and TV it looks like slow motion and by yelling “LIFT” you think you can help but it’s already too late. The...
Watch This Australian Mom Buggy Run Nearly Into The 10s – Sleeper Central, Baby!
It was a recurring part of the conversation that Freiberger and I were having both during the live broadcast of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2015 and in the car between tracks. The topic? Turbos. He...
Historic Video: Don Garlits And Gary Ormsby Square Off In The First All Streamliner NHRA Top Fuel Final Round – 1986
The 1986 Cajun Nationals saw one of the coolest top fuel final rounds of all time. It was there that Gary Ormsby met up with Don Garlits in the run for the money and both men were sitting in...
Match Race Madness Coverage: Andy Jensen and Larry Larson Square Off At Beaver Springs!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – A few Fridays ago my brother Dan and I made the trip out one of our favorite Pennsylvania race tracks, Beaver Springs Dragway. The draw to get us to make the...
Slo-Mo Video Perfection: 427ci, A Four Speed, A Wheelie, And All On Hammerhead IRS!
Our pals at Hammerhead IRS shot us a link to the video below and we know that our big block loving, wheelie appreciating, four speed hammering readership would be totally into it. The Hammerhead IRS...
Project Weapon X Update: The Drag Week Project Thrash Advances – Big Progress!
(By Robert Willliams) – With my departure date for Power Tour set for tomorrow as I write this, the Weapon X project is still behind schedule, but ground is being made up. With the rearend...
Meet The Enemy: This Monster Pontiac Grand Am Is Brutal In All Of The Right Ways!
“The Enemy”. If there was one car that could be considered the enemy, the N-body Pontiac Grand Am was certainly it. One of the many clone copies of the same car pouring out of GM in the...
Super Summit 2017 Photo Coverage: When The World’s Speed Shop Throws A Party At Norwalk You KNOW It’s Fun!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Listen, it isn’t like you needed us to reinforce this fact but but when one of the largest speed parts peddlers on Earth throws a party at a drag strip they...
Mopars At The Grove 2017: Killer Chryslers In The Pits and On The Strip!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – While we all know Joe Grippo as a resident Ford loving maniac here at BangShift his better half is a Mopar owner and that’s why he keeps a foot (half a foot?) in...
Sad News: Terry Chandler Has Passed Away – Drag Racing Lover, Philanthropist, Supporter Of Make A Wish and Infinite Hero Funny Cars
(Photo credit: Don Schumacher Racing) – You’ll read a lot about Terry Chandler in the coming days and it is all true. She has had a great and positive impact on a great many people in...
Have You Been Missing The J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Shows On Fox Sports? Start To Catch Up Right Here!
If you are a fan of the NHRA J&A Service pro mod series and have been looking to watch the J&A Service NHRA pro mod shows on Fox Sports but missed them, boy have we got a deal for you! The...
Danny Gerber’s Consistency Wins First Of Two UNFC Northwest Invitationals!
(Photos by Kim Fuller) This year, United Nitro Funny Cars has stepped-up the competition on the west coast by holding two Invitational drag races in the Pacific Northwest, one at Spokane County...
Watch Tony Zizzo’s Massive Engine Explosion From The 2015 US Nationals – So Intense You Can See Actual Parts!
One of the personal highlights for me at the 2015 US Nationals was seeing Tony Zizzo and his family running their top fuel dragster again. I know Tony from when he was a staple runner on the IHRA...
