Awesome Tommy Ivo Video: 1966 Fuel and Gas Championships – Huge Tire Smoking Wheelie and Run – Original Footage!
Tom Ivo needs no introduction to the BangShift readership. He’s one of the great drag racers of all time, one of the great story tellers of all time, and one of the most under appreciated parts...
Action Photos: 2017 Kings Holiday Drag Race – Houston Motorsports Park
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – Experiencing tracks I’ve never been to before never gets old. So, when my good friend and fellow Okie, Roger Johns, posted on social media his thought...
Family Car Goals: This Nitrous-Huffing Holden Can Rip Mid-8s In The Quarter, Yet Still Has It’s Independent Rear Suspension!
The late-model, Holden based Pontiac GTO got a bad rub when it was sold in the states, mainly because the styling was “too bland”. Which makes us wonder if Pontiac would’ve done...
Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Photos From The 2016 March Meet
OUR 2017 GOOD VIBRATIONS MARCH MEET COVERAGE KICKS OFF TOMORROW AND TO GET YOU PREPARED FOR THAT AWESOMENESS WE’RE SHARING SOME MEMORIES FROM THE 2016 EVENT! HERE’S A KILLER BATCH OF...
Les Mayhew’s Profile Of Top Fuel At The 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Is Amazing – Watch It!
We have one problem with Les Mayhew and his continued insistence in making drag racing films. That problem? We’re running out of superlatives to address them with. Once again, Les Mayhew brings...
Drag Action Photos: Northstar Dragway’s Pre-Season Test Had Everything From Radials To Nitro
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – It was a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon with seventy degree weather in north Texas, so why not load up the hot rod, hit the track and knock a little...
Wrinkled Tires and Wonderful Wheelies at US60 Dragway – Action Photos!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Third and final article from this event. This gallery is full of wrinkled tires, red lights, and wheelies big and small. I have a thing I like to call...
Another Drag Strip Closing: Texas Raceway Is Shutting The Gates For Good
(Photo: Don Cook/Fort Worth Star-Telegram) We never like to see a racetrack calling it a day, but we found out yesterday evening that the 1/8th mile strip in Kennedale was closing down for good...
Retro Gallery: 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Photos: Top Fuel, Nitro Funny Car, And Fuel Altereds!
OUR LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST OF THE 2017 GOOD VIBRATIONS MARCH MEET STARTS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. TO GET YOUR JUICES FLOWING WE’RE SHARING SOME PHOTOS FROM LAST YEAR! Nitro, baby! It is the thing...
Relive The Crazy, Cool, and Awesome Finals Of NHRA Phoenix ’92
In the annals of NHRA drag racing history, few races (if any) can match NHRA Phoenix ’92. It is referenced as an inside joke among lots of us on various race weekend and because so much crazy...
NHRA Sells National Trail Raceway To Ownership Group That Operates Heartland Park Topeka
The National Hot Rod Association has sold one of the tracks that they own. National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio was sold to Shelby Development, the group that bought and now operates Heartland Park...
Want To Race A Nostalgia Funny Car? This Dodge Daytona Funny Car Rolling Chassis Is Ready To Go!
It isn’t everyday that you find a Funny Car just sitting on Craigslist, waiting to be sold. It’s also not everyday that you find a 1980s Dodge Daytona listed, either. Most of...
Barnstormin’: Lights Out 8 – A Space Odyssey
I knew working at Lights Out 8 was going to be something. I knew it was going to be crazy. I knew it was going to be long days and very short nights, but even I could not conceive of what I would see...
