The Monday Shift: Watch And Ride In Ray Bulach’s 8-second T-56 Equipped Camaro
Jan 09, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on The Monday Shift: Watch And Ride In Ray Bulach’s 8-second T-56 Equipped Camaro
If you are trying figure out the quickest conventionally shifted GM car currently running down a drag strip, stop. We’ve got video of Ray Bulach right here at last year’s Holley LS Fest...
This Recap of The 1987 NHRA Winternationals With Dave McClelland and Steve Evans Is Great – 30 Years Ago!
Jan 09, 2017Brian Lohnes2
We’re about a month away from the start of the NHRA season with the Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway Pomona. We’re going to take you on a trip back through time to the 1987 NHRA...
Assassin Bug: This Volkswagen Beetle Is A Wild Handful Down The Track At Route 66 Raceway!
Jan 09, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Assassin Bug: This Volkswagen Beetle Is A Wild Handful Down The Track At Route 66 Raceway!
When you look at a Volkswagen Beetle…the real one, with a flat four out back, rear drive, and absolutely nothing in common with that Jetta-in-drag late model version…is the first thing...
Mickey Thompson ET Front Sizes – Lighter, More Fitments
Jan 09, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Mickey Thompson ET Front Sizes – Lighter, More Fitments
The drag racing front runner has gone through more evolution than you may think over the years and that evolution continues to day as Mickey Thompson has announced four new sizes for drag racers to...
NHRA Winternationals History: Watch The Crazy, Tire-Smoking 1997 Final – Scelzi’s First Win, Alan Johnson’s Return
Jan 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1
When Alan Jonhnson hired talented alcohol racer Gary Scelzi to be the driver of the Winston Top Fuel car for the 1997 season, it was a momentous and difficult job to be stepping into. Alan’s...
This 1974 Nova Is Injected Big Block Greatness! Super Comp Greatness
Jan 08, 2017Chad Reynolds4
With a steel roof and quarters, and glass everything else, this wrong year Nova is injected wickedness that we can’t stop staring at! It runs 8.80’s with this mellow 454, and has an 8.50...
Reaction Video: Watch Four Minutes Of People Seeing Top Fuel Cars For The First Time
Jan 08, 2017Brian Lohnes2
Young or old, gearhead or not, seeing a top fuel car run for the first time brings out a physical reaction in people that nothing else in the world actually does. There’s no way to explain what...
This 1957 Anglia Gasser Has Been In Storage For 35 Years!
Jan 08, 2017Chad Reynolds8
You have to check this thing out! After being in storage for 35 years, this 1957 Anglia Gasser has come back into the light of day. The owner says this is a nicely built car, not a pile of crap, and...
Last Of The Lightweights? This 1966 R Code Galaxie Was A 427 Powered Factory Hammer And Maybe The Last Of The Breed
Jan 07, 2017Brian Lohnes8
(By Greg Rourke) – In the early 60’s the Big Three all had factory lightweight drag cars. Lots of aluminum and fiberglass body parts, holes cut in frames, and anything not required to...
The Sucker: This 1934 Plymouth Is Every Mopar Lover’s Dream Hot Rod – Especially The Engine! (W/Video)
Jan 07, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on The Sucker: This 1934 Plymouth Is Every Mopar Lover’s Dream Hot Rod – Especially The Engine! (W/Video)
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – This thing is so cool we can hardly stand it. For starters, the guy who built this awesome machine is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. After all it was about a...
This Pro Street Dodge Viper Has Ditched The V-10 For A Blown 427 Chevy!
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggart10
Out of everything that the Dodge Viper ever got knocked for by critics and enthusiasts, only one item actually made sense. The violent temperment, the “suffer no fools” handling, the lack...
Drag Video: The Billy Ray Cyrus Video For Real Gone Was Made At The Drag Strip! Cool Watch
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Video: The Billy Ray Cyrus Video For Real Gone Was Made At The Drag Strip! Cool Watch
(By Greg Rourke) – You’ve likely seen Sheryl Crow’s video of “Real Gone” which she wrote for the movie Cars, but were you aware Billy Ray Cyrus did a cover shortly...
Watch The Awesome Swamp Thing Wagon Mow ‘Em Down At Redemption 6.0
Jan 06, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Awesome Swamp Thing Wagon Mow ‘Em Down At Redemption 6.0
There are cool cars and then there are COOL cars and we’re going to go on record as saying that Ken Clark’s famed Swamp Thing Nova wagon is a COOL car. Sporting a massive Rehr and...
Irwindale Drags Open For Special Friday Night Thunder This Week!
Jan 05, 2017Darr HawthorneComments Off on Irwindale Drags Open For Special Friday Night Thunder This Week!
We’ve got a hidden treasure here in Southern California, and it just keeps grinding out timeslips week after week, year after year. The Irwindale Event Center is a workhorse in SoCal, home to a...










