Maxton Memories: A BangShifter Remembers His First Trip To The Former Home Of The ECTA In Maxton, North Carolina
(Words by Jake Nicolas) – I’ll never remember exactly how I found out about the Maxton Mile. It could have been from a local drag racing regular at the auto parts store, or from my boss...
Mustang Goes Through Metal Guardrail! This Is Why Dragstrips Need Concrete Barriers.
If you want a really good example of why metal guard rails are bad, here it is! Way back in the day, dragstrips didn’t have guardrails. Then ARMCO came along, the long metal guardrails, and...
Cool Winter Welding Project: Truck Rim Wood Stove For The Shop
ChuckE2009 is one of our favorite welders on YouTube. He is always building something cool, and if you have followed him for years like we have then you know that his space and business has gotten...
Ride Along With Larry Larson And His Wife Sherry As They Make A Run In The Nova Down Under
This video has plenty of stuff you are used to seeing. Larry Larson in the driver’s seat, those familiar Lenco levers coming through the floor, and a jungle gym of tubing behind his head. There...
Doug Gregory 2016 Photo Highlight Reel: Part 1
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – We’re back with more 2016 photo highlights. This is the first of a two part series that we will run featuring the work of Doug Gregory. Doug has really done a...
Craig Breedlove Suing Museum Of Science and Industry For Alleged Damage To Original Spirit Of America – $395,000 Worth!
Craig Breedlove and his historic, land speed record busting Spirit Of America are back in the news again but for very different reasons than you may expect. Breedlove is suing the Museum of Science...
Wait Until This Monster Gets Dialed In: Izzy Performance’s 1,600 Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive Turbo Silverado!
In the BangShift Mid-West fleet, there is one vehicle that generally is kept off-limits from any sort of hijinks: that would be the Chevy Silverado SS that my wife uses as her daily driver. She...
On The Street Testing And Grudge Racing Video Fix Right Here
For most of the country it is wet or cold or snowy or all of the above, which means that there are A LOT of racers and hot rodders around the country that are jonesing for racing action. But thanks...
Sad News: George Howard, One Of Drag Racing’s Greatest Promoters Has Died
(Lead photo credit: CompetitionPlus.com) – Every sport has its legends, its influencers, its gamblers, and its innovators. George Howard embodied all of those things and more during a career...
Dodge To Introduce Challenger Demon In April – Drag Racing Honed Model? – Teaser Video Here!
How do you top a Hellcat? With a Demon apparently. Chrysler has announced that they will reveal the long rumored new and most powerful muscle car ever at the New York Auto Show in April. Dubbed the...
Meltdown Drags 2017 Is Going To Be Bigger Than Ever! SOLD OUT IN 72 HOURS!
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) Nostalgia racing is big right now. Some guys get it, some do not. I’ve been to “nostalgia races” that included stuff like a ’55 Chevy...
Classic YouTube: The Myth Of The Camaro With The Giant Blower
The first time you saw it, your brain automatically dismissed it as Photoshop gone too far. It had to be…the iron lung sitting on top of the engine in this Camaro looks to be as big as the...
Watch This Nasty Volvo Wagon Dominate A Drag Race In Sweden – LS7 And A Big Single
With an old style nose bolted onto a later styled body, this Volvo wagon looks beyond bad ass tucking all of that tire up under it. The guys at 1320Video shot this car when they were visiting Sweden...
This Blown Hemi-powered 1927 Ford Has A Four Speed And Runs 9s! So Awesome!
(Video credit: VictoryRedColorado YouTube) – So there are cool cars and then there are COOL CARS. This 1927 T with its insanely low slung stance, chopped roof, orange tinted glass, four speed,...
