Watch Two Texas Small Tire Street Brawler Novas Go Into Bumper Scraping Wheelstands Side by Side!
Jun 10, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Two Texas Small Tire Street Brawler Novas Go Into Bumper Scraping Wheelstands Side by Side!
This may be an old video but wow is it cool! North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas is known around the country as a fast strip with great hook. It is also known as a place where no time grudge racing...
Fantastic Vintage Drag Video: 1960s Footage From Atco And Englishtown!
Jun 10, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Atco Raceway and Englishtown Raceway Park are two of the quickest, fastest, and longest standing drag plants on the east coast. This awesome video, compiled by someone as a tribute to their deceased...
All-Steel, Stock Glass, And 3,000 Horsepower: This Shovel-Nosed Second Gen Camaro Is Dream-Worthy!
Jun 10, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
I promised no more Mopars for a week, weird or otherwise, and I fully intend to make good on that deal. Even the Internet, which has spent the last week messing with yours truly, has agreed to be a...
This 1980 Dodge Mirada Is Somewhere Between Street-Fighter And Strip-Ready, And Is Proof That eBay Is Evil.
Jun 09, 2016Bryan McTaggart12
Ok, this is getting out of hand. First, a one-year-only Road Runner. Next, a straight-axle Dart that was so funky and unexpected that I sat there, staring at it, both horrified and intrigued....
Dave McClelland To Be Inducted Into Motorsports Hall of Fame Of America June 29th – Awesome!
Jun 09, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Dave McClelland To Be Inducted Into Motorsports Hall of Fame Of America June 29th – Awesome!
The voice that defined the NHRA for generations and did so much more is finally getting the honor he is due. Dave McClelland will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall Of Fame of America on June...
Charlie Westcott Jr. To Make NHRA Pro Stock Debut In His Mustang At E-Town This Weekend
Jun 09, 2016Brian Lohnes6
There’s a lot of interesting stuff happening at Englishtown this weekend for the NHRA Summernationals. For starters, Ricky Gadson will be riding in NHRA pro stock bike for the first time in a...
The Real Angry Grandpa? This 1974 Dodge Dart Is A Straight-Axle Freak Show!
Jun 08, 2016Bryan McTaggart7
I swear, I did not go looking for this car. There’s no way I could have predicted finding something like this. Here’s how this all went down: earlier today, I found a 1975 Road Runner for...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Sydney Allard
Jun 08, 2016Brian Lohnes3
Sydney Allard is best known as the father of a British car company that made its name by taking a well engineered British chassis and stuffing it full of whatever American V8 they could shove in it....
Too Close To Call, Let’s Go To The Film: Which One Pulls Out The Win, The LUV Or The Mustang?
Jun 08, 2016Bryan McTaggart4
There was more to see than a Hemi-powered Impala showing combine drivers how to mow down some wheat at Eat Sleep Street’s “Controlled Chaos” invitational Cash Days race in Kansas....
Get Your Grudge On: This 1972 Nova Is A Street And Grudge Racing Machine
Jun 08, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Get Your Grudge On: This 1972 Nova Is A Street And Grudge Racing Machine
You know we dig these Novas. But there is something about this one, and it’s less than perfect paint, that really speaks to me. I’ve seen this 1972 Nova grudge and street machine run a...
1969 Mickey Thompson Mini Dragster For Sale: Jr. Dragster Eat Your Heart Out!
Jun 08, 2016Chad Reynolds4
You never know what you are going to find on the internet for sale, but man we weren’t expecting this! This is a Mickey Thompson Mini Dragster from 1969. There were not many of these made, and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Who’s Going To Invent A Quick Way To Dry A Drag Strip? How?
Jun 07, 2016Brian Lohnes32
So as I was sitting there, lamenting our luck that the rain was falling at New England Dragway on Sunday at the NHRA New England Nationals, my mind wandered to the one place it always does in these...
Wrecked Bucket: This Salvage Auction T-Bucket May Be Worth It For The Motor Alone!
Jun 07, 2016Brian Lohnes13
The IAAI.com website has a lot of interesting salvage auctions going on at the same time. Everything from cars that are completely mangled beyond recognition to stuff you just would never expect to...
Bracket And Test Cars At The US60 Dragway Nostalgia Nationals – Wheelies, Too!
Jun 07, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Bracket And Test Cars At The US60 Dragway Nostalgia Nationals – Wheelies, Too!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again in Hardinsburg, KY for the Spring version of the Nostalgia Nationals featuring the Straight-Axle Mafia, car show, swap meet, and plenty of...










