Watch This Crazy Diesel Drag Truck From Thailand Make A Dyno Pull And Belch Soot Like Crazy
Mar 30, 2015Brian Lohnes3
We have showed you more than a couple videos from Asia that illustrate how hardcore the drag racing/hot rodding scene is in places like Thailand. In fact, this video below comes from Thailand and in...
Pit Thrash Photos From The PDRA Season Opener In Texas – Door Slammers In The Mist!
Mar 30, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – While wheelies, burnouts, and nitrous purges are part of the glamour and allure of Drag racing, some of the best glances into what racing is really like...
Watch Jason Michalak Run 3.97/194 On Drag Radials, In Memphis, Between Snowflakes – Quickest Radial Pass Ever In Competition
Mar 30, 2015Brian Lohnes2
While we were shaking off the cold and enjoying the sunshine in Charlotte, North Carolina at the NHRA race, small tire and drag radial fanatics were packed into Memphis International Raceway to take...
Watch an Ardun Headed Flathead Churn Out 400hp @ 6200 RPM on the Chassis Dyno
Mar 29, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch an Ardun Headed Flathead Churn Out 400hp @ 6200 RPM on the Chassis Dyno
While Speed Week at Bonneville is still some months away, that doesn’t mean we can’t lust after cool LSR machinery. This video shows the Kohler Racing “Street Roadster” entry...
Awesome Video: Why Top Fuelers Don’t Run in the Rain
Mar 28, 2015Brian Lohnes13
Spoiler alert: This goes about like you would expect it to but let’s be honest, it is kind of fun to watch. The video you’ll watch below was shot in Japan about 7 years ago and it...
Drag Coverage: Action Photos From The PDRA Season Opener At The Texas Motorplex!
Mar 27, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – We’ve been teasing you all week with coverage from the PDRA event at Texas Motorplex. Even with forecasts calling for rain most of the weekend, the...
This Sleeper Dodge Ram Can Move And Scoot, But Nobody Is Going To Be Happy With How It Does It
Mar 26, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
First things first: that 1988 Dodge Ram isn’t a Cummins truck, which is the most common thought when you see one pulling onto the starting line. Most Ram owners won’t take on a Nissan...
Show Coverage: The I-X Piston Powered Autorama Is The Wildest Gearhead Show Ever! Tanks, Planes, Drag Cars, More
Mar 26, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – The Indoor car show season is still in full swing for 2015, and nobody has brought you more coverage than Bangshift! Those that know me know that I try to...
Awesome Nostalgic Drag Iron At the 2015 Carl Casper Show – Great Machines On Display
Mar 26, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I’ve said before its hard to categorize cars into specific genres and this group is one of the hardest. You will notice over several of my articles I...
Mopar Heaven! We Attend The Indy Cylinder Head Annual Swap Meet
Mar 25, 2015Brian Lohnes4
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – For those of you involved in the world of Mopars, the name Indy Cylinder Heads is synonymous with rip snorting high horsepower Chrysler goodness. Every...
Watch This Table Top Sized Ardun Headed Flattie Fire Up And Run – The Sound Is Great!
Mar 25, 2015Brian Lohnes2
You can thank garbage trucks for the birth of not only some of the most legendary and coveted hot rod parts known to man in the form of Ardun cylinder heads but also for launching the career of a man...
Irwindale Speedway Likely To Be Demolished To Make Room For An Outlet Mall
Mar 25, 2015Bryan McTaggart9
California speed freaks, got some bad news for you. Irwindale Speedway is all but condemned to be razed and repurposed as an outlet mall. City officials and Irwindale Outlet Partners, LLC will meet...
Houston Holds “Legalized Street Racing” Event, With Police Assistance. Is This The Way To Fix The Problems With Street Racing?
Mar 25, 2015Bryan McTaggart13
Street racing is one of the big hot-button issues of the year, with the Chatsworth, California crash bringing the dangers back into the public eye. But in Houston, Texas, an event called “Dig...
See The Taillights On That Baby-Blue Escort? Get Used To Them…0-60 in 2.9, Nines In The Quarter!
Mar 24, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on See The Taillights On That Baby-Blue Escort? Get Used To Them…0-60 in 2.9, Nines In The Quarter!
The Mk3 version of the European Ford Escort is just about identical to the first generation Escort we got here in the States in the early 1980s. Keep that in mind as you watch this robin egg blue...