This Absolutely Mental Ford Capri Is Australia’s Fastest Street Car: 6.95@199 MPH!
Apr 25, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
Ford guys, turn away…yes, that’s a lime-green Ford Capri, yes, it’s Australian (the gigantic blower didn’t give it away?) and yes, it’s absolutely, brutally fast. Like...
Watch Marie Ferriolo’s Insane Funny Car Wheelstand From The NHRA Four Wide Nationals
Apr 24, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Marie Ferriolo’s Insane Funny Car Wheelstand From The NHRA Four Wide Nationals
The wheelie bar is a very important tuning tool in many drag racing classes. Alcohol funny car is certainly one of them and when there’s a failure in setting the bar up properly or a failure...
Watch This Awesome, Bonneville Record Holding, Twin-Engine Indian Scout Make Some Dyno Rips On The Salt
Apr 24, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Jim Mosher is the man who built, owns, and races this amazing motorcycle. We’re still smarting from the loss of Speed Week in 2014 so forgive us this little wistful Bonneville clip today. I am...
Piston Tech Video: Mahle Motorsport Looks At Oil Support Rings – Why They’re There And What They Do
Apr 24, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Piston Tech Video: Mahle Motorsport Looks At Oil Support Rings – Why They’re There And What They Do
Here’s some cool and basic tech video from our pals at Mahle Motorsport. This video talks about oil support rings, what they do and why they exist. For those of you out there that are seasoned...
Just A Bit Too Much Throttle: Watch As The “50 Shades Of Gray” Monte Carlo Gets Loose And Nearly Takes Out The “Swamp Thing” Nova Wagon!
Apr 24, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
When the track starts getting good, the tires are doing their thing properly and everything starts feeling right, the next logical move in a no-prep race is to start feeding in power to see just how...
Big Body Can Move! This Chevrolet Impala SS Is Good For 172MPH Trap Speeds In The 1/8th!
Apr 24, 2016Bryan McTaggart4
When the prototype for the Chevrolet Impala SS was first built in 1992, the team at Chevrolet knew that they had figured out how to make the otherwise unfortunately-styled Caprice sell. The 1994-96...
Drag Radial World Record: “Stevie Fast” Jackson 3.751!!!! 1/8th Mile At The RTRA Spring Nationals – Pro Nitrous Camaro On Radials, Baby!
Apr 23, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
Update: For the 4th time tonight! 3.751!!! Stevie kills the record in the final against Valden who runs 3.80! Update: Next round he betters it again! 3.788! Update: One round after setting the new...
Watch This Mack Truck Run 10.90/128-mph With An E6 285hp Engine!
Apr 23, 2016Brian Lohnes2
The Mack E6 285hp engine is not exactly one that lives in diesel powered fantasy land. It was a yeoman engine that was used in trucks that pretty much everyone who ever piloted would claim were...
From A Road Course Racer, To An LSR Screamer, And Now A 9-Second Warhead, This 2009 Dodge Challenger Does It All!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on From A Road Course Racer, To An LSR Screamer, And Now A 9-Second Warhead, This 2009 Dodge Challenger Does It All!
When the Dodge Challenger returned for the 2008 model year, Mopar fans who wanted two doors and rear-wheel drive were lined up around the block salivating, and Sam Uthman was right in line with them....
Want A Quarter Mile Drag Strip? Lonestar Motorsports Park In Texas Is For Sale! $2.7M
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes1
We thought it was pretty awesome when John Hennessey went into the drag strip business a couple of years ago with the purchase of Lonestar Motorsports Park in Sealy, Texas. After all, his shop is...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Hammering A Classic 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury With Max Wedge Power Down The Quarter Mile
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes1
While the short throw shifter was a great innovation that helped make speedy gear changes much easier, there’s something awesome about seeing a guy really get after it with a long throw, old...
This Turbocharged Barra Six-Powered Ford Cortina Rules! Wheels-Up High With Turbo-Six Power!
Apr 22, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
It might look like a lightly shrunken Mercury Montego wearing Valiant Charger headlights, but the Ford Cortina had nothing to do with a midsize Ford…it was just meant to look like one. Offered...
Video: A Longtime BangShifter’s Son Is Living The Dream As A Crew Guy For Brittany Force
Apr 22, 2016Brian Lohnes2
Perhaps the coolest thing about BangShift and its evolution over the years are the people that have and still are fans, readers, and participants of this place. It is more than just some website that...
Good News! Leah Pritchett Returns For Four-Wide Nationals In Lagana Top Fueler!
Apr 21, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on Good News! Leah Pritchett Returns For Four-Wide Nationals In Lagana Top Fueler!
Leah Pritchett will continue to compete in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series driving the Nitro Ninja Top Fuel Dragster owned by the Lagana family at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals this coming...










