Holy Smokes! This 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Pro Stocker Is Completely Unrestored, Exactly As it Was Raced, And For Sale
Jul 27, 2014Brian Lohnes9
So I have basically turned this into “Stuff For Sale Sunday” at this point but frankly, these links keep coming to me and they contain cars and trucks that are so freaking cool I have...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Killer Photos From The Pits – What An Event!
Jul 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Killer Photos From The Pits – What An Event!
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – And we have finally come to the end of a literal week of coverage from the 2014 Meltdown Drags that were held at Byron Dragway in Illinois. We’ve...
Someone In England Has Built A Rolls Royce Turbine Powered Mini-Van – You Can Buy It, You Should Buy It
Jul 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Someone In England Has Built A Rolls Royce Turbine Powered Mini-Van – You Can Buy It, You Should Buy It
In this situation, there’s only one tactful and polite thing to do and that is to buy this Renault van with a Rolls Royce Viper turbine mounted in the back. The van is for sale in England, the...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: More Cool Iron And Thrash Photos From The Pits At Byron Dragway
Jul 26, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke) – Our week of Meltdown Drags 2014 coverage continues with more photos from the pit scene at Byron Dragway in Illinois. We know of people who took a full...
Watch A Blindingly Quick And Highly Modified Kubota Tractor Beat The Pants Off A Modified Diesel Pickup At The Strip In Thailand
Jul 26, 2014Brian Lohnes6
We’ve showed you more than one drag racing video from Thailand over the years here at BangShift and that’s because they have a vibrant scene there with all kinds of worked up stuff. From...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Coolest Cars, Parts, And Stuff From The Pits (Part 1)
Jul 25, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – As any drag racer or gearhead knows, all the cool stuff happens in the pits. The racing is just a byproduct of the work being done by the owners and...
This 1960s Drag Racing Home Movie Is Flipping Awesome – Can You ID The Track For Us?
Jul 25, 2014Brian Lohnes7
We love when people convert and post their old home movies from the drags onto YouTube because while the slick and highly produced professional films of the day were cool, nothing beats the...
Diesel Power Challenge Week: Quarter Mile Heads-Up Drag Racing At Bandimere
Jul 24, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Diesel Power Challenge Week: Quarter Mile Heads-Up Drag Racing At Bandimere
Last week I went on a bit of a rant when internet keyboard jockeys everywhere started calling out the Challenge Hellcat for running 12s at Bandimere when it had run in the low 11s on street tires at...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Cars Came From All Over And The Show Will Be Talked About For Days
Jul 24, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Cars Came From All Over And The Show Will Be Talked About For Days
(PHOTOS BY GREG ROURKE AND BOB CHILUK) – We’re back with more sweet, sweet action photos from the Meltdown Drags 2014 that happened at Byron Dragway last weekend. With more than 500...
Meltdown Drags Coverage: More Photos And Cool Stuff From The 2014 Meltdown Drags
Jul 23, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Meltdown Drags Coverage: More Photos And Cool Stuff From The 2014 Meltdown Drags
(Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke) – As we have been telling you all week, the 2014 Meltdown Drags was an event for the books. With more than 500 entires, Byron Dragway was filled nearly...
Diesel Power Challenge Week: The Punishing Eighth Mile Trailer Sprint At Bandimere
Jul 23, 2014Brian Lohnes2
This is the most brutally simple event at the Diesel Power Challenge. The idea is to take a skid steer and trailer combo weighing in at about 11,000lbs and drag them as quickly as possible down an...
Take In The Aftermath Of The Most Violent Transmission Failure We Have Ever Seen – Incredible Destruction, Driver OK
Jul 23, 2014Brian Lohnes17
If I remembered stuff about drag racing cars like I remembered stuff about important elements of my life, I would be sitting pretty. Sadly, I can remember drag race cars and moments like they...
This Blown, Ground Pounding 1973 Gremlin Has A Hairy 401 And An Awesome Past – Tough Stuff!
Jul 23, 2014Brian Lohnes8
Hot rodders have had a good formula for about the last 80 years and that is to grab a cheap car that may be largely unloved and turn it into something that they can scorch the Earth with. They did it...
Pro Mod And Doorslammer Action From Roxboro Motorsports Park – Superchargers And Killer Paint Everywhere
Jul 22, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Pro Mod And Doorslammer Action From Roxboro Motorsports Park – Superchargers And Killer Paint Everywhere
(Words and Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – There are few things that make us smile wider than learning of the sale of a drag strip and how it was revitalized under new ownership. Such seems to be...