Founding Member Of Southern California 5-B Club Passes Away
According to reports, our drag racing community has lost one of its hardest working and beloved members… Bill Bailey. For many years, Southern California racers and fans found Bill at tracks...
A 14-71 Blower On A Jeep Cherokee? Yep, Sounds Pretty Perfect To Us Too. Check It Out!
You never know what you are going to find on Craigslist, which is probably why so many people spend so much time shopping for cars and parts there. You never know what you are going to find! This...
Cool Parts: We Found This Old Ford Inline Six Hilborn Injector For Sale – We Never Knew They Made One!
The nooks and crannies of the high performance speed parts industry present some pretty interesting finds on a regular basis. There’s always something that we see and think, “Why did they...
Watch The Weirdest Final Round Drag Race We’ve Ever Seen – It Turns Into A Footrace!
We were tired just watching this hilarious race from the Perth Motorplex 400 Thunder event in Australia. What you are going to see is the final round of pro stock motorcycle go totally and weirdly...
Officially Undead! Heartland Park Topeka Announces Weekly Racing Program
Yes, we know that the sprawling Heartland Park Topeka facility was technically saved when it came under new ownership a couple of months ago but the reality is that with the announcement of weekly...
Watch This Crazy Diesel Powered Nova Wreck Hard At The Top End Of Woodburn Drag Strip
Rob Coddens has long been known as one of the best guys in the country at making big power with the GM Duramax diesel engine. He had a series of ever quicker pickup trucks before he graduated to a...
Charlie Cooper’s Turbocharged Cobra Jet Is A Real Rocket – See It Run Here
(Video Credit: VictoryRedColorado YouTube channel) – Those of you that are really up on your drag racing geekery will know that the quickest “legal” Mustang Cobra Jet in the NHRA...
Cruising Memories: Joe Grippo Takes Us Back To Pottstown, PA Circa 1993 And A Nationally Recognized Scene (Videos)
(By Joe Grippo) – “Where were you in ’62?” was the question posed by arguably the greatest car cruising movie of all time, American Graffiti. Well, today Bangshift is asking where were...
Watch Vincent Nobile Have A Rough Ride At Pomona – Wall Slapping, Tire Shaking, Badness
Vincent Nobile managed to do something at the NHRA Winternationals that Erica Enders-Stevens did not while racing the same Camaro for a championship in 2015. Touch the wall. During a run against Drew...
This All-Motor Viper Laid Out A Record-Breaking 9.95@140 MPH Blast In Texas At The Viper Nationals!
This isn’t the fastest Dodge Viper in the quarter mile. Not even close…recently Jeff Lutz laid down a 6.78@211 MPH blast in Shawn Beard’s twin-turbocharged 1997 Viper coupe. What...
Funny Car History Video: Lewis Bloom Talks With 1969 NHRA Winternationals Winner Clare Sanders
The origins of the funny car class are widely known. Escalations among the manufacturer through the stock and then the super stock ranks caused everyone to lose their collective minds in the middle...
Small Slicks, Two Engines, And 360-Degrees Plus! Watch The Evil Twin Spin On The Strip And Hit Nothing
Rocky Phillips is a heck of a guy. The driving force behind the famed Eagle Field Drags and the guy who built the awesome Evil Twin dragster shown in this video at his home shop, he has the drag...
Mark Rebilas Has Published His Best Of 2015 Crash And Burn Photos – Must See!
(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – I have the good fortune to see Mark Rebilas on more weekends than I don’t between the months of March and November. While Mark shoots all kinds of stuff like...
Front-Wheel-Drive Violence: Furches Performance’s Turbo LS4 Monte Carlo Running The Strip
I’ve owned a lot of cars over the years, but the list of cars I miss that I would have again is rather short. One of the top pics would be the LS4-powered Monte Carlo SS that I ran ragged for...
