This Von Piranha AMX Is A Rare And Cool Tuner Piece From The 1960s – Ever Heard Of One?
While recovering from the Christmas feeding frenzy food coma (prime rib here at Casa de Rourke) I wasted time perusing RacingJunk.com for all the stuff I cannot afford, have no place to put, but...
An 1100 Horsepower Turbo Ford Lightning Truck For Sale: Nitrous And WaterMeth Too!
1000 is the new 500. That’s what we say at the dyno shop all the time. That’s because everyone wants to have 1000 horsepower now, and in the grand scheme of things making 1000 horsepower...
Best Of BangShift: The 2015 Mopar Hemi Challenge – Indy’s Most Awesome Battle
Over the six day span that is the Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals, I get to do some cool stuff but the coolest is announcing the Mopar Hemi Challenge alongside Herb McCandless. “Mr....
No-Prep Explosion: March San Antonio Event Has $50,000 For Big Tire Cars And $10,000 For Small
There’s a large contingent of you out there in reader-land who believe that “no-prep” racing is a dumb idea and that it is the current flavor of the week when it comes to drag...
Rusty Riches? Would You Throw Down $5,000 For This 1972 Challenger “Project”? Someone Did
For starters don’t think that the tone of this item is against the guy selling the car. Far from it. The seller here had a ton of clean photos, an upfront approach, and made no bones about the...
Plant Tour: A Visit To FK Rod Ends And Fragola Performance Systems – Making Components In The USA The Right Way
Sometimes even the best laid plans take a while to play out and because of Ma Nature’s open assault on the New England area this winter, it took way too long for me to make the couple hour...
Best Of BS 2015: Watch This Lame Looking Eagle Summit Hand A Mustang And A Supra Their Lunch At The Drag Strip
When I first started announcing drag racing half a lifetime ago, I was the test and tune night guy. Frankly, there are days that I long for that job again because everyone completely underestimates...
Best of BS 2015: Bob Glidden’s Rollcage-Breaking Thunderbird Barrel Roll At Atlanta in 1986
Crashing a Pro Stock car hard enough to blow the body off of the chassis would seem to be the point where a long hospital stay would be required, right? Especially when the crash involves the track...
Legendary Drag Racer Jim “Superman” Nicoll Has Died – Survived Horrendous 1970 US Nationals Top Fuel Wreck
(Photos credit: NHRA/NationalDragster.com) – One of the most colorful characters in drag racing’s brilliant past has died. Jim “Superman” Nicoll who was the 1970 Drag News...
Best of BangShift 2015: Burndown! Watch The Awesome Pro Stock Final From The NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals In Denver
I know it seems like we’re going overload on the NHRA Denver stuff but the race was freaking awesome and it had so many elements to it that we can hardly get them all wedged into today’s...
Best of BS 2015: BURNDOWN! Watch Brian Hicks and Josh Green Melt Their Pro Mods To The Ground At The NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl!
In the history of drag racing, we’re not sure that a pro mod staging burndown has ever been stopped by one of the competitor’s dad’s but in the case of the nearly 1:30 staging war...
Best of BangShift 2015: Les Mayhew’s Roy Hill Indy Video Is The Best Thing You Will See Today
We have showed you Roy Hill’s two crazed Factory Stock Cobra Jet runs separately but this video by Les Mayhew for CompetitionPlusTV ties them both together with multiple angles and uses a...
Best of BS 2015: Crazy Save: Giant Wheelstand, Big Save, And Then The Big Spin Finale!
Watch this. This 4th Gen Firebird leaves the line wheels up, and they just keep climbing. At the same time, the car is going towards the left side guardrail with the wheels still up. When all 4 are...
Best Of BangShift 2015: Mark Rebilas Captured The Greatest Crash Sequence In Drag Racing History – Dixon Disaster Frame By Frame
(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – It is a span of minutes that I will not forget for the rest of my earthly days. Watching Larry Dixon’s top fuel dragster fold up and embark on a sickening...
