Shakedown At The Summit 2015 Photo Bomb: More On Track Action From The Wild Norwalk Weekend
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – The negative Nancys of the world that think they know the sport of drag racing and don’t will be the first to tell you that there are no young people involved...
eBay Find: This Amazingly Preserved Set Of Four Firestone Bonneville Racing Tires Date To 1964!
It is not often that we run stories about old tires here at BangShift but this is a set of rubber that is unique, interesting, and is unused even though they were manufactured 51 years ago and...
Ten Cars, One Quarter Mile: Motor Trend’s World’s Greatest Drag Race 5!
In what has turned into tradition for the guys over at Motor Trend, the field of new cars battling it out for the title in their annual Best Driver’s Car series are hauled off to an airport...
Death Wish? We Have The Craziest Looking Thing We Have Ever Seen – V8 Snowmobile
We know a bunch of guys from Wisconsin and those guys are some of the hardest core hot rodder, partiers, and lovers of life that we have ever run into. Why? Because for lots of the year Wisconsin is...
This Turbo-Four Eagle Talon Is A Monster That Can Hold It’s Own Against Turbo V8s
I had all sorts of Mitsubishi-related jokes lined up. “Danger to Manifold”. “Dude, I almost had you!” “See crank walk. Walk, crank, walk.” Fine…we all saw...
Edgewater Drag Strip Hot Rod Drags: More Photos From The Huge Car Show At The Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Edgewater Sports Park is a very active dragstrip under NHRA sanction. Over the years its been host to many large events and saw many big time...
Watch As Mighty Car Mods Take An Old-School Beetle And Ramp The Power By A Factor Of Ten!
Ten times the power from stock…for any car, that’s a hell of a jump. Would you like to have ten times the power in your daily ride? Hell, most of us would be happy just doubling the power...
Watch Chuck Watson Sr. Make The First 8-second S550 IRS Mustang Pass – Street/Strip Car!
Yesterday, SVTPerformance.com broke the news that Chuck Watson Sr. had made the first 8-second pass with an S550 Mustang that still had IRS in it at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. The run...
Shakedown At The Summit 2015 Photo Bomb: Small Tire Insanity At Norwalk
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Many thousands of you watched the BangShift live broadcast of the 2015 Shakedown at the Summit which gathered many of the nation’s top small tire drag cars in...
Nostalgia Drag Photos: The Maple Grove Glory Days Nostalgia Weekend Drags
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The idea of nostalgia drag racing was born decades ago out on the west coast when guys would gather their old stuff once a year and hammer on it. Eventually that old...
Edgewater Hot Rod Drags Coverage: Photos From The Huge Car Show At The Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We were at Edgewater Sports Park for another Hot Rod Drags organized by Cincy Street Rods. This is an event that has been going on a long time and is an...
OMG We Want This Vega! Wagon, Big Block, Wheelie Bars, Bitchin Paint!
Sometimes we see stuff online that just makes us wish we had pockets full of cash. This awesome throwback Vega wagon with a Big Block in it totally fits that bill. If I had space and unlimited money...
Terrifying News: Someone Shot Up The Midwest Street Cars HQ With Semi-Automatic Weapons!
It does not matter what you think of the TV show Street Outlaws or the guys involved because this is just messed up. Someone approached their closed shop last night and unloaded with a semi-automatic...
Charlie Westcott Jr. Earns Pro Stock License In His Own Car – Line/Anderson Sign It
(Photos by Charlie Westcott Jr. and Mike English) – In what may be an off statement to read, Charlie Westcott Jr. made some of the most important passes in his drag racing career long after...
