Summoning The Beast: Listen To Danny Thompson And The Challenger II Crew Fire Up The Streamliner
With Bonneville rapidly approaching (only a month away!) land speed racing teams are making their final preparations, entering the final phases of their thrash, and sorting our cars of all shapes and...
This 1962 Buick Invicta Custom Estate Wagon Is The Perfect Cruiser And Slingshot Push Car
If you had yourself a dragster in the middle to late 1960s, chances are strong that you had a wagon like this one to drag the thing to the track and then push start it. Sure, some of the fancy tracks...
2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion: The Coolest Rods, Trucks, Muscle Cars, and…Vans?!
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – It was a heck of a weekend at Sterling Airport during the 2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion. Steve Magnante was announcing the action, hundreds of the coolest...
HUGE NEWS: BangShift To Provide LIVE Streaming Coverage Of 10th Annual NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl!
From July 30th through August 2nd BangShift.com will provide live streaming video coverage of the 10th annual NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing. This is a race that combines the...
Battle Of The Titans! The 800HP AWD Cutlass Meets An 800HP Jeep SRT-8
Brian King’s AWD Hurst/Olds is a beast. Running an 800hp 6.6L ProCharged LS engine and all-wheel-drive, the G-body Cutlass is capable of not only handling itself at a race, but handing plenty...
Grand Plans: $1000 Tubbed Project That Could Be A Riot For CHEAP!
Ever just search Craigslist and eBay for cars or trucks that cost $1000? Well if not, we’re sorry for suggesting it. It’s amazing what you can find for a cool grand, and this tubbed RX7...
This 10.68-Second Toyota Starlet Is One Wicked Little Tic-Tac! Getting It Done With 1.5 Liters!
It isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, for sure, but if you can’t look at this Toyota Starlet and at least appreciate the engineering and build that propels this 2,055 pound hatchback,...
This Pro Street 1949 Willys Panel Truck Has A Hot Small Block And A Unique Look That We’re Loving
Panel trucks are cool in and unto themselves. In the decades before vans became a thing, the panel truck acted in much the same way although they offered less space and that’s why they all but...
Hodgson Racing Debuts Awesome New Camaro Nitro Funny Car
Successful businessman and Canadian Hall of Fame drag racer Ron Hodgson teamed up with his son Ryan a few years ago to field their own family alcohol funny car. Now the Hodgson family has stepped...
Kalitta Motorsports Continues New Growth With New Sponsor
Team Kalitta is pleased to announce its newest multi-year associate partnership with Autodesk, Inc. Beginning this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, Autodesk branding...
Mendy Fry Takes First Funny Car Win at Saturday Night Nitro
Auto Club Famoso Raceway has built one of the best nitro shows on the west coast with their Good Vibrations Saturday Night Nitro series. The Bowser family has nurtured this event to become a hub...
How To Screw Up At The Tree And Save Your Reputation In One Easy Step! (VIDEO)
“A picture is worth a thousand words” never fit so well than right here. Last yellow bulb on the tree has come down and the owner of this late-model Mustang has made a sincerely poor...
Third Qualifying Session Added To California Hot Rod Reunion! Darr Loses His Mind!
Darr Hawthorne has been beating the drum like a mad man, trying to convince everyone that will listen that having a third qualifying session, rather than just two, for the nitro cars at the...
NHRA Names Peter Clifford As New President – New Era At The Top Of Drag Racing’s Largest Sanctioning Body
(Photo credit: NHRA) – Yesterday it was announced that the NHRA had promoted Peter Clifford to the role of the organization’s president. Previous to this promotion, Clifford was the...
