Sleeper Footage: A Trabant Versus A Nissan GT-R – Which Will Win, The Angry Vacuum Cleaner Or The Beer Can With Headlights?
In stock form a Trabant’s two-cycle engine would struggle to power one of the Nissan GT-R’s turbos, so just what exactly is going on here? A lesson in humility, my friends. Look at the...
Australian Burnout: “UIDIOT”, A Chevrolet-Powered Ford Cortina, Lets Loose At Brashernats
As most of us continue to freeze our bits off here in the Northern Hemisphere, in Australia they are still enjoying their summer. And of course, that means that we get more and more gratuitous...
Pro Mod Action: More Great Photos From The Pro Mod Class At The 2015 US Street Nationals
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – As we showed you earlier in the week, there was a great variety of iron at the US Street Nationals this winter. Racers from all over the country escaped the...
The Parting Shift: Watch This Driver Pull Wheelies And Rip Gears In A Beautiful, Clutchless G-Force Equipped Monte Carlo
After Nutting’s transmission spit the bit in his Monte Carlo last week he has been mulling which direction to go with a gearbox. Should he just have the 200 rebuilt and be done with it? Should...
Watch Lee Shepherd and Bob Glidden Square Off In the Pro Stock Final At The ’79 Cajun Nationals! Big Mac and Evans On The Call
Well this video certainly touches ALL the right bases, huh? For starters we have Bob Glidden taking on Lee Shepherd which was a common sight not only in 1979 but in the years follow up until Shepherd...
Indiana Loses A Strip – Can The Eighth Mile At Chandler Motorsports Park Be Saved?
The drag strip at Chandler Motorsports Park in Indiana has been open for more than 50 years but as recent news tell us, the hometown drag strip will no longer be opening its gates for drag racers to...
Dynamite Run – A Documentary About the 1974 AHRA Winternationals
We got a note from pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian cluing us in the on the fact that she unearthed and posted an totally cool old drag racing documentary film called “Dynamite Run”....
Update: 1949 Cadillac Is The Standard Of The World (When It Comes To Sleepers) – A Total Q-Ship From Hell! (And Now It Is For Sale)
When Jon Sandahl called me up and said, “Hey, you should probably come over here and take a look at this thing,” in reference to a 1949 Cadillac coupe, I was a little confused but hey,...
NHRA Sends Letters Announcing License Revocation To Street Outlaws TV Cast – Competition Licenses To Be Revoked If Participation Continues
The NHRA has sent strongly worded letters to virtually everyone who is appearing or has recently appeared on the hit Discovery Channel television show Street Outlaws. This show follows the exploits...
Pro Mod Action Photos From The 2015 US Street Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park
(Photos and words by Benoit Pigeon) – I went down to this year’s edition of the Street Nationals knowing that there would be a tv crew from Canada filming Pro Mods. Sure enough, all week...
Old Funny Car Shopping? This Mustang Body And Chassis Weren’t Born Together But The Have History
Another week, another awesome old race car resurfacing after years of hiding. This time we are talking about a Mustang funny car and like lots of old drag race cars, the body and the chassis have...
These Canted Valve 4.3L Chevy V6 Heads Were Designed For Big RPM And Big Power
The Chevy 4.3L V6 as well all know is basically 75% of a Chevy 350 so it only makes sense that there would be a market for speed parts for these engines but we never knew the extent that Chevy went...
This All-Steel 1949 Anglia Is LS3 Powered And Evil! Finishing Work Needed
I”ve got to thank Wes Tarkington for chirping into my ear about this awesome steel 1949 Anglia that is currently for sale on eBay. The car has an LS3 engine so that’s 400+ horsepower of...
Watch A Pro Mod Body Get Narrowed At 150mph By Both Walls – OUCH
The Pro Mod class has evolved more than perhaps any other in the last 10-15 years. These cars have gone from lots of motor and little chassis to refined beasts that make more power than ever and do a...
