The Racetrack At 57 Gunnville Rd. – A History Of Lancaster Dragway And Why It Needs To Be Saved
(Words by Rob Kozak – Photos Rob Kozak Collection) – Originally a 1/2 mile dirt oval, the race track at 57 Gunnville Rd. in Lancaster, New York opened its doors on May 30, 1959. ...
See The Nasty V. Gaines Pro Stock Wreck At zMax Through The Amazing Lens Of Mark Rebilas
(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – Yesterday we showed you the video of V. Gaines suffering one of the worst wrecks in recent Pro Stock history. The car got loose at the top end of the track, got into...
Drag Week 2014: Justin Oney’s Photo Diary – Day One Registration At Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park
(Photos by Justin Oney/1Y Automotive Photography) – Justin Oney was on Drag Week with our pal Rick Gurrero of Rick’s Tanks fame and through the week he blasted a ton of spectacular...
This Six Foot Long Land Speed Car Is A Piece Of Art Constructed Totally Of Cast Off Junk – Incredible
Thanks to BangShift reader Elky Guy we have this incredible piece of automotive art to show you. Built from junk, spare parts, and stuff laying around, the item is being listed as a “Speed...
Watch This Nasty Two Car Crash From Ozark Raceway Park In Missouri – Drivers Walk Away But Cars Are Mangled
Urban Hillbilly Action Videos have really made a killer comeback this year and we’re thankful that they have. The guys who pioneered the types of video we see on the web commonly today still...
This Video Highlighting Doug Cline’s Drag Week Where He Ran 6s At All Tracks With No Trailer In A Steel Camaro Is Magnificent
There an irony about announcing literally every pass at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and being behind the eight ball about telling the stories on my own blog but the logistics of the event and the...
Watch NHRA Pro Stock Racer V. Gaines Suffer A Massive Barrel Rolling Top End Wreck At zMax Dragway
NHRA Pro Stock racer V. Gaines suffered a massive top end crash yesterday at the NHRA Pep Boys Nationals when his car got loose on the top end of the track and turned over multiple times before...
UPDATED: Larry Larson: Fastest Street Car In The World with a 6.16!
Larry Larson’s Chevy S-10 blasted a [email protected] run during the Drag Week Heads Up Competition on Saturday. After testing, tuning, breaking things, and a F-ton of sleepless nights and weekends,...
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FINAL DAY OF DRAG WEEK 2014 LIVE – BROADCAST STARTS AT 10AM CENTRAL!
(Photo credits Brandan Gillogly and Larry Chen/Hot Rod) – Well, the week has finally arrived. After months and months of non-stop work by racers, planning by Hot Rod Magazine staff, and...
PDRA DragStock From Rockingham Dragway – Action Photos Of The Hairiest Doorslammers On The Planet
(Photos and words by Benoit Pigeon) – The 7th out of 8 PDRA events, Dragstock XI, saw a lot of action but the original race day was cancelled due to rain. First round of eliminations was...
Watch The Most Dramatic Moment In Drag Week History – The Beyond All Thrash That Got Larson To The Line, But Not The Result He Wanted
Ultimately Chad will tell the whole tale of his 2014 Drag Week with Larry Larson. He’ll give you the details on how they got about an hour’s sleep total in three days, how they nearly...
Drag Week 2014: Action And Pit Photos From Thunder Valley Raceway In Noble, Oklahoma
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – It has been an insane week, so insane that I am working on a combined total of about eight hours of sleep since Monday. I’m not sure where I am or who I am...
Three Guys, A Dragster, A Wounded Station Wagon, And A Rickety Trailer – An Adventure For The Ages In 1978
(Words and Photos by Carl Blanton) – (Editor’s note: There are few cooler things in the world to read than racers telling their stories of high adventure from back in the day. I was...
This All Aluminum Hemi Small Block Chevy Hemi Uses Some Of The Most Rare Speed Parts Ever – A Never Assembled Freak!
There’s strange stuff, there’s weird stuff, there’s unobtanium, and then there is this. What you are looking at is a Leo Lyons small block Chevy hemi from the early 1970s....
