Nitro Video: A Spectacular Look Inside The Funny Car Final At The Nightfire Nationals By Nitro America
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes1
It has been a while since we’ve highlighted some of Les Mayhew’s killer video work here on the front page of BangShift and since we noticed that he recently dropped some new content onto...
This 2,500hp Street Rod Would Blow The Doors Off Of The Leno Merlin Powered Bentley – Urge Overkill Here!
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes10
This is a 2,500hp street rod or it is as least claimed to be a 2,500hp street rod by the guy looking to sell it for $200,000 on eBay. The car is a 1932 Ford sedan delivery body that is part tractor...
Close Call Video: Watch Things Get Weird On The Top End Of The Drag Strip At High Speed
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes8
I have certainly seen and called my fair share of top end weirdness on the drag strip but all of it has been witnessed from the comfy confines of the timing tower at whatever strip it was at. While...
The BangShift C7 Corvette Dissection – Pulling Apart A Blown UP, Brand New Super Car For Fun And Profit
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes7
(Photos and captions by David Matyjasik) – We know him better as Dave Matty and so will you by the time this whole saga comes to a conclusion, but to say that this will be one of the neatest...
Pat Van Racing’s Tom Armitage Gives Us The Tech And Specs Behind The Team’s 10-second Mini-Slingshot Dragster – This Rules
May 11, 2014Brian Lohnes6
After running the video of Team Pat Van Racing’s miniature, motorcycle powered slingshot running down into the 10-second zone at England’s York Raceway, we reached out to Tom and asked...
Watching This Hemi Powered Model A Rip Around The Streets At Sunrise With No Mufflers Is Good For Your Soul
May 11, 2014Brian Lohnes7
(Words by Greg Rourke) – This video has been around for a little while, but it says it all. A primer gray Model A, Chrysler Fire Power Hemi with a half dozen Strombergs, mufflers left at the...
Gallery: 50 Photos of Engines
May 11, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Since we’ve been mowing down the “50 photos” galleries of different styles of cars, we thought it was time to switch gears a little and showcase the coolest part of any hot rod, the...
CLICK HERE FOR LIVE Streaming Video From Mooneyes Mother’s Day Show And Drags This Weekend!
May 10, 2014Chad Reynolds4
That’s right folks, get your drag racing in on Saturday and then take momma out on Sunday! The Mooneyes Mother’s Day Show and Drags is going on this Saturday, May 10th, at Irwindale...
Ride On The World’s Quickest And Fastest Single Engine Flathead Powered Dragster- 7s On Nitro And Lots Of Boost
May 10, 2014Brian Lohnes2
The Ford flathead V8 is one of the reasons any of us even know what a hot rod is. Sure, guys were messing around with little four banger engines back in the day but it is was the V8 engine that...
Gene Fulton Built A Killer Old School Gasser And This Is Video Of His First Time Out With It – Jamming Gears And All!
May 10, 2014Brian Lohnes9
Gene Fulton is one of the great names in door slammer drag racing history. His engines has powered some of the most fearsome drag race cars of all time and Fulton was a multi-time national champion...
Frriday BOOM: A Massive Nitrous Explosion With Bonus Aftermath Footage Of The ‘Sploded Intake Manifold
May 09, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Normally with nitrous explosion videos, there’s no real idea of what happens after the big BOOM. That’s not the case with this video, shot at North Carolina’s Outer Banks Raceway....
Cool Drag Action From The Pro Street Racing Association Event At Thunder Valley Raceway In Oklahoma
May 09, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Drag Action From The Pro Street Racing Association Event At Thunder Valley Raceway In Oklahoma
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – If it’s the first Saturday from April to October during racing season in Oklahoma, that means that Thunder Valley Raceway Park just outside Noble,...
FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray
May 08, 2014Darr HawthorneComments Off on FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray
We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye. The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...
Book Review: Liam Garritty’s Saturday Forever Drag Racing Photo Book And Bonus March Meet Photos
May 08, 2014Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Book Review: Liam Garritty’s Saturday Forever Drag Racing Photo Book And Bonus March Meet Photos
As a child growing up at Fremont Drag Strip, the romanticism of drag cars of all kinds was huge to my little mind. Thinking back to those days makes you feel like the Funny Cars and Top Fuel...










