The NMCA West Street Car Nationals: Killer Photos From The Pits In Pomona
May 18, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on The NMCA West Street Car Nationals: Killer Photos From The Pits In Pomona
The NMCA West Street Car Nationals are being contested this weekend at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. We were at the event and prowled the pits to show you the coolest cars and trucks from...
Watch Dan Stevenson’s Pro Mod Crash From The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals!
May 18, 2014Brian Lohnes8
We’ve got to give major props to the NHRA’s social media department as they have been cranking out some cool highlight videos of the insane weekend we have been having here in Atlanta. We...
Great Save! Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Do Everything In His Power To Keep His Falcon Off The Wall
May 18, 2014Brian Lohnes3
So as I sit here in the tower at Atlanta Dragway watching the rain fall on the drag strip that we should be racing the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, I’m trolling YouTube and...
Event Gallery: The SCTA’s May El Mirage Meet – Big Speeds On The Famous Dry Lake
May 18, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The SCTA’s May El Mirage Meet – Big Speeds On The Famous Dry Lake
This weekend, the first SCTA land speed meet of the 2014 season is underway on the El Mirage dry lake in California. While we don’t have results quite yet, we do have some fantastic photos...
Watch Jack Beckman Suffer A Violent Funny Car Explosion In Atlanta – It Was An Incredible Day!
May 18, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Jack Beckman Suffer A Violent Funny Car Explosion In Atlanta – It Was An Incredible Day!
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we have more funny car violent from Atlanta! Saturday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals was one of the most insanely nuts...
Watch Tim Wilkerson Experience An Insane Funny Car Explosion At The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
May 17, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Tim Wilkerson Experience An Insane Funny Car Explosion At The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
If you have ever wondered what would happen if the camshaft broke in an 10,000hp nitro burning funny car engine, Tim Wilkerson provided the answer at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern...
REPLAY: BangShift’s LIVE Streaming Coverage From The Throwdown In T-Town
May 17, 2014Chad Reynolds12
WE’RE LIVE WITH SATURDAY ACTION NOW!!! TUNE IN! If you like Outlaw 10.5, 235 Drag Radial, and 275 Drag Radial racing you are going to love this event as well because we have plenty of action...
This Turbo, Big Block Chrysler, Four Door, 1968 Valiant Is Some Work And Creative Exhaust Plumbing Away From Sleeper Stardom
May 16, 2014Brian Lohnes10
Wanna get famous? Pay the $2500 asking price for this 1968 Valiant, finish it and then take YouTube videos on the race track running ridiculous elapsed times and laugh your way to internet hero...
Drag Video: Fires, Wrecks, and Near Misses From The Australian National Drag Racing Association Race At Sydney Dragway
May 15, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Judging by the angle of the car in the lead photo above, this isn’t going to end well for him. To be brutally honest, half of the cars in this video had a decent run while the other half get...
Burnout Video: Watch Kurt Johnson Break In A Set Of Slicks In A Naked Chassis Former Pro Stocker
May 14, 2014Brian Lohnes9
One of the things that few people understand about the world of professional drag racing and pro stock specifically is that the work during racing season is on a 24/7 cycle. This isn’t a deal...
Craigslist Find: The Most Unintentionally Comedic Listing Ever (Not Even Including the 1973 MG Rat Rod)
May 14, 2014Brian Lohnes10
Powermaster’s Brady Basner has the hot hand on Craigslist. I don’t know how he does it but the man is able to find gems left, right, and center each week on the world’s biggest yard...
Top Fuel Motorcycle Racing Legend Russ Collins Has Died: Multi-Engine Nitro Bikes, World Record Setter, Innovator
May 13, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Russ Collins, the great Top Fuel Motorcycle racer, sometimes Top Fuel Dragster racer and survivor of a couple horrendous wrecks during his long and storied career, has died. Collins was a great...
Watch Craig Breedlove Tell His Story Of 1960s Land Speed Heroism In This Great Video – Great Emotion And Tons Of Old Footage
May 13, 2014Brian Lohnes5
In many ways, Craig Breedlove was the ultimate California hot rod kid of his era. Who else was able to dream up and actually see through a futuristic looking, thrust driven monster of a car that was...
BangShift Exclusive: Support Your Local Sign Painter – The Greatest Documentation Of Hand Lettering And Striping A Funny Car Ever!
May 13, 2014Brian Lohnes22
(Words and video by Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian) – A little over a month ago, I received a text message stating that several mutual friendswere going to collaborate on a paint scheme for a 1972 Vega...










