Death Of The Bad Seed: How I Almost Fired Myself for Street Racing the Bad Seed Chevette – Part 3
(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – It all started innocently enough with a Friday afternoon bench racing session in my office at Hot Rod magazine. It was summertime in L.A., July 6, 2001 to...
BangShift 2013 Photo Highlight Reel: The Great Drag Action Photos Of Steve Wilson!
The 2013 photo highlight reels continue with great BangShift contributor Steve Wilson sharing his favorite “picks of the little” from a busy 2013 shooting season. Wilson is based out of...
Here’s Your Last ProMod Racing Coverage For 2013. The Snowbird Nationals In Bradenton Were Huge!
It’s the Off Season for all the professional category racers, but that didn’t keep the crazies of Pro Mod from heading to Bradenton last week for some final passes of 2013. The number of...
Quick Look: A Bad Ass 1967 Olds 442 Under The Knife At DMC – Real Olds Engine With Exotic Parts And Twin Turbos!
(EDITOR’S NOTE: WE’RE RE-RUNNING THIS STORY FROM EARLY 2013 BECAUSE NEXT WEEK WE’RE GOING TO BE ON THE CHASSIS DYNO AT DMC RACING WATCHING THIS CAR PUT MASSIVE NUMBERS DOWN ON THE...
Out Of Court And Onto The 1/4 Mile: Fontana Dragstrip Reopening Soon! We Have The Scoop!
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) While we rode out to the northeastern corner of Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway, VP of Operations Ray Wilkings, talked about the construction going on...
The 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show And Drags Rocked Despite The Rain
As most of you know, the rain kept us from having drag racing at the 2013 Mooneyes X-Mas Show and Drags, but that didn’t keep a jillion people from partying like rock stars at what we believe...
The Top 11: Most Important and Influential Gassers of All Time
Being that this is a Saturday and we’re freaked that the Mooneyes race may rain out, we’re rerunning some of our favorite content. This Top 11 list of gasser is near the top of the list!...
Deathmobile: RX7 With A Blown 383 Chevy That Destroys Tires At 70 And Will Kill You (w/VIDEO)
(Photos by Dave Nutting – Words by Nutting/Lohnes) – This is a car that makes a big block Shelby Cobra look like the most sensible thing since the GEO Metro. It is by far the nastiest,...
Sand Drags Insanity: Big Horsepower And Nitro On The Dirt At Soboba! Gallery and Race Report
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) -After spending the last six weekends at one dragstrip or another and a week at the Vegas SEMA Show, for me it was a coin flip if I’d do it on one more weekend...
Destruction Photos: What Happens When A Big Aluminum Rod Fails At 10,000 RPM
Last Friday I had occasion to visit my friends Dana and Jon at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for a story on the nostalgia nitro funny car they have run successfully out of...
Drag Gallery: 411 Dragway’s $5,000 To Win Bracket Bash!
(Photos by Alana Garner) – 411 Dragway in Seymour, Tennessee was staring down the barrel of a figurative gun earlier this year. It appeared that the track was going to be bulldozed and its...
2013 NHRA World Finals Coverage: Fast Times and Series Champions at Pomona Raceway
(Words by Darr Hawthorne) – The SoCal weather was great and the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series faithful showed up in droves to watch tight racing and crown event and series champions in...
Gary Weckesser’s 4-Engine Mach IV Mustang Drag Machine – Plus Video Of It Being Push Started!
We know what you want to think about when you see this car, but don’t. Yes, Gary Weckesser’s four engine Mustang called the Mach IV has four wheel drive and 300% more engines than the...
