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Photo Coverage: JJ Da Boss Arm Drop Drags At Cottonwood Dragway – An Alabama Night, A Full Track, And Wild Action
(Photos by James Champion) – We’re back with more great photos from the recent visit that JJ Da Boss and his band of merry men (and women) made to Cottonwood Dragway in Alabama. It was...
This Is Awesome: A Complete, Soup To Nuts Pro Mod Run Tutorial Hosted By Stevie Fast Jackson – So Great
There are videos out there that talk about how to drive a drag race car but there has never been a more in-depth video made about making a run in a supercharged pro mod than this one. Literally every...
Listen Up: The Boys From The Round Six Podcast Had Us On – Pretty Hilarious Gearhead Fun
The guys on the Round Six podcast have a good thing going. Each episode they take someone from the gearhead realm and put them through the wringer with emotional questions, highly charged language,...
RacingJunk Find: This Jet Van Is The Most BangShifty Thing For Sale On The Internet Today
Wowie, wow, wow, wow. Yes, this is a chopped, channeled, clamshell split, and dragon painted 1979 Ford Econoline van with a big ol’ fire-spitting J-34 jet engine slammed into the back of it....
Mad Thrash Video: Watch Stevie Fast And Crew Perform A Time Lapse Engine Swap In Three Minutes (70 Real Time)
There’s no messing around at the track when you are a professional level drag racer. The difference between winning races in the NHRA E3 Spark Plugs pro modified category and losing them is...
Drag Gallery: JJ Da Boss Arms Drop Drags As Cottonwood Dragway In Alabama
(Words and photos by James Champion) – When the tv stars come to you local track it gets packed out even with the threat of bad weather looming. We had rain, lighting, and a tornado all in one...
The Bloodhound SSC Project Is Dead: Broke and With No Hope Of Funding, Car Is Being Dismantled, Parts Sold
The most ambitious land speed record project in history is dead. The Bloodhound SSC project, a near decade long undertaking to design, engineer, and build the first car capable of going 1,000mph has...
PRI 2018: Edelbrock and Pat Musi Team Up On 1,650hp Nitrous 632 Crate Motor For Sportsman Drag Racing
It is always cool when partnerships have a lasting bond and that’s exactly what Edelbrock and Pat Musi racing engines have. The companies have worked together for years developing parts and...
PRI 2018: HUGE Drag News – Paul Lee Is Back In Nitro Funny Car, Jim Oberhofer To Tune, Part Of New Super Team
They call themselves the Straight-line Strategy Group and yesterday at the 2018 PRI Show they dropped some massive news on the world of NHRA drag racing. The group which includes Scott Gardner, Doug...
PRI 2018: Steve Matusek Joins Elite Motorsports To Drive Turbocharged Pro Mod Mustang In 2019
(Photos by Erica Enders Racing Instagram) – It has been a highly eventful week of drag racing news so far at the 2018 PRI Show. Concentrating on the pro modified side of things, there was a...
Not Smart: Chicagoland Street Racers Jailed After Police Investigate Youtube Videos
(By Greg Rourke) – First off, these are my opinions. I’m Greg Rourke, just a contributor. Maybe I’m an cranky old guy. Strike that, I am a cranky old guy. I find nothing acceptable...
Dick LaHaie Has Died At Age 76 – Relive A Top Fuel Win With He and Kim From 1985 – A True Legend
He was one of drag racing’s true gentlemen. Dick LaHaie was a racer that it was nearly impossible to root against. He and his daughter Kim were sentimental favorites during their rise to top...
Industry News: Race Winning Brands Acquires MGP Connecting Rods – A Burly Brand Gets Stronger
The week of the Performance Racing Industry show is always one that is packed with news and the guys at Race Winning Brands seem to have landed the first big blow. The company has announced that they...
More Gearhead History: Another Batch of Vintage Drag Race and High-Po Parts Ads
As we continue to delve deeper into the cavernous BangShift historical archive of old school drag mags and papers the hits just keep on coming. These ads with their hand drawn graphics, simple...