Category Archive: 1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320
Best of 2019: Hell In A Handbasket: This Fiat 600 Is A Center Steer, 9-Second Quarter Mile, Argentinean Sensation (Video)
Dec 24, 2019Brian Lohnes9
There are people who think that the internet will be the ruination of us all one day and those people are probably right, but the thing sure has its upsides, too. Take Pablo Diaz and his incredible...
4,000 Horsepower On The Hub Dyno?! Hell Yes, It’s The Woodymart ZR1 Corvette On Kill!
Dec 01, 2019Chad Reynolds3
I remember when a radial car with 1,500 horsepower could win Radial vs The World at most any event, but those days are long gone. Now if you don’t have 3,000 -5,000 horsepower you are probably...
Check Out The American Teams From The $10k Drag Shootout! Granada, Mustang, And Cutlass Oh My
Nov 09, 2019Chad Reynolds1
The $10k Drag Shootout builds are all complete, except for a minor fire incident that we’ll cover in more detail later, and that means it is time to showcase the cars that each team has put...
LS Fest Quick Take: The Little Red Jeep Liberty
Sep 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
I was up in the tower with Lohnes, getting a break from the heat when we both saw it. Among the hot rods, budget swaps and other assorted race machines was a red Jeep Liberty that looked...
Daniels Wins Fourth U.S. Nationals Mopar HEMI Challenge In A Row!
Sep 12, 2019Darr Hawthorne3
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – The hugely popular Mopar HEMI Challenge at the U.S. Nationals continued again this year with 16 of the drag racing’s best period SS/AH Hemi Darts and Cuda’s,...
The Friendliest Thrash: An LS-Swapping A Mustang In A Drag Strip Pit Area For The Best Possible Reason You Could Imagine
Jul 10, 2019Brian Lohnes2
(By Jon Bunger) – You’re probably asking yourself- if not screaming it at your screen right now- why a group of strangers would attempt an LS swap on a ‘67 Mustang in the pits of a...
Watch John Hale’s One Bad Texan Funny Car Get Wrapped. Man This Is A Lot Of Work!
Jun 29, 2019Chad Reynolds7
John Hale’s One Bad Texan Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car has been one of the more popular in nostalgia drag racing over the past few years. We’ve been lucky enough to have John spotlight...
John Seifert’s 1968 Dart Has A Hemi In It…A First Gen Hemi!
Jun 24, 2019Brian Lohnes2
They’ll make a Mopar man of me yet, I swear it! That’s the thought that was passing through my head as I wrote the linked story for Mopar Muscle Magazine recently. See, I love Dodge Darts...
These Images From Speed Trials On Florida’s Ormond Beach Date To 1906-1909
Jun 10, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on These Images From Speed Trials On Florida’s Ormond Beach Date To 1906-1909
(Photo credit: DPL Digital Collection) – While the Bonneville Salt Flats rose to prominence quickly after 1914 as the premier place to go really fast in America, it was by no means the first...
Chrysler Spring Festival of LX With Modern Mopar Muscle And Shine!
Mar 24, 2019Darr HawthorneComments Off on Chrysler Spring Festival of LX With Modern Mopar Muscle And Shine!
The 14th Mopar Spring Festival of LX gathered at historic Pomona Raceway over the weekend, bringing together owners of modern Dodge and Chrysler vehicles. In addition to the stately Chrysler 300 and...
Bob Tasca Jr’s Tunnel Port 427 Powered 1968 Torino Surfaces Ater 35 Years Of Slumber!
Jan 15, 2019Brian Lohnes1
There’s something to be said for being the son of a legend, especially when said legend is at the height of his hot rodding powers. Bob and Carl Tasca are the sons of the late “Big...
Lick-A-Dee Split: This 1955 Ford Escort 100E Is A Homebuilt Handful!
Jan 04, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
Ford Escort. It’s a name that is steeped in the bad memories of 1980s econoboxes for some, excellent little rally screamers for others, but has always stood for one of Ford’s strongest...
BangShift Test Drive: 2019 Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody – 485hp, Fender Flares, Tire Smoke, and True Muscle Car Spirit
Dec 11, 2018Dave Nutting4
(Photos by Dave Nutting – Words by Lohnes, Sestito, Nutting) – For a guy who does not own a Challenger, I spend inordinate amounts of time in them. Between spending a week with...
This Is The Volvo Wagon We’d All Like To Own – LS Turbo For The Win
Dec 02, 2018Chad Reynolds3
LS Swap The World! Okay, okay, we know that the LS engine is ALWAYS the right engine for a swap, but in this case it is the perfect engine for a swap. Especially if what you want to do includes going...






