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1948 Anglia Sedan, New Chassis, Gasser Stance, Ready To Finish, ALL STEEL!
I love Anglias. I always have. Ever since growing up seeing them run down the track at Fremont during the 1970s and 1980s. There is just something about them. And I don’t care if they are...
This 1969 Mustang Was Built As A Drag Strip Terror And Restored To Factory Original Goodness
When looking at old cars, the options that the original buyer specified from the factory tell a ton of stuff about how the car was intended to be used and what kind of buyer the person was. In the...
Take A Tour Of The Mickey Thompson Operation In Ohio – This Is Cool And The Place Is Huge!
This is a cool video for a couple of reasons. For starters we get to take a peek behind the curtain at Mickey Thompson Tires at their massive operation in Ohio. The second reason is the guy giving us...
This Von Piranha AMX Is A Rare And Cool Tuner Piece From The 1960s – Ever Heard Of One?
While recovering from the Christmas feeding frenzy food coma (prime rib here at Casa de Rourke) I wasted time perusing RacingJunk.com for all the stuff I cannot afford, have no place to put, but...
An 1100 Horsepower Turbo Ford Lightning Truck For Sale: Nitrous And WaterMeth Too!
1000 is the new 500. That’s what we say at the dyno shop all the time. That’s because everyone wants to have 1000 horsepower now, and in the grand scheme of things making 1000 horsepower...
Best Of BangShift: The 2015 Mopar Hemi Challenge – Indy’s Most Awesome Battle
Over the six day span that is the Chevrolet Performance NHRA US Nationals, I get to do some cool stuff but the coolest is announcing the Mopar Hemi Challenge alongside Herb McCandless. “Mr....
No-Prep Explosion: March San Antonio Event Has $50,000 For Big Tire Cars And $10,000 For Small
There’s a large contingent of you out there in reader-land who believe that “no-prep” racing is a dumb idea and that it is the current flavor of the week when it comes to drag...
Rusty Riches? Would You Throw Down $5,000 For This 1972 Challenger “Project”? Someone Did
For starters don’t think that the tone of this item is against the guy selling the car. Far from it. The seller here had a ton of clean photos, an upfront approach, and made no bones about the...
Plant Tour: A Visit To FK Rod Ends And Fragola Performance Systems – Making Components In The USA The Right Way
Sometimes even the best laid plans take a while to play out and because of Ma Nature’s open assault on the New England area this winter, it took way too long for me to make the couple hour...
Best Of BS 2015: Watch This Lame Looking Eagle Summit Hand A Mustang And A Supra Their Lunch At The Drag Strip
When I first started announcing drag racing half a lifetime ago, I was the test and tune night guy. Frankly, there are days that I long for that job again because everyone completely underestimates...
Best of BS 2015: Bob Glidden’s Rollcage-Breaking Thunderbird Barrel Roll At Atlanta in 1986
Crashing a Pro Stock car hard enough to blow the body off of the chassis would seem to be the point where a long hospital stay would be required, right? Especially when the crash involves the track...
Legendary Drag Racer Jim “Superman” Nicoll Has Died – Survived Horrendous 1970 US Nationals Top Fuel Wreck
(Photos credit: NHRA/NationalDragster.com) – One of the most colorful characters in drag racing’s brilliant past has died. Jim “Superman” Nicoll who was the 1970 Drag News...
Best of BangShift 2015: Burndown! Watch The Awesome Pro Stock Final From The NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals In Denver
I know it seems like we’re going overload on the NHRA Denver stuff but the race was freaking awesome and it had so many elements to it that we can hardly get them all wedged into today’s...
Best of BS 2015: BURNDOWN! Watch Brian Hicks and Josh Green Melt Their Pro Mods To The Ground At The NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl!
In the history of drag racing, we’re not sure that a pro mod staging burndown has ever been stopped by one of the competitor’s dad’s but in the case of the nearly 1:30 staging war...