Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, Land Speed Races, LAND SPEED RACES
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Magazine Top Speed Challenge…302 Photos from the ECTA Ohio Mile
The 2012 HOT ROD Magazine Top Speed Challenge was this weekend, and BangShifter Michael Black was on site shooting photos of door slammers, lakesters, belly tanks, roadsters and more and we’ve...
Bonneville Thursday Update: Salty Italians, Thrashing for a Legend, Sub-Speed Limit LSR Racing and now more photos.
The So-Al Special Two Banger set a record this morning at 32.419 mph which is “Blazingly slow” according to Freiburger. His best comment was when reciting the end of the run and...
Update: 2011 Bonneville Galleries, the Tuesday Two Banger, and Jimmy Shine
Chad hit the salt running on Monday zapping photos and glad handing with hot rodders and gearheads he’d not seen since least year’s running of Speed Week. Tuesday he helped make a 2...
Bonneville 2011 Galllery: Friday and Saturday on the Salt and at the Cruise!
Well, it’s on! Speed Week has begun and thanks to the great folks at Spectre we have an opening salvo of photos to show you. Chad will be on the salt ad delivering dispatches as of tomorrow but...
Bitchin’ Event Gallery: ORSA Speed Weekend – Land Speed Racing on Ice From Sweden!
This is one of the neater galleries we’ve posted in a while! The photos come directly from Sweden, courtesy of BangShifter Jobergg and they were taken at ORSA Speed Weekend, a huge land speed...
Event Coverage Re-Run: SCTA El Mirage July 2010
It’s LSR season and we’re gearing up for full coverage of east coast speed at Loring, Maine in a couple of weeks. Before we head up into the wilds of northern Main, we’ll share...
Video Update: Spectre Speedliner goes 415 mph at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout
A few weeks ago we posted this item, but now there’s some cool video (below) to see. Already the fastest Cadillac powered vehicle in history, the Spectre Speedliner just went 415.7 miles per...
In the Books: We Post Every Single Car Record From SCTA/BNI Speed Week 2010
Spirit of Rett Streamliner Goes 416.9 mph to Break 45 yr old Summers Brothers Record
Charlie Nearburg and the rest of the Spirit of Rett landspeed racing team are on cloud nine this morning as they have broken a 45 year old 409 mph record set by the Summers brothers back in 1965. At...
World’s Fastest Electric Vehicle going for FIA World Record on the Salt Now!
As we speak, the Buckeye Bullet Electric Streamliner, is slowing down from setting a new FIA speed record of 291 mph on the famed salt of Bonneville. The team stayed for a private FIA record attempt...
Bonneville 2010: Spectre Performance puts the Speed in Speedweek
The 2010 SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speedweek rocked, and we owe our boys at Spectre Performance, and their 2100 horsepower Cadillac powered Speedliner, for a lot of the excitement. Spectre owner Amir...
It Came From the Forums: Killer Bonneville Photos from BangShift Member Randal Burns
While Chad was out chasing the movers, shakers, and headline makers on the salt, BangShift OG member Randal Burns was prowling the pits, lending a hand, and loving life at Speed Week. Randal had his...
Crank it up Video: Outside Car Footage of Lee Sicilio’s Daytona at 230 MPH at Bonneville
Our video from earlier this week showing Lee Sicilio wheeling his massive, Ray Barton Hemi powered Charger Daytona down the salt on a record qualifying run was met with a great response. The...