Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Land Speed Races, LAND SPEED RACES
Photo Coolness: This Is The Bonneville – The Living Embodiment Of All That Rules About LSR
(Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in August 2013 and is being reprinted now as part of our run-up to Speed Week 2016!) These photos were taking in the impound lot at Bonneville on...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl: Our Final Gallery From The Showdown In Illinois!
It had been a long and somewhat eventful weekend in Joliet, but we finally neared the end as the classes reached semi-finals and finals, and you couldn’t have asked for better racing. Some...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Action From Route 66 Raceway!
Energy drink and breakfast sandwich in hand, we got out of the rental car and geared up for the final day of the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl at Route 66 Raceway in Illinois. First thing that came across my...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: More Photos From The Great Show In Joliet!
As the day progressed and the drama wound down, the racing at the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl just kept moving like a machine. For such a large group of racers, it was highly impressive to see how few...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: The Second Round Of Saturday Action!
After the frustration of dealing with the uncooperative weather on Friday night, we were hoping that Saturday’s racing action at Route 66 Raceway would go smoothly. It didn’t go as well...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Gallery: More Action From Route 66 Raceway!
We are on the ground and in full-on work mode at Route 66 Raceway in Illinois for the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl. While the surprisingly sizable audience was listening to the dulcet tones of Brian...
2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl: Friday Action From Route 66 Raceway!
How big of a deal is the 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl event here at Route 66 Raceway here in Northern Illinois? Not only do we have Lohnes on the mic announcing the action, we have Chad working the live...
Street Car Takeover At Beech Bend: Check Out Our Final Gallery From The Action At Bowling Green!
Everything was hot at Beech Bend Raceway for Street Car Takeover: Bowling Green…everything. The racing was moving right along, the cars were putting up good numbers (even with the 106...
Street Car Takeover At Beech Bend: Shut Up And Line Up On Saturday Morning!
Friday night’s roll racing was fun to watch, but being fair, it wasn’t that perfect. You could blame an unprepared surface, the lack of a straight shot onto the track, or how some...
Street Car Takeover At Beech Bend: Friday Night Roll Racing Action!
I have certain barometers for whether or not an event will be good, but the ultimate measuring stick I have is when Brian blows my phone up, making sure that I’m going. Street Car Takeover has...
Bonneville Speed Week 2016: The Most Impressive Runs Of The Week May Come Not From A Streamliner But From This (Potentially) 400mph Triumph GT-6
(Photos: BlackSaltRacing.com) Yeah, you read that right. The car you see up there in the lead photo began life as a 1971 Triumph GT-6. It has since been transformed into a hellaciously fast land...
Bonneville Speed Week 2016: 11 Cars Capable Of Smashing The Wheel Driven Record – Here They Are
There are a ton of reasons to be excited about speed week 2016. The fact that it looks like there will be a Speed Week is the first of those reasons and the second? The second is the pent up...
Got Salt Fever? With A 2016 Event Looking Likely, We Dug Up A Gallery From McTaggart’s First Trip To Bonneville!
For the last couple of years, anyone talking about Bonneville has spoken of the salt with a tinge of either sadness or anger in their voice. For two years now, there has been no racing on the salt...
