Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Door Car Or Dragster: Which Perfectly Prepared Bracket Car Would You Choose For YOUR Perfect Bracket Racer?
The debate over which is better, dragsters or door cars, has been going on since dragsters first went down 1320 feet of asphalt to start something that would change drag racing forever. It has never...
Bad Idea: Penske and Ganassi Want Guaranteed Qualifying Spots At Indy 500 For Series Full-Timers
(Photo credit: IndyCar) – This is one of the biggest, “SERIOUSLY?!” moments we have had in a while around here because it’s just one of those things where the idea, the...
Cinge-fest: Here’s Three Minutes Of Doing It Wrong On The Chassis Dyno From Various Countries and Places
From stuck throttles to shredded tires, this look into the dark side of the chassis dyno experiences will certainly provide an eye widening look at what can happen when you are running your stuff at...
Retro Review: The 1986 Jeep Commanche Was A Far Cry From The Gladiator of Today
As the world has been losing their mind over the new Jeep truck that’s on the way, we figured it was a good time to look into the past to see one of the brand’s most iconic pickups....
Watch The 1985 IHRA SummerNationals Right Here – Crazy Runs, Big Stars, More
It’s pretty wild to think about an era when there were two sanctioning bodies running nitro funny cars, and top fuel dragsters professionally in the USA. It wasn’t like it was 100 years...
K&N Spring Fling Million: More Dragsters Than You Can Shake A Stick At!
Hundreds of cars. Well over five hundred race cars descended upon Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Wednesday to come slug it out at the Spring Fling Million, and they slugged it out all day long....
Oh, Boy: The 1994 Hydroplane Blowover Of The Oh Boy! Oberto Unlimited At Tri-Cities!
People like Mike Finnegan might disagree with me, but I genuinely do not understand the point of hauling ass on the water. A jet ski could be fun, sure…it’s the aquatic translation of a...
Tropical Storm Warning: Special Vehicle Engineering Is Releasing A Reborn GMC Syclone!
The Buick Grand National might have been the first monochromatic badass in black from General Motors, but it was not the last by a long shot. In fact, the next monster in the shadow’s cloak was...
Take A Closer Look At The DSE-Z Camaro, One Of The Baddest Third-Gens We Know!
If you don’t notice the customized logo that apes the IROC-Z lower door emblem, you’d just think that you are looking at a properly restored and slightly built third-generation Camaro. In...
Bangshift Question of the Day: What is the Coolest Factory Hood Scoop Setup?
There’s no quicker way to make a car look racy (even if it isn’t) than to add a functional hood scoop (or scoops). They’ve been on factory cars for decades, and large trucks for...
Halfway There: This 1987 Oldsmobile 442 Can Polish Up Into A Beast!
I’m in Vegas for the Spring Fling Million event. I’m in the American Southwest…that means it’s time to look through the classifieds and see what is out there and available....
K&N Spring Fling Million: Now THIS Is How We Celebrate Spring Around Here!
Our first day at the Spring Fling Million event in Las Vegas was a wash, literally. Shortly after we got on the ground and started work, happy little clouds rolled over the Red Rock Canyon area and...
David Coulthard Racing A Mercedes Gullwing Like A Boss Is Our Favorite Internet Thing Today
The neat thing about professional drivers stepping onto the track with guys who are either rank or serious amateurs is that they often get chased and chased hard, especially if there is a disparity...
